# 1924 in country music

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

## Events

* 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."

## Top Hillbilly (Country) Recordings

The following songs were extracted from records included in Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954, 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 |
| 1 | Wendell Hall | "It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo'" | Victor 19171 | October 12, 1923 (1923-10-12) | November 23, 1923 (1923-11-23) | US BB 1924 #1, US #1 for 6 weeks, 20 total weeks, 678,403 sales |
| 2 | Henry Whitter | "Wreck On the Southern Old 97" | Okeh 40015 | December 12, 1923 (1923-12-12) | May 1924 (1924-05) | US BB 1924 #163, US #14 for 1 week, 1 total weeks |
| 3 | Vernon Dalhart | "Wreck On the Southern Old 97" | Victor 19427 | August 13, 1924 (1924-08-13) | November 1924 (1924-11) | US BB 1925 #38, US #4 for 1 week, 8 total weeks, 1,085,985 sales |
| 4 | Fiddlin' John Carson | "Arkansaw Traveler" | Okeh 40108 | April 3, 1924 (1924-04-03) | June 1924 (1924-06) | 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" | Okeh 4994 | November 7, 1923 (1923-11-07) | February 1924 (1924-02) | US BB 1924 #18, US #2 for 1 week, 8 total weeks |
| 6 | Uncle Dave Macon | "Keep My Skillet Good and Greasy" | Vocalion 14848 | July 8, 1924 (1924-07-08) | October 1924 (1924-10) | |
| 7 | Eck Robertson and Henry Gilliland | "Done Gone" | Victor 19372 | July 1, 1922 (1922-07-01) | October 1924 (1924-10) | |
| 8 | Fiddlin' John Carson | "Fare You Well, Old Joe Clark" | Okeh 40038 | November 7, 1923 (1923-11-07) | April 1924 (1924-04) | |
| 9 | Ernest Thompson | "Little Rosewood Casket" | Columbia 216 | September 9, 1924 (1924-09-09) | November 1924 (1924-11) | |
| 10 | Fiddlin' John Carson | "John Henry Blues" | Okeh 7004 | March 24, 1924 (1924-03-24) | November 1924 (1924-11) | US BB 1924 #122, US #10 for 1 week, 1 total weeks |
| 11 | Wendell Hall and Carson Robison | "Whistling the Blues Away" | Victor 19338 | May 1, 1924 (1924-05-01) | October 1924 (1924-10) | 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" | Victor 19372 | July 1, 1922 (1922-07-01) | October 1924 (1924-10) | |
| 13 | Riley Puckett | "Rock All Our Babies To Sleep" | Columbia 107 | March 8, 1924 (1924-03-08) | May 1924 (1924-05) | |
| 14 | Henry Whitter | "Lonesome Road Blues" | Okeh 40015 | December 12, 1923 (1923-12-12) | May 1924 (1924-05) | |

## Births

* 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).
* 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).