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.
Events
- First broadcast of WLSWLS (AM)WLS is a Chicago clear-channel AM station on 890 kHz. It uses C-QUAM AM stereo and transmits with 50,000 watts from transmitter and towers on the south edge of Tinley Park, Illinois....
Barn Dance in Chicago, led by the "Solemn Old Judge" George D. HayGeorge D. HayGeorge Dewey Hay was an American radio personality. He was the founder of the original Grand Ole Opry radio program on WSM-AM in Nashville, Tennessee, from which the country music stage show of the same name evolved....
. - Beginning of the "Old Times Tunes" series on Okeh RecordsOkeh RecordsOkeh Records began as an independent record label based in the United States of America in 1918. From 1926 on, it was a subsidiary of Columbia Records.-History:...
. - Beginning of the "Special Records for Southern States" series on Vocalion RecordsVocalion RecordsVocalion Records is a record label active for many years in the United States and in the United Kingdom.-History:Vocalion was founded in 1916 by the Aeolian Piano Company of New York City, which introduced a retail line of phonographs at the same time. The name was derived from one of their...
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Top hits of the year
- "Arkansas Traveler" - Fiddlin' John CarsonFiddlin' John CarsonFiddlin' John Carson was an American old time fiddler and an early-recorded country musician.-Early life:...
with the Virginia Reelers - "Fare You Well, Old Joe Clark" - Fiddlin' John CarsonFiddlin' John CarsonFiddlin' John Carson was an American old time fiddler and an early-recorded country musician.-Early life:...
- "John Henry Blues" - Fiddlin' John CarsonFiddlin' John CarsonFiddlin' John Carson was an American old time fiddler and an early-recorded country musician.-Early life:...
- "Run Nigger Run" - Fiddlin' John CarsonFiddlin' John CarsonFiddlin' John Carson was an American old time fiddler and an early-recorded country musician.-Early life:...
- "Little Rosewood Casket" - Ernest Thompson
- "Old Joe ClarkOld Joe ClarkOld Joe Clark is a folk song, a mountain ballad that was "sung during World War I and later by soldiers from eastern Kentucky." An early version was printed in 1918, as sung in Virginia at that time. Joe Clark was born in 1839, a mountaineer who was murdered in 1885. There are about 90 stanzas in...
" - Fiddlin' Powers and Family - "The Prisoner's Song" - Vernon DalhartVernon DalhartVernon Dalhart , born Marion Try Slaughter, was a popular American singer and songwriter of the early decades of the 20th century. He is a major influence in the field of country music.-Early life:...
- "Rock All Our Babies To Sleep - Riley PuckettRiley PuckettGeorge Riley Puckett was an American country music pioneer mostly known for being a member of Gid Tanner and the Skillet Lickers.-Biography:...
- "Whistling the Blues Away" - Wendell HallWendell HallWendell Woods Hall was an American country singer, vaudeville artist, song writer, pioneer radio performer, Victor recording artist and ukelele player.-Biography:...
and Carson RobisonCarson RobisonCarson Jay Robison was an American country music singer and songwriter. Although his impact is generally forgotten today, he played a major role in promoting country music in its early years through numerous recordings and radio appearances. He was also known as Charles Robison and sometimes... - "Wreck of the Old 97Wreck of the Old 97Old 97 was a Southern Railway train officially known as the Fast Mail. It ran from Washington DC to Atlanta, Georgia. On September 27, 1903 while en route from Monroe, Virginia, to Spencer, North Carolina, the train derailed at Stillhouse Trestle near Danville, Virginia...
" - Vernon DalhartVernon DalhartVernon Dalhart , born Marion Try Slaughter, was a popular American singer and songwriter of the early decades of the 20th century. He is a major influence in the field of country music.-Early life:... - "You Will Never Miss Your Mother Until She is Gone" - Fiddlin' John CarsonFiddlin' John CarsonFiddlin' John Carson was an American old time fiddler and an early-recorded country musician.-Early life:...
Births
- January 6 - Earl ScruggsEarl ScruggsEarl Eugene Scruggs is an American musician noted for perfecting and popularizing a 3-finger banjo-picking style that is a defining characteristic of bluegrass music...
, early bluegrassBluegrass musicBluegrass music is a form of American roots music, and a sub-genre of country music. It has mixed roots in Scottish, English, Welsh and Irish traditional music...
pioneer who, with Lester FlattLester FlattLester Raymond Flatt was a bluegrass musician and guitarist and mandolinist, best known for his membership in the Bluegrass duo The Foggy Mountain Boys, also known as "Flatt and Scruggs," with banjo picker Earl Scruggs. Flatt's career spanned multiple decades; besides his work with Scruggs, he...
, formed the Foggy Mountain BoysFoggy Mountain BoysThe Foggy Mountain Boys were an influential bluegrass band founded by Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs in 1948, shortly after leaving Bill Monroe’s band. They recorded and performed together up until 1969.-Biography:...
. - June 20 - Chet AtkinsChet AtkinsChester Burton Atkins , known as Chet Atkins, was an American guitarist and record producer who, along with Owen Bradley, created the smoother country music style known as the Nashville sound, which expanded country's appeal to adult pop music fans as well.Atkins's picking style, inspired by Merle...
, session musician and record producer, primarily with RCA RecordsRCA RecordsRCA Records is one of the flagship labels of Sony Music Entertainment. The RCA initials stand for Radio Corporation of America , which was the parent corporation from 1929 to 1985 and a partner from 1985 to 1986.RCA's Canadian unit is Sony's oldest label...
(d. 20012001 in country musicThis is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 2001.-Top hits of the year:The following songs placed within the Top 20 on the Hot Country Songs charts in 2001:-Top new album releases:...
). - June 28 - George MorganGeorge MorganGeorge Morgan may refer to:*George Morgan , American actor and author*George Morgan , American merchant and representative to Native Americans*George Morgan , American screenwriter...
, pop-styled singer of the 1940s and 1950s; Grand Ole Opry stalwart and father of 1990s star Lorrie MorganLorrie MorganIn 1996 Morgan married Jon Randall, a singer/songwriter now credited with writing the 2004 Brad Paisley/Alison Krauss hit "Whiskey Lullaby"; they divorced three years later in 1999....
(d. 19751975 in country musicThis is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1975.-Events:*March 13 — The rocky marriage of George Jones and Tammy Wynette ends in divorce....
). - July 22 - Margaret WhitingMargaret WhitingMargaret Whiting was a singer of American popular music and country music who first made her reputation during the 1940s and 1950s.-Youth:...
, 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). (d. 20112011 in country musicThis is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 2011.-Events:*January 1 — Shania Twain marries Swiss businessman Frédéric Thiébaud in Puerto Rico, less than two weeks after announcing the two were engaged...
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Further reading
- 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.