1924 in music

See also: 1923 in music, other events of 1924, 1925 in music and the list of 'years in music'.

Top Hits: Printed Music

• "Rhapsody in Blue" by George Gershwin
• "Serenade" by Dorothy Donnelly
• "Indian Love Call" by Otto Harbach
• "O, Katherina!" by L. Wolfe Gilbert
• "The Prisoner's Song" by Gus Massey
• "Everybody Loves My Baby" by Jack Palmer and Spencer Williams
• "Jealous" by Tommie Malie
• "All Alone" by Irving Berlin
• "June Night" by Cliff Friend
• "Charley My Boy" by Gus Kahn & Ted Fiorito
• "Doodle-Doo-Doo" by Art Lasser & Mel Stitzel
• "Spain" by Gus Kahn
• "I Wonder What's Become Of Sally?" by Jack Yellen & Milton Ager

Top Hits: Recordings

• "San" by Paul Whiteman & His Jazz Band
• "Arkansaw Blues/Blue Blues" by the Mound City Blue Blowers
• "Rhapsody In Blue" by Paul Whiteman's Orchestra with George Gershwin
• "San/Red Hot!" by the Mound City Blue Blowers & Frank Trumbauer
• "Show Me The Way (To Go Home)" by Ted Lewis & His Jazz Band
• "What'll I Do?" by Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra
• "The Prisoner's Song" by Vernon Dalhart

Births

• January 6 - Earl Scruggs
• January 20 - Slim Whitman
• April 16 - Henry Mancini
• May 22 - Charles Aznavour
• June 20 - Chet Atkins
• August 20 - Jim Reeves
• August 29 - Dinah Washington
• December 24 - Lee Dorsey

Deaths

• July 27 - Ferruccio Busoni, pianist and composer
• November 29 - Giacomo Puccini, composer