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 |
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1 | Wendell Hall | "It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo'"[2] | Victor 19171 | October 12, 1923 | November 23, 1923 | 2,000,000 sold[3] |
2 | Al Jolson with Isham Jones Orchestra | "California, Here I Come" | Brunswick 2569 | January 17, 1924 | March 14, 1924 | |
3 | Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians | "Memory Lane" | Victor 19303 | March 26, 1924 | June 1924 | |
4 | Isham Jones Orchestra | "It Had to be You" | Brunswick 2614 | April 24, 1924 | June 1924 | |
5 | Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra | "What'll I Do" | Victor 19299 | March 18, 1924 | May 1924 | 538,434 sold (Victor 1920s memo)[4] |
6 | Ted Weems and His Orchestra | "Somebody Stole My Gal" | Victor 19212 | November 20, 1923 | January 11, 1924 | 1,000,000 sold[3] |
7 | Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra | "Somebody Loves Me" | Victor 19414 | July 11, 1924 | October 1924 | |
8 | Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians | "Sleep" | Victor 19172 | October 16, 1923 | November 30, 1923 | |
9 | Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra | "Linger Awhile" | Victor 19211 | November 22, 1923 | January 11, 1924 | 1,000,000 sold[3] |
10 | Al Jolson | "I Wonder What's Become of Sally?" | Brunswick 2671 | August 6, 1924 | October 1924 | |
11 | Isham Jones Orchestra | "Spain" | Brunswick 2600 | April 24, 1924 | June 1924 | |
12 | Arthur Gibbs & His Gang | "Charleston" | Victor 19165 | October 10, 1923 | November 23, 1923 | |
13 | Al Jolson with Isham Jones Orchestra | "I'm Goin' South" | Brunswick 5021 | June 1, 1924 | September 1924 | |
14 | Al Jolson with Isham Jones Orchestra | "The One I Love (Belongs to Somebody Else)" | Brunswick 2567 | January 17, 1924 | March 14, 1924 | |
15 | Ted Lewis and His Band | "June Night" | Columbia 157 | May 24, 1924 | August 1924 | |
16 | Isham Jones Orchestra | "Some Other Day, Some Other Girl" | Brunswick 2678 | September 15, 1924 | November 1924 | |
17 | Fiddlin' John Carson | "Fare You Well, Old Joe Clark"[5] | Okeh 40038 | November 7, 1923 | April 1924 | 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 | February 1924 | 1,000,000 sold[3] |
19 | Isham Jones Orchestra | "Nobody's Sweetheart" | Brunswick 2578 | February 22, 1924 | May 1924 | |
20 | Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra | "Last Night on the Back Porch" | Victor 19139 | September 4, 1924 | October 19, 1924 | 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 | October 1924 | |
26 | Marion Harris | "It Had to Be You" | Brunswick 2610 | March 28, 1924 | June 1924 | 427,784 sales |
27 | Al Jolson with Abe Lyman's California Orchestra | "Mandalay" | Brunswick 2650 | July 2, 1924 | September 27, 1924 |