1924 in country music

• First broadcast of WLS Barn Dance in Chicago, led by the "Solemn Old Judge" George D. Hay.
• Beginning of the "Old Times Tunes" series on Okeh Records.
• Beginning of the "Special Records for Southern States" series on Vocalion Records.
• August 13 Vernon Dalhart records "The Prisoner's Song" and "Wreck of the Old 97."{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BVE-30633. The prisoner's song / Vernon Dalhart - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800004796/BVE-30633-The_prisoners_song |access-date=2022-04-09 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}

The following songs were extracted from records included in Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954,{{Cite book |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |title=Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954 |publisher=Record Research |year=1986}} record sales reported on the "Discography of American Historical Recordings" website, and other sources as specified. Numerical rankings are approximate, they are only used as a frame of reference.

• January 6 – Earl Scruggs, early bluegrass pioneer who, with Lester Flatt, formed the Foggy Mountain Boys (died 2012).
• February 16 – Jo Walker-Meador, Country Music Association Executive Director from 1962 to 1991 (died 2017).
• March 29 – Jimmy Work, 94, American country singer-songwriter ("Making Believe") (died 2018).[http://www.kfvs12.com/2018/12/25/heartland-musician-songwriter-jimmy-work-dies/ Heartland musician and songwriter Jimmy Work, dies at 94]{{Cite web |url=https://www.hornbeakfuneralchapel.com/obituary/jimmy-work |title=Jimmy Work of Dukedom, Tennessee 1924 - 2018 Obituary |access-date=2018-12-27 |archive-date=2019-05-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190504033542/https://www.hornbeakfuneralchapel.com/obituary/jimmy-work |url-status=dead }}
• April 21 – Ira Louvin, member of The Louvin Brothers (with brother Charlie). (died 1965)
• June 20 – Chet Atkins, session musician and record producer, primarily with RCA Records (died 2001).
• June 28 – George Morgan, pop-styled singer of the 1940s and 1950s; Grand Ole Opry stalwart and father of 1990s star Lorrie Morgan (died 1975).
• July 22 – Margaret Whiting, female country and pop vocalist of the 1940s and early 1950s; first female vocalist to top the Billboard country charts (1949's "Slippin' Around," as part of a duet with Jimmy Wakely). (died 2011)
• September 19 – Don Harron, Canadian comedian and playwright best known to country audiences as "Charlie Farquharson" on television's Hee Haw (died 2015).

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• Kingsbury, Paul, "Vinyl Hayride: Country Music Album Covers 1947–1989," Country Music Foundation, 2003 ({{ISBN|0-8118-3572-3}})
• Millard, Bob, "Country Music: 70 Years of America's Favorite Music," HarperCollins, New York, 1993 ({{ISBN|0-06-273244-7}})
• Whitburn, Joel. "Top Country Songs 1944–2005 – 6th Edition." 2005.

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