Country Music 1924

Events

• The WLS National Barn Dance , the first live country show in history, goes on the air
• Columbia Records launches its Hillbilly-D series, which only releases old-time music

Top hits of the year

• "Arkansas Traveler" - Fiddlin 'John Carson
• "Fare You Well, Old Joe Clark" - Fiddlin 'John Carson
• "John Henry" - Fiddlin 'John Carson
• "The Prisoner's Song" - Vernon Dalhart
• "Whistling The Blues Away" - Carson Robison and Wendell Hall
• "You'll Never Miss Your Mother 'Til She's Gone" - Fiddlin' John Carson
• "Little Old Log Cabin In The Lane" - Riley Puckett
• Georgia Railroad - Gid Tanner
• "Fox Chase" - Gid Tanner and Riley Puckett

Born

• January 6 - Earl Scruggs
• November 27 - Werly Fairburn

Died

• April 21 - Henry Gilliland