National Recording Registry
Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech was one of the 50 recordings added on the first year of existence of the United States National Recording Registry.
The National Recording Registry is a list of sound recordings that "are culturally, historically, or aesthetically important, and/or inform or reflect life in the United States." The registry was established by the National Recording Preservation Act of 2000,[1] which created the National Recording Preservation Board, whose members are appointed by the Librarian of Congress. The recordings preserved in the United States National Recording Registry form a registry of recordings selected yearly by the National Recording Preservation Board for preservation in the Library of Congress.[2]
The legislative intent of the National Recording Preservation Act of 2000 was to develop a national program to guard America's sound recording heritage. The Act resulted in the formations of the National Recording Registry, The National Recording Preservation Board and a fund-raising foundation to aid their efforts.[3] The act established the Registry specifically for the purpose of maintaining and preserving sound recordings and collections of sound recordings that are culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.[1] Beginning in 2002, the National Recording Preservation Board began selecting nominated recordings each year to be preserved.
The first four yearly lists each included 50 selections. However, since 2006, 25 recordings have been selected annually. Thus, a total of 500 recordings have been preserved in the Registry as of 2017[update]. Each calendar year, public nominations are accepted for inclusion in that year's list of selections to be announced the following spring. Nominations are made in the following categories:
- Blues
- Broadway/Musical Theatre/Soundtrack
- Cajun/Zydeco/"Swamp"
- Children's recordings
- Choral
- Classical
- Comedy/Novelty
- Country/Bluegrass
- Documentary/Broadcast/Spoken Word
- Environmental
- Field
- Folk/Ethnic
- Gospel/Spiritual
- Heavy metal
- Jazz
- Latin
- Pop (pre-1955)
- Pop (post-1955)
- R&B
- Radio
- Rap/Hip-hop
- Rock
- Technology
Each yearly list has often included a few recordings that have also been selected for inclusion in the holdings of the National Archives' audiovisual collection. Those recordings on the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry that are of a political nature will tend to overlap with the audiovisual collection of the National Archives. The list shows overlapping items and whether the National Archives has an original or a copy of the recording.
Contents
1 Selection criteria
2 2002
3 2003
4 2004
5 2005
6 2006
7 2007
8 2008
9 2009
10 2010
11 2011
12 2012
13 2013
14 2014
15 2015
16 2016
17 2017
18 Statistics
19 See also
20 Notes
21 References
22 External links
Selection criteria
The criteria for selection are as follows:[4]
- Recordings selected for the National Recording Registry are those that are culturally, historically or aesthetically important, and/or inform or reflect life in the United States.
- For the purposes of recording selection, "sound recordings" are defined as works that result from the fixation of a series of musical, spoken, or other sounds, but not including the sound component of a moving image work, unless it is available as an autonomous sound recording or is the only extant component of the work.
- Recordings may be a single item or group of related items; published or unpublished; and may contain music, non-music, spoken word, or broadcast sound.
- Recordings will not be considered for inclusion into the National Recording Registry if no copy of the recording exists.
- No recording should be denied inclusion into the National Recording Registry because that recording has already been preserved.
- No recording is eligible for inclusion into the National Recording Registry until ten years after the recording's creation.
2002
On January 27, 2003, the following 50 selections were announced by the National Recording Preservation Board.[5]
Selected exhibition recordings for the phonograph were added in 2002.
Booker T. Washington recreated his controversial 1895 Atlanta Exposition Speech in 1906.
The Original Dixieland Jazz Band
"Downhearted Blues" was the first release by Bessie Smith.
Louis Armstrong was one of American music's most important figures. The preserved sessions, and his solos in particular, set a standard musicians still strive to equal in their beauty and innovation.[5]
Franklin D. Roosevelt's "Fireside Chats" "redefined the relationship between the president and the American people."[5]
Orson Welles' 1938 "War of the Worlds" radio drama created alarm and panic across the United States.
Bob Dylan is considered one of the 20th century's most influential figures.
| Recording or collection | Performer or agent | Year | National Archives |
|---|---|---|---|
Edison exhibition recordings (Group of three cylinders):[6]
| Thomas Edison | 1888–1889 | |
Passamaquoddy Indians field recordings | Recorded by Jesse Walter Fewkes | 1890 | |
| "Stars and Stripes Forever" (Berliner Gramophone disc recording) | Military Band | 1897 | |
Metropolitan Opera cylinder recordings (the Mapleson Cylinders) | Lionel Mapleson and the Metropolitan Opera | 1900–1903 | |
Ragtime compositions piano rolls | Scott Joplin | 1900s | |
1895 Atlanta Exposition speech | Booker T. Washington | 1906 recreation | copy |
| "Casey at the Bat" | DeWolf Hopper | 1906 | |
| "Vesti la giubba" from Pagliacci | Enrico Caruso | 1907 | |
| "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" | Fisk Jubilee Singers | 1909 | |
Lovey's Trinidad String Band | Lovey's Trinidad String Band | 1912 | |
| "Tiger Rag" | Original Dixieland Jazz Band | 1918 | |
| "Arkansas Traveler" and "Sallie Gooden" | Eck Robertson | 1922 | |
| "Downhearted Blues" | Bessie Smith | 1923 | |
Rhapsody in Blue | George Gershwin, piano; Paul Whiteman Orchestra | 1924 | |
Louis Armstrong's Hot Five and Hot Seven recordings | Louis Armstrong's Hot Five and Hot Seven | 1925–1928 | |
Victor Talking Machine Company sessions in Bristol, Tennessee | Carter Family, Jimmie Rodgers, Ernest Stoneman, and others | 1927 | |
Highlander Center Field Recordings Collection | Rosa Parks, Esau Jenkins and others | 1930s–1980s | |
Bell Laboratories experimental stereo recordings | Philadelphia Orchestra; Leopold Stokowski, conductor | 1931–1932 | |
| "Fireside Chats" radio broadcasts[A] | Franklin D. Roosevelt | 1933–1944 | original |
| Harvard Vocarium record series | T. S. Eliot, W. H. Auden and others | 1933–1956 | |
| "New Music Quarterly" recordings series | Henry Cowell, producer | 1934–1949 | |
| Description of the crash of the Hindenburg | Herbert Morrison | May 6, 1937 | original |
The Cradle Will Rock (Marc Blitzstein) | Original cast | 1938 | |
| "Who's on First?" Earliest existing radio broadcast version | Abbott and Costello | October 6, 1938 | |
The War of the Worlds | Orson Welles and The Mercury Theatre on the Air | October 30, 1938 | copy |
| "God Bless America" Radio broadcast premiere | Kate Smith | November 11, 1938 | |
| The John and Ruby Lomax Southern States Recording Trip | John and Ruby Lomax | 1939 | |
| "Strange Fruit" | Billie Holiday | 1939 | |
Grand Ole Opry First network radio broadcast | Uncle Dave Macon, Roy Acuff, and others | October 14, 1939 | |
Béla Bartók and Joseph Szigeti in Concert at the Library of Congress | Béla Bartók, piano; Joseph Szigeti, violin | 1940 | |
The Rite of Spring | Igor Stravinsky conducting the New York Philharmonic | 1940 | |
Blanton-Webster era recordings | Duke Ellington Orchestra | 1940–1942 | |
| "White Christmas" original 1942 single | Bing Crosby | 1942 | |
| "This Land is Your Land" | Woody Guthrie | 1944 | |
D-Day radio address to the Allied Nations | Dwight D. Eisenhower | June 6, 1944 | original |
| "Ko Ko" | Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, and others | 1945 | |
| "Blue Moon of Kentucky" | Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys | 1947 | |
| "How High the Moon" | Les Paul and Mary Ford | 1951 | |
Songs for Young Lovers | Frank Sinatra | 1954 | |
Sun Records sessions | Elvis Presley | 1954–1955 | |
Dance Mania | Tito Puente | 1958 | |
Kind of Blue | Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Cannonball Adderley, Bill Evans, and others | 1959 | |
| "What'd I Say", Parts 1 and 2 | Ray Charles | 1959 | |
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan | Bob Dylan | 1963 | |
| "I Have a Dream" speech | Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. | August 28, 1963 | copy |
| "Respect" | Aretha Franklin | 1967 | |
Philomel: For Soprano (Milton Babbitt) | Bethany Beardslee, recorded soprano, and synthesized sound | 1971 | |
Precious Lord: New Recordings of the Great Gospel Songs of Thomas A. Dorsey | Thomas A. Dorsey, Marion Williams, and others | 1973 | |
| Crescent City Living Legends Collection (New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation Archive/WWOZ New Orleans) | 1973–1990 | ||
| "The Message" | Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five | 1982 |
2003
In March 2004, the following 50 selections were made by the National Recording Preservation Board.[7]
"He's Got the Whole World in His Hands" was one of Marian Anderson's favorite spirituals, and she often performed it at the conclusion of her recitals.[7]
The Cole Porter Songbook was the first of Ella Fitzgerald's many anthologies.
Chuck Berry- widely considered to have "laid the groundwork for not only a rock and roll sound but a rock and roll stance".
O. Winston Link's recordings of the sounds produced by a variety of locomotive models capture "the unique and now-lost sounds of the engines which united the United States."[7]
The Beatles' album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is arguably one of the most important albums in popular music.
Marvin Gaye has been covered by artists from The Who to Alicia Keys.
| Recording or collection | Performer or agent | Year | National Archives |
|---|---|---|---|
| "The Lord's Prayer" and "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" | Emile Berliner | c. 1890 | |
| "Honolulu Cake Walk" | Vess Ossman | 1898 | |
Victor Releases | Bert Williams and George Walker | 1901 | |
| "You're a Grand Old Rag [Flag]" | Billy Murray | 1906 | |
Chippewa/Ojibwe Cylinder Collection | Frances Densmore | 1907–1910 | |
| The Bubble Book (the first Bubble Book) | 1917 | ||
Cylinder recordings of African-American music | Guy B. Johnson | 1920s | |
"Cross of Gold" speech Speech re-enactment | William Jennings Bryan | 1921 | |
| "The OKeh Laughing Record" | Lucie Bernardo and Otto Rathke | 1922 | |
| "Adeste Fideles" | Associated Glee Clubs of America | 1925 | |
Cajun-Creole Columbia releases | Amédé Ardoin and Dennis McGee | 1929 | |
| "Goodnight, Irene" | Lead Belly | 1933 | |
| "Every Man a King" speech | Huey P. Long | February 23, 1935 | copy |
| "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands" | Marian Anderson | 1936 | |
The Complete Recordings | Robert Johnson | 1936–1937 | |
| Interviews conducted by Alan Lomax | Jelly Roll Morton, Alan Lomax | 1938 | |
Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert | Benny Goodman | 1938 | |
Complete day of radio broadcasting, WJSV (Washington, D.C.) | WJSV, Washington, D.C. | September 21, 1939 | original |
| "New San Antonio Rose" | Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys | 1940 | |
Porgy and Bess (George Gershwin) | Original cast | 1940, 1942 | |
Beethoven String Quartets | Budapest Quartet | 1940–1950 | |
World Series-Game Four | New York Yankees vs. Brooklyn Dodgers | October 5, 1941 | |
Oklahoma! (Rodgers and Hammerstein) | Original cast | 1943 | |
Othello | Paul Robeson, Uta Hagen, José Ferrer, and others | 1943 | |
Bach B-Minor Mass | Robert Shaw Chorale | 1947 | |
The Four Seasons (Vivaldi) | Louis Kaufman and the Concert Hall String Orchestra | 1947 | |
Piano Sonata No. 2, "Concord" (Ives) | John Kirkpatrick | 1948 | |
Pictures at an Exhibition (Modest Mussorgsky) | Rafael Kubelík conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra | 1951 | |
| "Problems of the American Home" | Billy Graham | 1954 | |
Goldberg Variations (Bach) | Glenn Gould | 1955 | |
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book | Ella Fitzgerald | 1956 | |
| "Roll Over Beethoven" | Chuck Berry | 1956 | |
Brilliant Corners | Thelonious Monk | 1956 | |
Steam locomotive recordings, 6 vol. | O. Winston Link | 1957–1977 | |
Complete Ring Cycle (Richard Wagner) | Georg Solti and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra | 1958–1965 | |
Winds in Hi-Fi | Eastman Wind Ensemble with Frederick Fennell | 1958 | |
Mingus Ah Um | Charles Mingus | 1959 | |
New York Taxi Driver | Tony Schwartz | 1959 | |
Ali Akbar College of Music, Archive Selections | 1960s–1970s | ||
| "Crazy" | Patsy Cline | 1961 | |
| Kennedy Inauguration Ceremony | John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Robert Frost, and others | January 20, 1961 | original |
Judy at Carnegie Hall | Judy Garland | 1961 | |
| "I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now)" | Otis Redding | 1965 | |
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | The Beatles | 1967 | |
At Folsom Prison | Johnny Cash | 1968 | |
What's Going On | Marvin Gaye | 1971 | |
Tapestry | Carole King | 1971 | |
A Prairie Home Companion First broadcast | Garrison Keillor | July 6, 1974 | |
Born to Run | Bruce Springsteen | 1975 | |
Live at Yankee Stadium | Fania All-Stars | 1975 |
2004
In April 2005, the following 50 selections were made by the National Recording Preservation Board.[8]
The traditional pop music song "Fascinating Rhythm," was sung by Fred and Adele Astaire in Lady, Be Good.
The NBC's coverage of Colonel Lindbergh in Washington was an important achievement for the network, and involved reporters in three locations in the city.
In spite of the controversy surrounding MacArthur at the time, his farewell speech to congress is noted for its eloquence and effectiveness.[8]
Among those to have claimed musical satirist Tom Lehrer as an influence are Lenny Bruce and Weird Al Yankovic.
"Houston. Tranquility base here. The Eagle has landed ... I'm going to step off the LEM now. That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." Neil Armstrong's words upon landing on the moon "have become some of the most recognizable and memorable sentences spoken in United States history."[8]
Nirvana are considered one of the modern era's most influential bands, helping popularize alternative rock.
| Recording or collection | Performer or agent | Year | National Archives |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Gypsy Love Song" | Eugene Cowles | 1898 | |
| "Some of These Days" | Sophie Tucker | 1911 | |
| "The Castles in Europe One-Step (Castle House Rag)" | Europe's Society Orchestra | 1914 | |
| "Swanee" | Al Jolson | 1920 | |
Armistice Day radio broadcast | Woodrow Wilson | November 10, 1923 | original |
| "See See Rider" | Gertrude "Ma" Rainey | 1923 | |
| "Charleston" | Golden Gate Orchestra | 1925 | |
| "Fascinating Rhythm" | Fred and Adele Astaire; George Gershwin, piano | 1926 | |
NBC radio coverage of Charles A. Lindbergh's arrival and reception in Washington, D.C. | June 11, 1927 | copy | |
| "Stardust" | Hoagy Carmichael | 1927 | |
| "Blue Yodel (T for Texas)" | Jimmie Rodgers | 1927 | |
| "Ain't Misbehavin'" | Thomas "Fats" Waller | 1929 | |
| "Gregorio Cortez" | Trovadores Regionales | 1929 | |
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor | Sergei Rachmaninoff, piano; Leopold Stokowski, conductor; Philadelphia Orchestra | 1929 | |
| "The Suncook Town Tragedy" | Mabel Wilson Tatro | July 1930 | |
| Oral narrative from the Lorenzo D. Turner Collection | Rosina Cohen | 1932 | |
| "Stormy Weather" | Ethel Waters | 1933 | |
| "Body and Soul" | Coleman Hawkins | 1939 | |
Peter and the Wolf (Sergey Prokofiev) | Serge Koussevitzky, conductor; Richard Hale, narrator; Boston Symphony Orchestra | 1939 | |
| "In the Mood" | Glenn Miller and His Orchestra | 1939 | |
| Broadcasts from London | Edward R. Murrow | 1940 | copy |
We Hold These Truths (Norman Corwin) | December 15, 1941 | original | |
Piano Concerto No. 1, op. 23, Bb minor (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky) | Vladimir Horowitz, piano; Arturo Toscanini, conductor; NBC Symphony Orchestra | 1943 | |
| "Down by the Riverside" | Sister Rosetta Tharpe | 1944 | |
U.S. Highball (A Musical Account of a Transcontinental Hobo Trip) | Harry Partch, Gate 5 Ensemble | 1946 | |
Four Saints in Three Acts (Virgil Thomson) | Original cast | 1947 | |
| "Manteca" | Dizzy Gillespie Big Band with Chano Pozo | 1947 | |
The Jack Benny Program | Jack Benny | March 28, 1948 | |
| "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" | Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs | 1949 | |
| "Lovesick Blues" | Hank Williams | 1949 | |
Guys & Dolls | Original cast | 1950 | |
| "Old Soldiers Never Die" (Farewell Address to the United States Congress) | General Douglas MacArthur | April 19, 1951 | copy |
Songs by Tom Lehrer | Tom Lehrer | 1953 | |
| "Hoochie Coochie Man" | Muddy Waters | 1954 | |
| "Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine)" | The Penguins | 1954 | |
Tuskegee Institute Choir Sings Spirituals | Tuskegee Institute Choir, directed by William L. Dawson | 1955 | |
Messiah | Eugene Ormandy, conductor; Richard P. Condie, choir director; Mormon Tabernacle Choir; Philadelphia Orchestra | 1958 | |
Giant Steps | John Coltrane | 1959 | |
Drums of Passion | Michael Babatunde Olatunji | 1960 | |
Peace Be Still | James Cleveland | 1962 | |
| "The Girl from Ipanema" (Garota de Ipanema) | Stan Getz, João Gilberto, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Astrud Gilberto | 1963 | |
Live at the Apollo | James Brown and The Famous Flames | 1963 | |
Pet Sounds | The Beach Boys | 1966 | |
King James version of the Bible | Alexander Scourby | 1966 | |
| Remarks broadcast from the moon | Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong | July 21, 1969 | original |
At Fillmore East | The Allman Brothers Band | 1971 | |
Star Wars (Soundtrack) | John Williams | 1977 | |
| Recordings of Asian elephants | Katharine B. Payne | 1984 | |
Fear of a Black Planet | Public Enemy | 1990 | |
Nevermind | Nirvana | 1991 |
2005
In April 2006, the following 50 selections were made by the National Recording Preservation Board.[9]
Paul Robeson used his diverse talents to pave a successful career as a performer and become active in sociopolitical affairs.
Count Basie, prominent band leader during the big band era, influenced many musicians of his day.
Archibald MacLeish, Librarian of Congress and Pulitzer Prize-winning poet.
Former champion Max Schmeling handed Joe Louis his first loss.
B. B. King and his guitar Lucille.
The Firesign Theatre's Don't Crush That Dwarf ... was the first comedy album to utilize such production techniques as 16-track recording and Dolby noise reduction.
Stevie Wonder has been awarded over 20 Grammy Awards. His 1976 album Songs in the Key of Life won the Grammy that year for Album of the Year.
| Recording or collection | Performer or agent | Year | National Archives |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Canzone del Porter" from Martha (von Flotow) | Edouard de Reszke | 1903 | |
| "Listen to the Lambs" | Hampton Quartette; recorded by Natalie Curtis Burlin | 1917 | |
| "Over There" | Nora Bayes | 1917 | |
| "Crazy Blues" [10] | Mamie Smith | 1920 | |
| "My Man" and "Second Hand Rose" | Fanny Brice | 1921 | |
| "Ory's Creole Trombone" | Kid Ory | June 1922 | |
Second inauguration of Calvin Coolidge | Calvin Coolidge | March 4, 1925 | |
| "Tanec Pid Werbamy (Dance Under the Willows)" | Pawlo Humeniuk | 1926 | |
| "Singin' the Blues" | Frankie Trumbauer and His Orchestra with Bix Beiderbecke | 1927 | |
| First official transatlantic telephone conversation | W.S. Gifford and Sir Evelyn P. Murray | January 7, 1927 | original |
| "El Manisero" ("The Peanut Vendor") (Two versions) | Rita Montaner, vocal with orchestra; Don Azpiazu and His Havana Casino orchestra | 1927; 1930 | |
Light's Golden Jubilee Celebration | October 21, 1929 | copy | |
| Beethoven's Egmont Overture, Op. 84 | Modesto High School Band | 1930 | |
Show Boat | Helen Morgan, Paul Robeson, James Melton and others; Victor Young, conductor; Louis Alter, piano | 1932 | |
| "Wabash Cannonball" | Roy Acuff | 1936 | |
| "One O'Clock Jump" | Count Basie and His Orchestra | 1937 | |
The Fall of the City (Columbia Workshop) | Orson Welles, narrator; Burgess Meredith, Paul Stewart | April 11, 1937 | copy |
The Adventures of Robin Hood (Erich Wolfgang Korngold) | May 11, 1938 | ||
Joe Louis-Max Schmeling fight | Clem McCarthy, announcer | June 22, 1938 | |
John the Revelator | Golden Gate Quartet | 1938 | |
| "Adagio for Strings" (Samuel Barber) | Arturo Toscanini, conductor; NBC Symphony | November 5, 1938 | |
Command Performance, show No. 21 | Bob Hope, master of ceremonies | July 7, 1942 | copy |
| "Straighten Up and Fly Right" | Nat "King" Cole | 1943 | |
The Fred Allen Show | Fred Allen | October 7, 1945 | |
| "Jole Blon (Jolie Blonde)" | Harry Choates | 1946 | |
Tubby the Tuba | Victor Jory | 1946 | |
| "Move On Up a Little Higher" | Mahalia Jackson | 1948 | |
Anthology of American Folk Music | Edited by Harry Smith | 1952 | |
Damnation of Faust | Boston Symphony Orchestra with the Harvard Glee Club and Radcliffe Choral Society | 1954 | |
| "Blueberry Hill" | Fats Domino | 1956 | |
Variations for Orchestra Representative of the Louisville Orchestra First Edition Recordings series | Louisville Orchestra | 1956 | |
| "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" | Jerry Lee Lewis | 1957 | |
| "That'll Be the Day" | Buddy Holly and The Crickets | 1957 | |
Poeme Electronique | Edgard Varèse | 1958 | |
Time Out | The Dave Brubeck Quartet | 1959 | |
| "Schooner Bradley" | Pat Bonner | 1960 | |
Studs Terkel interview with James Baldwin Representative of the Studs Terkel Collection at the Chicago History Museum (formerly the Chicago Historical Society) | Studs Terkel, James Baldwin | September 29, 1962 | |
United States Military Academy address | William Faulkner | April 19–20, 1962 | |
| "Dancing in the Street" | Martha and the Vandellas | 1964 | |
Live at the Regal | B.B. King | 1965 | |
Are You Experienced | The Jimi Hendrix Experience | 1967 | |
We're Only in It for the Money | Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention | 1968 | |
Switched-On Bach | Wendy Carlos | 1968 | |
| "Oh Happy Day" | Edwin Hawkins Singers | 1969 | |
Don't Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me the Pliers | Firesign Theatre | 1970 | |
| "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" | Gil Scott-Heron | 1970 | |
Will the Circle Be Unbroken | Nitty Gritty Dirt Band | 1972 | |
| The old foghorn, Kewaunee, Wisconsin | Recorded by James A. Lipsky | 1972 | |
Songs in the Key of Life | Stevie Wonder | 1976 | |
Daydream Nation | Sonic Youth | 1988 |
2006
On March 6, 2007, the following 25 selections were made by the National Recording Preservation Board.[11]
Cal Stewart was among the most prolific and popular recording artists of the first 20 years of commercial recording.
Pete Seeger adapted a gospel song, "I Shall Overcome", by changing "I" to "We", and it became a civil rights standard.
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction, The Rolling Stones' first U.S. No. 1 is thought to be one of the greatest rock songs.
| Recording or collection | Performer or agent | Year | National Archives |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Uncle Josh and the Insurance Agent" | Cal Stewart | 1904 | |
| "Il Mio Tesoro" | John McCormack; orchestra conducted by Walter Rogers | 1916 | |
| National Defense Test | General John J. Pershing | September 12, 1924 | copy |
| "Black Bottom Stomp" | Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers | 1926 | |
| "Wildwood Flower" | Carter Family | 1928 | |
| "Pony Blues" | Charley Patton | 1929 | |
| "You're the Top" | Cole Porter | 1934 | |
The Lone Ranger Episode: "The Osage Bank Robbery" | Earle Graser, John Todd | December 17, 1937 | |
| "Day of Infamy" speech to Congress | Franklin D. Roosevelt | December 8, 1941 | copy |
| Native Brazilian music recorded under the supervision of Leopold Stokowski | Pixinguinha, Donga, Cartola, Jararaca, Ratinho and José Espinguela | 1942 | |
| "Peace in the Valley" | Red Foley and the Sunshine Boys | 1951 | |
| "Polonaise in A Major" ("Polonaise militaire"), Op. 40, No. 1, by Frédéric Chopin | Artur Rubinstein | 1952 | |
| "Blue Suede Shoes" | Carl Perkins | 1955 | |
| Interviews with William "Billy" Bell (Canadian-Irish northwoods work songs) | Recorded by Edward D. "Sandy" Ives | 1956 | |
Howl | Allen Ginsberg | 1959 | |
The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart | Bob Newhart | 1960 | |
| "Be My Baby" | The Ronettes | 1963 | |
We Shall Overcome | Pete Seeger | 1963 | |
| "A Change Is Gonna Come" | Sam Cooke | 1964 | |
| "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" | The Rolling Stones | 1965 | |
The Velvet Underground & Nico | The Velvet Underground and Nico | 1967 | |
The Eighty-Six Years of Eubie Blake | Eubie Blake | 1969 | |
Burnin' | The Wailers | 1973 | |
Live in Japan | Sarah Vaughan | 1973 | |
Graceland | Paul Simon | 1986 |
2007
"Allons à Lafayette" was the best-known recording by Cajun accordionist Joe Falcon.
Fiorello La Guardia read the comics on WNYC radio during the 1945 newspaper delivery strike.
T-Bone Walker- one of the first electric guitarists.
Murmurs of Earth is an eclectic 90-minute record of life and culture, sent into space by NASA.
On May 14, 2008, the following 25 selections were made by the National Recording Preservation Board.[12][13]
| Recording or collection | Performer or agent | Year | National Archives |
|---|---|---|---|
| The first transatlantic broadcast | March 14, 1925 | ||
| "Allons a Lafayette" | Joe Falcon | 1928 | |
| "Casta Diva" from Bellini's Norma | Rosa Ponselle and the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, conducted by Giulio Setti | December 31, 1928 and January 30, 1929 | |
| "If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again" | Thomas A. Dorsey | 1934 | |
| "Sweet Lorraine" | Art Tatum | 1940 | |
Fibber McGee and Molly Fibber's closet opens for the first time | Jim Jordan, Marian Jordan | March 4, 1940 | |
Wings Over Jordan | May 10, 1942 | ||
[1][permanent dead link]Fiorello H. La Guardia reading the comics | Fiorello H. La Guardia | 1945 | |
| "Call It Stormy Monday (But Tuesday Is Just as Bad)" | T-Bone Walker | 1947 | |
| Speech at the 1948 Democratic National Convention | Harry S. Truman | July 15, 1948 | |
The Jazz Scene | Various artists, produced by Norman Granz | 1949 | |
| "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels" | Kitty Wells | 1952 | |
My Fair Lady | Original cast | 1956 | |
| Navajo Shootingway Ceremony Field Recordings | Recorded by David McAllester | 1957–1958 | |
"Freight Train" and Other North Carolina Folk Songs and Tunes | Elizabeth Cotten | 1959 | |
United States Marine Band Recordings for the National Cultural Center | 1963 | ||
| "Oh, Pretty Woman" | Roy Orbison | 1964 | |
| "The Tracks of My Tears" | Smokey Robinson and the Miracles | 1965 | |
You'll Sing a Song and I'll Sing a Song | Ella Jenkins | 1966 | |
Music from the Morning of the World | Various artists, recorded by David Lewiston | 1966 | |
For the Roses | Joni Mitchell | 1972 | |
Head Hunters | Herbie Hancock | 1973 | |
Ronald Reagan radio broadcasts | Ronald Reagan | 1976–79 | |
Murmurs of Earth Disc prepared for the Voyager spacecraft | compilation produced by Carl Sagan | 1977 | |
Thriller | Michael Jackson | 1982 |
2008
Shortly after his Carnegie Hall debut, violinist Jascha Heifetz made his first recordings for Victor.
Mary Lou Williams was a prolific jazz pianist, composer, and arranger.
Winston Churchill's "Sinews of Peace" address originated the term "Iron Curtain."
With Rumble, Link Wray popularized the power chord.
On June 10, 2009, the following 25 selections were made by the National Recording Preservation Board.[14]
| Recording or collection | Performer or agent | Year | National Archives |
|---|---|---|---|
| "No News, or What Killed the Dog" | Nat M. Wills | 1908 | |
| Acoustic recordings for Victor Talking Machine Company | Jascha Heifetz | 1917–1924 | |
| "Night Life" | Mary Lou Williams | 1930 | |
Sounds of the ivory-billed woodpecker | Recorded by Arthur Allen and Peter Paul Kellogg | 1935 | |
Gang Busters | 1935–1957 | ||
| "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen" | The Andrews Sisters | 1938 | |
| "O Que É Que A Baiana Tem?" | Carmen Miranda | 1939 | |
NBC Radio coverage of Marian Anderson's recital at the Lincoln Memorial | Marian Anderson | April 9, 1939 | |
| "Tom Dooley" | Frank Proffitt | 1940 | |
Mary Margaret McBride | Mary Margaret McBride and Zora Neale Hurston | January 25, 1943 | |
| "Uncle Sam Blues" (V-Disc) | Oran "Hot Lips" Page, accompanied by Eddie Condon's Jazz Band | 1944 | |
"Sinews of Peace" (Iron Curtain) Speech at Westminster College, Fulton, Missouri | Winston Churchill | March 5, 1946 | |
| "The Churkendoose" | Ray Bolger | 1947 | |
| "Boogie Chillen'" | John Lee Hooker | 1948 | |
A Child's Christmas in Wales | Dylan Thomas | 1952 | |
A Festival of Lessons and Carols as Sung on Christmas Eve in King's College Chapel, Cambridge. | King's College Choir; Boris Ord, director | 1954 | |
West Side Story | Original cast | 1957 | |
| "Tom Dooley" | The Kingston Trio | 1958 | |
| "Rumble" | Link Wray | 1958 | |
The Play of Daniel: A Twelfth-Century Drama | New York Pro Musica under the direction of Noah Greenberg | 1958 | |
| "Rank Stranger" | The Stanley Brothers | 1960 | |
| "At Last" | Etta James | 1961 | |
2000 Years with Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks | Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks | 1961 | |
The Who Sings My Generation | The Who | 1966 | |
| "He Stopped Loving Her Today" | George Jones | 1980 |
2009
On June 23, 2010, the following 25 selections were made by the National Recording Preservation Board.[15]
Little Richard
Bill Cosby
Mississippi John Hurt
Willie Nelson
Patti Smith
R.E.M.
| Recording or collection | Performer or agent | Year | National Archives |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Fon der Choope (From the Wedding)" | Abe Elenkrig's Yidishe Orchestra | April 4, 1913 | |
| "Canal Street Blues" | King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band | April 5, 1923 | |
Tristan und Isolde, NBC broadcast | Metropolitan Opera, featuring Kirsten Flagstad and Lauritz Melchior | March 9, 1935 | |
| "When You Wish Upon a Star" | Cliff Edwards | 1938 (recorded) / 1940 (released) | |
America's Town Meeting of the Air: "Should Our Ships Convoy Materials to England?" | George V. Denny, Jr. (host); Reinhold Niebuhr, John Flynn (guests) | May 8, 1941 | |
| The Library of Congress Marine Corps Combat Field Recording Collection, Second Battle of Guam. | 1944 | ||
| "Evangeline Special" and "Love Bridge Waltz" | Iry LeJeune | 1948 | |
The Little Engine that Could | Paul Wing, narrator | 1949 | |
| Leon Metcalf Collection of recordings of the First People of western Washington State | Leon Metcalf | 1950–1954 | |
| "Tutti Frutti" | Little Richard | 1955 | |
| "Smokestack Lightning" | Howlin' Wolf | 1956 | |
Gypsy | Original cast recording | 1959 | |
The Complete Village Vanguard Recordings | Bill Evans Trio | June 25, 1961 | |
| "Daisy Bell (Bicycle Built for Two)" | Max Mathews | 1961 | |
I Started Out as a Child | Bill Cosby | 1964 | |
Azucar Pa' Ti | Eddie Palmieri | 1965 | |
Today! | Mississippi John Hurt | 1966 | |
| "Silver Apples of the Moon" | Morton Subotnick | 1967 | |
Soul Folk in Action | The Staple Singers | 1968 | |
The Band | The Band | 1969 | |
| "Coal Miner's Daughter" | Loretta Lynn | 1970 | |
Red Headed Stranger | Willie Nelson | 1975 | |
Horses | Patti Smith | 1975 | |
| "Radio Free Europe" original Hib-Tone single | R.E.M. | 1981 | |
| "Dear Mama" | 2Pac | 1995 |
2010
Ishi, last surviving member of the Yahi tribe
Willis Conover, broadcaster with the Voice of America
Don Van Vliet, better known by the stage name Captain Beefheart
A humpback whale, known for producing whale songs
On April 6, 2011, the following 25 selections were announced.[16]
| Recording or collection | Performer or agent | Year | National Archives |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phonautograms [17] | Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville | ca. 1853–1861 | |
| "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" | Edward Meeker, accompanied by the Edison Orchestra | 1908 | |
Yahi language cylinder recordings | Ishi, last surviving member of the Yahi tribe | 1911–1914 | |
| "Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground" | Blind Willie Johnson | 1927 | |
| "It's the Girl" | The Boswell Sisters with the Dorsey Brothers Orchestra | 1931 | |
| "Mal Hombre" | Lydia Mendoza | 1934 | |
| "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" | The Sons of the Pioneers | 1934 | |
Talking Union | The Almanac Singers | 1941 | |
Jazz at the Philharmonic | Nat "King" Cole, Les Paul, Buddy Rich, others | July 2, 1944 | |
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina's "Pope Marcellus Mass" | Roger Wagner Chorale | 1951 | |
| "The Eagle Stirreth Her Nest" | Reverend C. L. Franklin | 1953 | |
| "Tipitina" | Professor Longhair | 1953 | |
At Sunset | Mort Sahl | 1955 | |
| Interviews with jazz musicians for the Voice of America | Willis Conover | 1956 | |
The Music from Peter Gunn | Henry Mancini | 1958 | |
| United Sacred Harp Musical Convention in Fyffe, Alabama | field recordings by Alan Lomax and Shirley Collins | 1959 | |
Blind Joe Death | John Fahey | 1959, 1964, 1967 | |
| "Stand by Your Man" | Tammy Wynette | 1968 | |
Trout Mask Replica | Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band | 1969 | |
Songs of the Humpback Whale | Frank Watlington, Roger Payne, and others | 1970 | |
| "Let's Stay Together" | Al Green | 1971 | |
| "Black Angels (Thirteen Images from the Dark Land)" (George Crumb) | New York Strings Quartet | 1972 | |
Aja | Steely Dan | 1977 | |
GOPAC Strategy and Instructional Tapes | Newt Gingrich, others | 1986–1994 | |
3 Feet High and Rising | De La Soul | 1989 |
2011
On May 23, 2012, the following 25 selections were made by the National Recording Preservation Board.[18]
Lillian Russell
Leonard Bernstein
Bo Diddley
Dolly Parton
Grateful Dead
| Recording or collection | Performer or agent | Year | National Archives |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edison Talking Doll cylinder | November 1888 | ||
| "Come Down Ma Evenin' Star" | Lillian Russell | 1912 | |
| "Ten Cents A Dance" | Ruth Etting | 1930 | |
Voices from the Days of Slavery | Various | 1932–1975 | |
| "I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart" | Patsy Montana | 1935 | |
| "Fascinating Rhythm" | Sol Hoʻopiʻi | 1938 | |
| "Artistry In Rhythm" | Stan Kenton | 1943 | |
| New York Philharmonic debut of Leonard Bernstein | Leonard Bernstein | November 14, 1943 | |
Hottest Women's Band of the 1940s | International Sweethearts of Rhythm | 1944–1946 (released 1984) | |
| "Hula Medley" [19] | Gabby Pahinui | 1947 | |
Indians for Indians (Hour) | Don Whistler | March 25, 1947 | |
I Can Hear It Now: 1933-1945 | Edward R. Murrow and Fred W. Friendly | 1948 | |
| "Let's Go Out to the Programs" | The Dixie Hummingbirds | 1953 | |
Also Sprach Zarathustra | Fritz Reiner and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra | 1954, 1958 | |
| "Bo Diddley"/ "I'm a Man" | Bo Diddley | 1955 | |
| "Green Onions" | Booker T. & The M.G.'s | 1962 | |
A Charlie Brown Christmas | Vince Guaraldi Trio | 1965 | |
Forever Changes | Love | 1967 | |
The Continental Harmony: The Gregg Smith Singers Perform Music of William Billings | The Gregg Smith Singers | 1969 | |
| "Coat of Many Colors" | Dolly Parton | 1971 | |
Mothership Connection | Parliament | 1975 | |
Barton Hall Concert at Cornell University[20] | Grateful Dead | 1977 | |
| "I Feel Love" | Donna Summer | 1977 | |
| "Rapper's Delight" | Sugarhill Gang | 1979 | |
Purple Rain | Prince and The Revolution | 1984 |
2012
Will Rogers
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Ornette Coleman
Big Brother and the Holding Company
Pink Floyd
On March 21, 2013, the following 25 selections were announced.[16]
| Recording or collection | Performer or agent | Year | National Archives |
|---|---|---|---|
| "After You've Gone" | Marion Harris | 1918 | |
| "Bacon, Beans and Limousines" [21] | Will Rogers | October 18, 1931 | |
| "Begin the Beguine" | Artie Shaw | 1938 | |
| "You Are My Sunshine" | Jimmie Davis | 1940 | |
D-Day Radio Broadcast | George Hicks | June 5–6, 1944 | |
| "Just Because" | Frank Yankovic & His Yanks | 1947 | |
South Pacific Original Cast Recording | Original Cast | 1949 | |
Descargas: Cuban Jam Sessions in Miniature | Cachao | 1957 | |
Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 | Van Cliburn | April 11, 1958 | |
| President's Message Relayed from Atlas Satellite | Dwight D. Eisenhower | December 19, 1958 | |
A Program of Song [22] | Leontyne Price | 1959 | |
The Shape of Jazz to Come | Ornette Coleman | 1959 | |
| "Crossing Chilly Jordan" | Blackwood Brothers | 1960 | |
| "The Twist" | Chubby Checker | 1960 | |
Old Time Music at Clarence Ashley's | Clarence Ashley, Doc Watson, others | 1960–1962 | |
Hoodoo Man Blues | Junior Wells' Chicago Blues Band feat. Buddy Guy | 1965 | |
Sounds of Silence | Simon & Garfunkel | 1966 | |
Cheap Thrills | Big Brother and the Holding Company | 1968 | |
The Dark Side of the Moon | Pink Floyd | 1973 | |
Music Time In Africa | Leo Sarkisian | July 29, 1973 | |
The Wild Tchoupitoulas | The Wild Tchoupitoulas | 1976 | |
Ramones | Ramones | 1976 | |
Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack | The Bee Gees, et al. | 1977 | |
Einstein On The Beach | Philip Glass and Robert Wilson | 1979 | |
The Audience With Betty Carter | Betty Carter | 1980 |
2013
Louis Jordan
The Everly Brothers
Lyndon B. Johnson
Isaac Hayes
Larry Norman
U2
On April 2, 2014, the following 25 selections were announced.[23][24]
| Recording or collection | Performer or agent | Year | National Archives |
|---|---|---|---|
| "The Laughing Song" | George W. Johnson | c.1896 | |
| "They Didn’t Believe Me" | Harry Macdonough and Alice Green | 1915 | |
| "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" (Two Versions) | Bing Crosby and Rudy Vallee | 1932 | |
| Recordings of Kwakwaka’wakw Chief Dan Cranmer | Franz Boas and George Herzog | 1938 | |
| "Were You There" | Roland Hayes | 1940 | |
| "Sammy Goes to the Army" | The Goldbergs | July 9, 1942 | |
| "Caldonia" | Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five | 1945 | |
| "Dust My Broom" | Elmore James | 1951 | |
A Night at Birdland (Vols. 1 & 2) | Art Blakey | 1954 | |
| "When I Stop Dreaming" | The Louvin Brothers | 1955 | |
| "Cathy's Clown" | The Everly Brothers | 1960 | |
Texas Sharecropper and Songster | Mance Lipscomb | 1960 | |
The First Family | Vaughn Meader | 1962 | |
| Lawrence Ritter's Interviews with Baseball Pioneers of the Late 19th and Early 20th Century | Lawrence Ritter | 1962-1966 | |
| Presidential Recordings of Lyndon B. Johnson | Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | |
Carnegie Hall Concert with Buck Owens and His Buckaroos | Buck Owens and His Buckaroos | 1966 | |
| "Fortunate Son" | Creedence Clearwater Revival | 1969 | |
Shaft | Isaac Hayes | 1971 | |
Only Visiting This Planet | Larry Norman | 1972 | |
Celia & Johnny [25] | Celia Cruz and Johnny Pacheco | 1974 | |
Copland Conducts Copland: Appalachian Spring | Aaron Copland | 1974 | |
Heart Like a Wheel | Linda Ronstadt | 1974 | |
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Original Cast Recording | Original Cast | 1979 | |
The Joshua Tree | U2 | 1987 | |
| "Hallelujah" | Jeff Buckley | 1994 |
2014
On March 25, 2015, the following 25 selections were announced.[26]
Johnny Mercer
Joan Baez
The Doors
Sly and the Family Stone
Steve Martin
Lauryn Hill
| Recording or collection | Performer or agent | Year | National Archives |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Vernacular Wax Cylinder Recordings at University of California, Santa Barbara Library | University of California, Santa Barbara | 1890-1910 | |
| The Benjamin Ives Gilman Collection, recorded at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition at Chicago | Benjamin Ives Gilman | 1893 | |
| "The Boys of the Lough"/"The Humours of Ennistymon"[27] | Michael Coleman | 1922 | |
| "That Black Snake Moan"/ "Matchbox Blues" | Blind Lemon Jefferson | 1928 | |
| "Sorry, Wrong Number" (episode of Suspense radio series)[28] | Suspense | May 25, 1943 | |
| "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive" | Johnny Mercer | 1944 | |
| Radio Coverage of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Funeral | Arthur Godfrey, et al. | April 14, 1945 | |
Kiss Me, Kate Original Cast Recording | Original Cast | 1949 | |
John Brown's Body | Tyrone Power, Judith Anderson, and Raymond Massey; directed by Charles Laughton | 1953 | |
| "My Funny Valentine" | The Gerry Mulligan Quartet featuring Chet Baker | 1953 | |
| "Sixteen Tons" | Tennessee Ernie Ford | 1955 | |
| "Mary Don't You Weep" | The Swan Silvertones | 1959 | |
Joan Baez | Joan Baez | 1960 | |
| "Stand By Me" | Ben E. King | 1961 | |
New Orleans’ Sweet Emma Barrett and her Preservation Hall Jazz Band | Sweet Emma Barrett and her Preservation Hall Jazz Band | 1964 | |
| "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" | The Righteous Brothers | 1964 | |
The Doors | The Doors | 1967 | |
Lincoln Mayorga and Distinguished Colleagues | Lincoln Mayorga | 1968 | |
Stand! | Sly and the Family Stone | 1969 | |
A Wild and Crazy Guy | Steve Martin | 1978 | |
Sesame Street: All-Time Platinum Favorites | Various | 1995 | |
OK Computer | Radiohead | 1997 | |
Songs of the Old Regular Baptists | Various | 1997 | |
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill | Lauryn Hill | 1998 | |
Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman | Colorado Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop, conductor; Joan Tower, composer | 1999 |
2015
Peerless Quartet
George Marshall
Wilt Chamberlain
Merle Haggard
George Carlin
Gloria Gaynor
On March 23, 2016, the following 25 selections were announced.[29]
| Recording or collection | Performer or agent | Year | National Archives |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Let Me Call You Sweetheart" | Peerless Quartet | 1911 | |
| "Wild Cat Blues" | Clarence Williams' Blue Five | 1923 | |
| "Statesboro Blues" | Blind Willie McTell | 1928 | |
| "Bonaparte's Retreat" | W.H. Stepp | 1937 | |
| "Decoration Day Parade"[30] | Vic and Sade | May 28, 1937[31] | |
Mahler Symphony No. 9 | Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Bruno Walter, conductor | 1938 | |
Carousel of American Music | George M. Cohan, Irving Berlin, Johnny Mercer, Arthur Freed, Shelton Brooks, Hoagy Carmichael, others | September 24, 1940 | |
The Marshall Plan Speech | George C. Marshall | June 5, 1947 | copy |
| "A Garage in Gainesville" and "Execution Awaited" | Destination Freedom | September 25 and October 2, 1949 | |
A Streetcar Named Desire soundtrack | Alex North | 1951 | |
| "Cry Me a River" | Julie London | 1955 | |
| "Mack the Knife" (Two Versions) | Louis Armstrong and Bobby Darin | 1956 and 1959 | |
| Fourth-quarter radio coverage of Wilt Chamberlain's 100-point game | Bill Campbell, announcer | March 2, 1962 | |
A Love Supreme | John Coltrane | 1964 | |
It's My Way! | Buffy Sainte-Marie | 1964 | |
| "Where Did Our Love Go" | The Supremes | 1964 | |
| "People Get Ready" | The Impressions | 1965 | |
| "Mama Tried" | Merle Haggard | 1968 | |
Abraxas | Santana | 1970 | |
Class Clown | George Carlin | 1972 | |
Robert and Clara Schumann Complete Piano Trios[32] | Beaux Arts Trio | 1972 | |
| "Piano Man" | Billy Joel | 1973 | |
Bogalusa Boogie[33] | Clifton Chenier | 1976 | |
| "I Will Survive" | Gloria Gaynor | 1978 | |
Master of Puppets | Metallica | 1986 |
2016
Judy Garland
Vin Scully
Barbra Streisand
David Bowie
Richard Pryor
Talking Heads
On March 29, 2017, the following 25 selections were announced.[34]
| Recording or collection | Performer or agent | Year | National Archives |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1888 London cylinder recordings of Col. George Gouraud | George Gouraud | 1888 | |
| "Lift Every Voice and Sing" (Two Versions) | Manhattan Harmony Four and Melba Moore & Friends | 1923 and 1990 | |
| "Puttin' On the Ritz" | Harry Richman | 1929 | |
| "Over the Rainbow" | Judy Garland | 1939 | |
| "I'll Fly Away" | The Chuck Wagon Gang | 1948 | |
| "Hound Dog" | Big Mama Thornton | 1952 | |
Saxophone Colossus | Sonny Rollins | 1956 | |
New York Giants vs. Brooklyn Dodgers final game commentary | Vin Scully | September 8, 1957 | |
Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs | Marty Robbins | 1959 | |
The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery | Wes Montgomery | 1960 | |
People | Barbra Streisand | 1964 | |
| "In the Midnight Hour" | Wilson Pickett | 1965 | |
| "Amazing Grace" | Judy Collins | 1970 | |
All Things Considered first episode | National Public Radio | May 3, 1971 | |
| "American Pie" | Don McLean | 1971 | |
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars | David Bowie | 1972 | |
The Wiz Original Cast Recording | Original Broadway Cast | 1975 | |
Their Greatest Hits (1971–1975) | Eagles | 1976 | |
Scott Joplin's Treemonisha | Gunther Schuller, arr. | 1976 | |
Wanted: Live in Concert | Richard Pryor | 1978 | |
| "We Are Family" | Sister Sledge | 1979 | |
Remain in Light | Talking Heads | 1980 | |
Straight Outta Compton | N.W.A | 1988 | |
Rachmaninoff’s Vespers (All-Night Vigil) | The Robert Shaw Festival Singers | 1990 | |
Signatures | Renée Fleming | 1997 |
2017
The Ink Spots
Bill Haley & His Comets
Tony Bennett
Fleetwood Mac
Yo-Yo Ma
On March 21, 2018, the following 25 selections were announced.[35]
| Recording or collection | Performer or agent | Year | National Archives |
|---|---|---|---|
| “Dream Melody Intermezzo: Naughty Marietta" | Victor Herbert and his Orchestra | 1911 | |
Standing Rock Preservation Recordings | George Herzog and Members of the Yanktoni Tribe | 1928 | |
| "Lamento Borincano" | written by Rafael Hernández Marín performed by Canario y Su Grupo (including Davilita on lead vocals) | 1930 | |
| "Sitting on Top of the World" | Mississippi Sheiks | 1930 | |
The Complete Beethoven Piano Sonatas | Artur Schnabel | 1932-1935 | |
| "If I Didn't Care" | The Ink Spots | 1939 | |
| Proceedings of the United Nations Conference on International Organization | 1945 | ||
Folk Songs of the Hills | Merle Travis | 1946 | |
| "How I Got Over" | Clara Ward and the Ward Singers | 1950 | |
| "(We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock" | Bill Haley & His Comets | 1954 | |
Calypso | Harry Belafonte | 1956 | |
| "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" | Tony Bennett | 1962 | |
| "My Girl" | The Temptations | 1964 | |
King Biscuit Time | Sonny Boy Williamson II and others | 1965 | |
The Sound of Music soundtrack | Various | 1965 | |
| "Alice's Restaurant Massacree" | Arlo Guthrie | 1967 | |
New Sounds in Electronic Music | Steve Reich, Richard Maxfield, Pauline Oliveros | 1967 | |
An Evening with Groucho | Groucho Marx | 1972 | |
Rumours | Fleetwood Mac | 1977 | |
| "The Gambler" | Kenny Rogers | 1978 | |
| "Le Freak" | Chic | 1978 | |
| "Footloose" | Kenny Loggins | 1984 | |
Raising Hell | Run-DMC | 1986 | |
| "Rhythm Is Gonna Get You" | Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine | 1987 | |
Yo-Yo Ma Premieres: Concertos for Violoncello and Orchestra | Yo-Yo Ma & the Philadelphia Orchestra performing Christopher Rouse, Leon Kirchner, and Richard Danielpour | 1996 |
Statistics
As of 2014[update], the oldest recording on the list is Edouard-Leon Scott de Martinville's Phonautograms which date back to 1853. The most recent is Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman by Joan Tower, performed by the Colorado Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Marin Alsop, which was released in 1999.[36]
Selections vary widely in duration. Both the early Edison recordings and the instrumental "Rumble" by Link Wray, as well as "Rock Around the Clock" by Bill Haley and His Comets clock in at under three minutes; the Edison Talking Doll cylinder is only 17 seconds long and some of Scott de Martinville's Photoautograms are just as brief. Meanwhile, Georg Solti's recording of Wagner's complete Ring Cycle is approximately 15 hours in duration and Alexander Scourby's recitation of the King James Bible is over 80 hours in length.[36]
See also
- National Film Registry
- Sounds of Australia
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Notes
A The original 25 recordings from July 24, 1933 and July 28, 1934 are preserved at the Roosevelt Library in Hyde Park, New York.[37]
References
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^ "Edison cylinders chosen for National Recording Registry". Edison National Historic Site. National Park Service. December 22, 2004. Archived from the original on February 7, 2007. Retrieved March 7, 2007.
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^ Registry Choices 2009: The National Recording Preservation Board (Library of Congress). Loc.gov. Retrieved on October 27, 2010.
^ ab "About This Program - National Recording Preservation Board - Programs at the Library of Congress - Library of Congress".
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^ "Will Rogers: Bacon, Beans and Limousines". WNYC.
^ "Leontyne Price and A Program of Song". WNYC.
^ "Hallelujah, the 2013 National Recording Registry Reaches 400". Retrieved April 2, 2014.
^ "Library of Congress Beefs Up Recordings Collection, but Watch Out for That Barber". Retrieved April 2, 2014.
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External links
- National Recording Preservation Board
- Full National Recording Registry
NPR All Things Considered – series spotlighting selections from the Registry
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