1924 in country music
This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1924.
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Events
[edit]- First broadcast of WLS Barn Dance in Chicago, led by the "Solemn Old Judge" George D. Hay.
- Beginning of the "Old Times Tunes" series on Okeh Records.
- Beginning of the "Special Records for Southern States" series on Vocalion Records.
- August 13 Vernon Dalhart records "The Prisoner's Song" and "Wreck of the Old 97."[1]
Top Hillbilly (Country) Recordings
[edit]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, they are only used as a frame of reference.
| Rank | Artist | Title | Label | Recorded | Released | Chart Positions |
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| 1 | Wendell Hall | "It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo'"[3] | Victor 19171 | October 12, 1923 | November 23, 1923 | US 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 40015 | December 12, 1923 | May 1924 | US BB 1924 #163, US #14 for 1 week, 1 total weeks |
| 3 | Vernon Dalhart | "Wreck On the Southern Old 97"[1] | Victor 19427 | August 13, 1924 | November 1924 | US BB 1925 #38, US #4 for 1 week, 8 total weeks, 1,085,985 sales |
| 4 | Fiddlin' John Carson | "Arkansaw Traveler"[6] | Okeh 40108 | April 3, 1924 | June 1924 | US BB 1924 #172, US #14 for 1 week, 1 total weeks |
| 5 | Fiddlin' John Carson | "You Will Never Miss Your Mother Until She is Gone"[7] | Okeh 4994 | November 7, 1923 | February 1924 | US BB 1924 #18, US #2 for 1 week, 8 total weeks |
| 6 | Uncle Dave Macon | "Keep My Skillet Good and Greasy"[8] | Vocalion 14848 | July 8, 1924 | October 1924 | |
| 7 | Eck Robertson and Henry Gilliland | "Done Gone"[9] | Victor 19372 | July 1, 1922 | October 1924 | |
| 8 | Fiddlin' John Carson | "Fare You Well, Old Joe Clark"[10] | Okeh 40038 | November 7, 1923 | April 1924 | |
| 9 | Ernest Thompson | "Little Rosewood Casket"[11] | Columbia 216 | September 9, 1924 | November 1924 | |
| 10 | Fiddlin' John Carson | "John Henry Blues"[12] | Okeh 7004 | March 24, 1924 | November 1924 | US BB 1924 #122, US #10 for 1 week, 1 total weeks |
| 11 | Wendell Hall and Carson Robison | "Whistling the Blues Away"[13] | Victor 19338 | May 1, 1924 | October 1924 | US 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 19372 | July 1, 1922 | October 1924 | |
| 13 | Riley Puckett | "Rock All Our Babies To Sleep"[15] | Columbia 107 | March 8, 1924 | May 1924 | |
| 14 | Henry Whitter | "Lonesome Road Blues"[16] | Okeh 40015 | December 12, 1923 | May 1924 |
Births
[edit]- January 6 – Earl Scruggs, early bluegrass pioneer who, with Lester Flatt, formed the Foggy Mountain Boys (died 2012).
- February 16 – Jo Walker-Meador, Country Music Association Executive Director from 1962 to 1991 (died 2017).
- March 29 – Jimmy Work, 94, American country singer-songwriter ("Making Believe") (died 2018).[17][18]
- April 21 – Ira Louvin, member of The Louvin Brothers (with brother Charlie). (died 1965)
- June 20 – Chet Atkins, session musician and record producer, primarily with RCA Records (died 2001).
- June 28 – George Morgan, pop-styled singer of the 1940s and 1950s; Grand Ole Opry stalwart and father of 1990s star Lorrie Morgan (died 1975).
- July 22 – Margaret Whiting, female country and pop vocalist of the 1940s and early 1950s; first female vocalist to top the Billboard country charts (1949's "Slippin' Around," as part of a duet with Jimmy Wakely). (died 2011)
- September 19 – Don Harron, Canadian comedian and playwright best known to country audiences as "Charlie Farquharson" on television's Hee Haw (died 2015).
Deaths
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Victor matrix BVE-30633. The prisoner's song / Vernon Dalhart - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Record Research.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "The Victor Talking Machine Company". davidsarnoff.org. Retrieved 2022-04-06.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "OKeh matrix 8613. Arkansas traveler / Fiddlin' John Carson ; Virginia Reelers - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Victor matrix B-26669. Done gone / Eck Robertson - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Columbia matrix 81983. The little rosebud casket / Ernest Errott Thompson - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
- ^ "OKeh matrix 8610. John Henry blues / Fiddlin' John Carson - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
- ^ "Victor matrix B-29955. Whistling the blues away / Wendell W. Hall - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
- ^ "Victor matrix B-26666. Sallie Johnson / Eck Robertson - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
- ^ "Columbia matrix 81633. Rock all our babies to sleep / Riley Puckett - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
- ^ "OKeh matrix S-72168. Lonesome road blues / Henry Whitter - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
- ^ Heartland musician and songwriter Jimmy Work, dies at 94
- ^ "Jimmy Work of Dukedom, Tennessee 1924 - 2018 Obituary". Archived from the original on 2019-05-04. Retrieved 2018-12-27.
Further reading
[edit]- Kingsbury, Paul, "Vinyl Hayride: Country Music Album Covers 1947–1989," Country Music Foundation, 2003 (ISBN 0-8118-3572-3)
- Millard, Bob, "Country Music: 70 Years of America's Favorite Music," HarperCollins, New York, 1993 (ISBN 0-06-273244-7)
- Whitburn, Joel. "Top Country Songs 1944–2005 – 6th Edition." 2005.