Editing 1924 in music (section)

==Top Popular Recordings 1924==

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>{{Cite book |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |title=Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954 |publisher=Record Research |year=1986}}</ref> Numerical rankings are approximate; they are only used as a frame of reference.
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! <big>Rank</big>
! <big>Artist</big>
! <big>Title</big>
! <big>Label</big>
! <big>Recorded</big>
! <big>Released</big>
! <big>Sales information</big>
|-
| 1 || [[Wendell Hall]] || "[[It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo']]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix B-28741. It ain't gonna rain no mo' / Wendell W. Hall - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800002783/B-28741-It_aint_gonna_rain_no_mo |access-date=2022-04-09 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 19171 || {{Start date|1923|10|12}} || {{Start date|1923|11|23}} || 2,000,000 sold<ref name=GoldenDiscs>{{Cite book |last=Murrells |first=Joseph |url=http://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr |title=The book of golden discs |date=1978 |publisher=London : Barrie & Jenkins |others=Internet Archive |isbn=978-0-214-20512-5}}</ref>
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| 2 || [[Al Jolson]] with [[Isham Jones|Isham Jones Orchestra]] || "[[California, Here I Come]]" || Brunswick 2569 || {{Start date|1924|1|17}} || {{Start date|1924|3|14}} ||
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| 3 || [[Fred Waring|Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians]] || "Memory Lane" || Victor 19303 || {{Start date|1924|3|26}} || {{Start date|1924|6}} ||
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| 4 || Isham Jones Orchestra || "[[It Had to Be You (song)|It Had to be You]]" || Brunswick 2614 || {{Start date|1924|4|24}} || {{Start date|1924|6}} ||
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| 5 || [[Paul Whiteman|Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra]] || "[[What'll I Do]]" || Victor 19299 || {{Start date|1924|3|18}} || {{Start date|1924|5}} || 538,434 sold (Victor 1920s memo)<ref name=Victormemo>{{Cite web |title=The Victor Talking Machine Company |url=https://davidsarnoff.org/vtm-appendix11.html |access-date=2022-04-06 |website=davidsarnoff.org}}</ref>
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| 6 || [[Ted Weems|Ted Weems and His Orchestra]] || "[[Somebody Stole My Gal]]" || Victor 19212 || {{Start date|1923|11|20}} || {{Start date|1924|1|11}} || 1,000,000 sold<ref name=GoldenDiscs/>
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| 7 || Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra || "[[Somebody Loves Me]]" || Victor 19414 || {{Start date|1924|7|11}} || {{Start date|1924|10}} ||
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| 8 || Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians || "Sleep" || Victor 19172 || {{Start date|1923|10|16}} || {{Start date|1923|11|30}} ||
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| 9 || Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra || "Linger Awhile" || Victor 19211 || {{Start date|1923|11|22}} || {{Start date|1924|1|11}} || 1,000,000 sold<ref name=GoldenDiscs/>
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| 10 || Al Jolson || "I Wonder What's Become of Sally?" || Brunswick 2671 || {{Start date|1924|8|6}} || {{Start date|1924|10}} ||
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| 11 || Isham Jones Orchestra || "Spain" || Brunswick 2600 || {{Start date|1924|4|24}} || {{Start date|1924|6}} ||
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| 12 || Arthur Gibbs & His Gang	 || "[[Charleston (1923 song)|Charleston]]" || Victor 19165 || {{Start date|1923|10|10}} || {{Start date|1923|11|23}} ||
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| 13 || Al Jolson with Isham Jones Orchestra || "I'm Goin' South" || Brunswick 5021 || {{Start date|1924|6|1}} || {{Start date|1924|9}} ||
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| 14 || Al Jolson with Isham Jones Orchestra || "[[The One I Love (Belongs to Somebody Else)]]" || Brunswick 2567 || {{Start date|1924|1|17}} || {{Start date|1924|3|14}} ||
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| 15 || [[Ted Lewis (musician)|Ted Lewis and His Band]] || "June Night" || Columbia 157 || {{Start date|1924|5|24}} || {{Start date|1924|8}} ||
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| 16 || Isham Jones Orchestra || "Some Other Day, Some Other Girl" || Brunswick 2678 || {{Start date|1924|9|15}} || {{Start date|1924|11}} ||
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| 17 || [[Fiddlin' John Carson]] || "Fare You Well, Old Joe Clark"<ref>{{Cite web |title=OKeh matrix S-72016. Fare you well, old Joe Clark / Fiddlin' John Carson - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000204166/S-72016-Fare_you_well_old_Joe_Clark |access-date=2022-04-14 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Okeh 40038 || {{Start date|1923|11|7}} || {{Start date|1924|4}} ||  1,000,000 sold<ref name=GoldenDiscs/>
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| 18 || Fiddlin' John Carson || "You Will Never Miss Your Mother Until She is Gone"<ref>{{Cite web |title=OKeh matrix S-72011. You will never miss your mother until she is gone / Fiddlin' John Carson - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000204161/S-72011-You_will_never_miss_your_mother_until_she_is_gone |access-date=2022-04-14 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Okeh 4994 || {{Start date|1923|11|7}} || {{Start date|1924|2}} ||  1,000,000 sold<ref name=GoldenDiscs/>
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| 19 || Isham Jones Orchestra || "[[Nobody's Sweetheart Now|Nobody's Sweetheart]]" || Brunswick 2578 || {{Start date|1924|2|22}} || {{Start date|1924|5}} ||
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| 20 || Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra || "[[Last Night on the Back Porch]]" || Victor 19139 || {{Start date|1924|9|4}} || {{Start date|1924|10|19}} || 427,784 sold (Victor 1920s memo)<ref name=Victormemo/>
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| 21 || Paul Whiteman and His Concert Orchestra ([[George Gershwin|The Composer at the piano]]) || "[[Rhapsody in Blue|Rhapsody in Blue, Parts 1 & 2]]" || Victor 55225 || {{Start date|1924|6|10}} || {{Start date|1924|10}} ||
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| 26 || [[Marion Harris]] || "It Had to Be You" || Brunswick 2610 || {{Start date|1924|3|28}} || {{Start date|1924|6}} || 427,784 sales
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| 27 || Al Jolson with Abe Lyman's California Orchestra || "Mandalay" || Brunswick 2650 || {{Start date|1924|7|2}} || {{Start date|1924|9|27}} ||
|}

=== Top Christmas hits===
*"Santa Claus Blues" – [[Louis Armstrong]]