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

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The following recordings are said to have achieved the greatest success and highest record sales (reported on the Discography of American Historical Recordings website) in America during 1924.[1] Numerical rankings are approximate; they are only used as a frame of reference.

Rank Artist Title Label Recorded Released Sales information
1 Wendell Hall "It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo'"[2] Victor 19171 October 12, 1923 (1923-10-12) November 23, 1923 (1923-11-23) 2,000,000 sold[3]
2 Al Jolson with Isham Jones Orchestra "California, Here I Come" Brunswick 2569 January 17, 1924 (1924-01-17) March 14, 1924 (1924-03-14)
3 Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians "Memory Lane" Victor 19303 March 26, 1924 (1924-03-26) June 1924 (1924-06)
4 Isham Jones Orchestra "It Had to be You" Brunswick 2614 April 24, 1924 (1924-04-24) June 1924 (1924-06)
5 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra "What'll I Do" Victor 19299 March 18, 1924 (1924-03-18) May 1924 (1924-05) 538,434 sold (Victor 1920s memo)[4]
6 Ted Weems and His Orchestra "Somebody Stole My Gal" Victor 19212 November 20, 1923 (1923-11-20) January 11, 1924 (1924-01-11) 1,000,000 sold[3]
7 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra "Somebody Loves Me" Victor 19414 July 11, 1924 (1924-07-11) October 1924 (1924-10)
8 Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians "Sleep" Victor 19172 October 16, 1923 (1923-10-16) November 30, 1923 (1923-11-30)
9 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra "Linger Awhile" Victor 19211 November 22, 1923 (1923-11-22) January 11, 1924 (1924-01-11) 1,000,000 sold[3]
10 Al Jolson "I Wonder What's Become of Sally?" Brunswick 2671 August 6, 1924 (1924-08-06) October 1924 (1924-10)
11 Isham Jones Orchestra "Spain" Brunswick 2600 April 24, 1924 (1924-04-24) June 1924 (1924-06)
12 Arthur Gibbs & His Gang "Charleston" Victor 19165 October 10, 1923 (1923-10-10) November 23, 1923 (1923-11-23)
13 Al Jolson with Isham Jones Orchestra "I'm Goin' South" Brunswick 5021 June 1, 1924 (1924-06-01) September 1924 (1924-09)
14 Al Jolson with Isham Jones Orchestra "The One I Love (Belongs to Somebody Else)" Brunswick 2567 January 17, 1924 (1924-01-17) March 14, 1924 (1924-03-14)
15 Ted Lewis and His Band "June Night" Columbia 157 May 24, 1924 (1924-05-24) August 1924 (1924-08)
16 Isham Jones Orchestra "Some Other Day, Some Other Girl" Brunswick 2678 September 15, 1924 (1924-09-15) November 1924 (1924-11)
17 Fiddlin' John Carson "Fare You Well, Old Joe Clark"[5] Okeh 40038 November 7, 1923 (1923-11-07) April 1924 (1924-04) 1,000,000 sold[3]
18 Fiddlin' John Carson "You Will Never Miss Your Mother Until She is Gone"[6] Okeh 4994 November 7, 1923 (1923-11-07) February 1924 (1924-02) 1,000,000 sold[3]
19 Isham Jones Orchestra "Nobody's Sweetheart" Brunswick 2578 February 22, 1924 (1924-02-22) May 1924 (1924-05)
20 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra "Last Night on the Back Porch" Victor 19139 September 4, 1924 (1924-09-04) October 19, 1924 (1924-10-19) 427,784 sold (Victor 1920s memo)[4]
21 Paul Whiteman and His Concert Orchestra (The Composer at the piano) "Rhapsody in Blue, Parts 1 & 2" Victor 55225 June 10, 1924 (1924-06-10) October 1924 (1924-10)
26 Marion Harris "It Had to Be You" Brunswick 2610 March 28, 1924 (1924-03-28) June 1924 (1924-06) 427,784 sales
27 Al Jolson with Abe Lyman's California Orchestra "Mandalay" Brunswick 2650 July 2, 1924 (1924-07-02) September 27, 1924 (1924-09-27)

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References

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  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Record Research.
  2. ^ "Victor matrix B-28741. It ain't gonna rain no mo' / Wendell W. Hall - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved April 9, 2022.
  3. ^ a b c d e Murrells, Joseph (1978). The book of golden discs. Internet Archive. London : Barrie & Jenkins. ISBN 978-0-214-20512-5.
  4. ^ a b "The Victor Talking Machine Company". davidsarnoff.org. Retrieved April 6, 2022.
  5. ^ "OKeh matrix S-72016. Fare you well, old Joe Clark / Fiddlin' John Carson - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved April 14, 2022.
  6. ^ "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 April 14, 2022.
  7. ^ "Dirigent Klobucar in alter von 89 Jahren gestorben". Die Presse (in German). June 13, 2014. Retrieved December 6, 2020.
  8. ^ Nagendra Kr Singh (2001). Encyclopaedia of Muslim Biography: Muh-R. A.P.H. Publishing Corporation. p. 481. ISBN 978-81-7648-234-9.
  9. ^ Sabine Baring-Gould (1978). Curious Myths of the Middle Ages. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-520078-2.
  10. ^ Staratura official website (Slovak). Accessed 13 October 2013
  11. ^ Maggie Humphreys; Robert Evans (January 1, 1997). Dictionary of Composers for the Church in Great Britain and Ireland. A&C Black. p. 42. ISBN 978-0-7201-2330-2.
  12. ^ Stanley Sadie (1980). The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Macmillan Publishers. p. 241. ISBN 978-0-333-23111-1.
  13. ^ Rodmell, Paul (2002). Charles Villiers Stanford. Aldershot: Scolar Press. pp. 330–333. ISBN 1-85928-198-2.
  14. ^ "Obituary: Collins". The New York Star. Vol. 32, no. 6. April 18, 1924. p. 14.
  15. ^ Hurricane Brassband: Black Benny Williams. Accessed 13 October 2013
  16. ^ Antony Beaumont. Busoni the Composer. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1985.
  17. ^ Duchen, Jessica (2000). Gabriel Fauré. London: Phaidon. p. 212. ISBN 0-7148-3932-9.
  18. ^ "The Death of Giacomo Puccini". The British Newspaper Archive. November 29, 2012. Retrieved January 16, 2015.