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File:King Oliver at Boyd's Studio Madison Wisc 1924.jpg
King Oliver at Boyd's Studio Madison Wisc 1924

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

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Top Popular Recordings 1924Edit

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.<ref name=PopMemories>Template:Cite book</ref> 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'"<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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2 Al Jolson with Isham Jones Orchestra "California, Here I Come" Brunswick 2569 Template:Start date Template:Start date
3 Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians "Memory Lane" Victor 19303 Template:Start date Template:Start date
4 Isham Jones Orchestra "It Had to be You" Brunswick 2614 Template:Start date Template:Start date
5 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra "What'll I Do" Victor 19299 Template:Start date Template:Start date citation CitationClass=web

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6 Ted Weems and His Orchestra "Somebody Stole My Gal" Victor 19212 Template:Start date Template:Start date 1,000,000 sold<ref name=GoldenDiscs/>
7 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra "Somebody Loves Me" Victor 19414 Template:Start date Template:Start date
8 Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians "Sleep" Victor 19172 Template:Start date Template:Start date
9 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra "Linger Awhile" Victor 19211 Template:Start date Template:Start date 1,000,000 sold<ref name=GoldenDiscs/>
10 Al Jolson "I Wonder What's Become of Sally?" Brunswick 2671 Template:Start date Template:Start date
11 Isham Jones Orchestra "Spain" Brunswick 2600 Template:Start date Template:Start date
12 Arthur Gibbs & His Gang "Charleston" Victor 19165 Template:Start date Template:Start date
13 Al Jolson with Isham Jones Orchestra "I'm Goin' South" Brunswick 5021 Template:Start date Template:Start date
14 Al Jolson with Isham Jones Orchestra "The One I Love (Belongs to Somebody Else)" Brunswick 2567 Template:Start date Template:Start date
15 Ted Lewis and His Band "June Night" Columbia 157 Template:Start date Template:Start date
16 Isham Jones Orchestra "Some Other Day, Some Other Girl" Brunswick 2678 Template:Start date Template:Start date
17 Fiddlin' John Carson citation CitationClass=web

}}</ref> || Okeh 40038 || Template:Start date || Template:Start date || 1,000,000 sold<ref name=GoldenDiscs/>

18 Fiddlin' John Carson citation CitationClass=web

}}</ref> || Okeh 4994 || Template:Start date || Template:Start date || 1,000,000 sold<ref name=GoldenDiscs/>

19 Isham Jones Orchestra "Nobody's Sweetheart" Brunswick 2578 Template:Start date Template:Start date
20 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra "Last Night on the Back Porch" Victor 19139 Template:Start date Template:Start date 427,784 sold (Victor 1920s memo)<ref name=Victormemo/>
21 Paul Whiteman and His Concert Orchestra (The Composer at the piano) "Rhapsody in Blue, Parts 1 & 2" Victor 55225 Template:Start date Template:Start date
26 Marion Harris "It Had to Be You" Brunswick 2610 Template:Start date Template:Start date 427,784 sales
27 Al Jolson with Abe Lyman's California Orchestra "Mandalay" Brunswick 2650 Template:Start date Template:Start date

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