1924 in country music

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This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1924.

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List of years in country music (table)

Events

Top Hillbilly (Country) Recordings

The following songs were extracted from records included in Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954, [2] record sales reported on the "Discography of American Historical Recordings" website, and other sources as specified. Numerical rankings are approximate.

RankArtistTitleLabelRecordedReleasedChart Positions
1 Wendell Hall "It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo'" [3] Victor 19171October 12, 1923November 23, 1923US BB 1924 #1, US #1 for 6 weeks, 20 total weeks, 678,403 sales [4]
2 Henry Whitter "Wreck On the Southern Old 97" [5] Okeh 40015December 12, 1923May 1924US BB 1924 #163, US #14 for 1 week, 1 total weeks
3 Vernon Dalhart "Wreck On the Southern Old 97" [1] Victor 19427August 13, 1924November 1924US BB 1925 #38, US #4 for 1 week, 8 total weeks, 1,085,985 sales
4 Fiddlin' John Carson "Arkansaw Traveler" [6] Okeh 40108April 3, 1924June 1924US BB 1924 #172, US #14 for 1 week, 1 total weeks
5Fiddlin' John Carson"You Will Never Miss Your Mother Until She is Gone" [7] Okeh 4994November 7, 1923February 1924US BB 1924 #18, US #2 for 1 week, 8 total weeks
6 Uncle Dave Macon "Keep My Skillet Good and Greasy" [8] Vocalion 14848July 8, 1924October 1924
7 Eck Robertson and Henry Gilliland"Done Gone" [9] Victor 19372July 1, 1922October 1924
8Fiddlin' John Carson"Fare You Well, Old Joe Clark" [10] Okeh 40038November 7, 1923April 1924
9 Ernest Thompson "Little Rosewood Casket" [11] Columbia 216September 9, 1924November 1924
10Fiddlin' John Carson"John Henry Blues" [12] Okeh 7004March 24, 1924November 1924US BB 1924 #122, US #10 for 1 week, 1 total weeks
11Wendell Hall and Carson Robison "Whistling the Blues Away" [13] Victor 19338May 1, 1924October 1924US BB 1924 #129, US #10 for 1 week, 1 total weeks
12 Eck Robertson and Henry Gilliland"Sallie Johnson And Billy In The Low Ground" [14] Victor 19372July 1, 1922October 1924
13 Riley Puckett "Rock All Our Babies To Sleep" [15] Columbia 107March 8, 1924May 1924
14Henry Whitter"Lonesome Road Blues" [16] Okeh 40015December 12, 1923May 1924

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References

  1. 1 2 "Victor matrix BVE-30633. The prisoner's song / Vernon Dalhart - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
  2. Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Record Research.
  3. "Victor matrix B-28741. It ain't gonna rain no mo' / Wendell W. Hall - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
  4. "The Victor Talking Machine Company". davidsarnoff.org. Retrieved 2022-04-06.
  5. "OKeh matrix S-72167. The wreck on the Southern Old 97 / Henry Whitter - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-02.
  6. "OKeh matrix 8613. Arkansas traveler / Fiddlin' John Carson ; Virginia Reelers - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  7. "OKeh matrix S-72011. You will never miss your mother until she is gone / Fiddlin' John Carson - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  8. "Vocalion matrix 13330-13332. Keep my skillet good and greasy / Uncle Dave Macon - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  9. "Victor matrix B-26669. Done gone / Eck Robertson - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  10. "OKeh matrix S-72016. Fare you well, old Joe Clark / Fiddlin' John Carson - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  11. "Columbia matrix 81983. The little rosebud casket / Ernest Errott Thompson - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  12. "OKeh matrix 8610. John Henry blues / Fiddlin' John Carson - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  13. "Victor matrix B-29955. Whistling the blues away / Wendell W. Hall - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  14. "Victor matrix B-26666. Sallie Johnson / Eck Robertson - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  15. "Columbia matrix 81633. Rock all our babies to sleep / Riley Puckett - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  16. "OKeh matrix S-72168. Lonesome road blues / Henry Whitter - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  17. Heartland musician and songwriter Jimmy Work, dies at 94
  18. "Jimmy Work of Dukedom, Tennessee 1924 - 2018 Obituary". Archived from the original on 2019-05-04. Retrieved 2018-12-27.

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