National Recording Registry
The National Recording Registry is the directory of American audio recordings that are considered particularly worth preserving because they are "culturally, historically, or aesthetically important, or informing or reflecting about life in the United States." The registry was built on the basis of the National Recording Preservation Act of 2000. On the basis of this law, the National Recording Preservation Board was created, whose members are appointed by the Librarian of Congress . New sound recordings to be placed in the National Recording Registry for retention in the Library of Congress are nominated annually and selected by the National Recording Preservation Board.
background
The legislative goal of the United States' National Recording Preservation Act of 2000 was to develop a national program to protect America's sound recording heritage . The act resulted in the creation of the National Recording Registry, the National Recording Preservation Board, and a fundraising foundation to support the Board's achievements. The law set up the register specifically for the preservation, preservation and collection of sound recordings that are culturally, historically or aesthetically significant.
Every calendar year, public nominations are made for inclusion in the shortlist of the respective year; the selection will be announced in the following spring. In early 2002, the National Recording Preservation Board began its annual activity selecting previously nominated audio recordings. During the first four years, fifty sound recordings were selected and entered into the National Recording Registry. 25 recordings have been selected annually since 2006. This means that the register contained a total of 475 sound recordings by 2017.
Each annual shortlist often includes audio recordings that have also been selected for inclusion in the audiovisual collection of the United States National Archives . These sound recordings in the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress, mostly of a political nature, overlap with the audiovisual collection of the National Archives. The following overviews show overlapping sound recordings and indicate whether the National Archives are keeping the original or a copy of the sound recording.
Nomination categories
Nominations can be made in the following categories:
- blues
- Broadway / Musical Theater / Soundtrack
- Cajun / Zydeco / "Swamp"
- Children's recordings
- Chorale
- Classical
- Comedy / Novelty
- Country / bluegrass
- Documentary / Broadcast / Spoken Word
- Environmental
- Field
- Folk / Ethnic
- Gospel / Spiritual
- Heavy metal
- jazz
- Latin
- Pop (before 1955)
- Pop (after 1955)
- R&B
- radio
- Rap / hip-hop
- skirt
- Technology
Selection criteria
The selection criteria for the National Recording Registry are as follows:
- Sound recordings selected for the National Recording Registry are those that are culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant and / or inform about or reflect on life in the United States.
- For the purpose of selecting recordings, “sound recordings” are defined as works that result from the fixation of a series of musical, spoken or other tones, but do not contain the sound components of a moving image unless it is available as an autonomous sound recording or is the only existing component of the work.
- Sound recordings can be a single recording or a group of related recordings, can be published or unpublished, can be music, non-music, spoken word, or broadcast recording.
- Sound recordings for which a copy of the recording is not available will not be entered in the National Recording Registry.
- No sound recording should be refused entry into the National Recording Registry because it is already stored elsewhere.
- No sound recordings are entitled to be included in the National Recording Registry up to ten years after the sound recording was made.
Selection 2002
On January 27, 2003, the following fifty audio recordings selected by the National Recording Preservation Board for 2002 were announced:
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Orson Welles' 1938 radio play War of the Worlds caused fear and panic in the United States.
Bob Dylan is considered one of the most influential personalities of the 20th century.
Selection 2003
In March 2003, the following fifty audio recordings were selected by the National Recording Preservation Board:
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Selection 2004
In April 2005, the following fifty audio recordings were selected by the National Recording Preservation Board:
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Selection 2005
In April 2006, the following fifty audio recordings were selected by the National Recording Preservation Board:
| Sound recording or collection | From | Year / date | National Archives |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Let me ask you" from Martha ( von Flotow ) | Edouard de Reszke | 1903 | |
| "Listen to the Lambs" | Hampton Quartet; recorded by Natalie Curtis Burlin | 1917 | |
| " Over There (Soldiers Song) " | Nora Bayes | 1917 | |
| "Crazy Blues" | 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" |
Pavlo Humeniuk | 1926 | |
| "Singin 'the Blues" |
Frank Trumbauer and His Orchestra with Bix Beiderbecke |
1927 | |
| First official transatlantic phone call | WS Gifford and Sir Evelyn P. Murray | January 7, 1927 | original |
| " El Manisero " (" The Peanut Vendor ")
(Two versions) |
Rita Montaner , voice 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 dude , 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 , speaker; Burgess Meredith , Paul Stewart | April 11, 1937 | Copy |
| Robin Hood, king of the vagabonds | May 11, 1938 | ||
| Joe Louis - Max Schmeling Boxing Match | Clem McCarthy , broadcaster | June 22, 1938 | |
| John the Revelator | Golden Gate Quartet | 1938 | |
| " Adagio for Strings " | 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 | Published by Harry Everett Smith | 1952 | |
| "Schooner Bradley" | Pat Bonner | 1952-60 | |
| Damnation of Faust | Boston Symphony Orchestra with the Harvard Glee Club and Radcliffe Choral Society | 1954 | |
| " Blueberry Hill " | Fats dominoes | 1956 | |
|
Variations for Orchestra Representatives of the Louisville Orchestra First Edition recording 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 | |
| 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 speech | William Faulkner | 19. – 20. April 1962 | |
| " Dancing in the Street " | Martha & the Vandellas | 1964 | |
| Live at the shelf | BB 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 Theater | 1970 | |
| " The Revolution Will Not Be Televised " | Gil Scott-Heron | 1970 | |
| Will the Circle Be Unbroken | Nitty Gritty Dirt Band | 1972 | |
| The old Nebelhorn, Kewaunee | Recorded by James A. Lipsky | 1972 | |
| Songs in the Key of Life | Stevie Wonder | 1976 | |
| Daydream Nation | Sonic Youth | 1988 |
Selection 2006
On March 6, 2007, the following twenty-five audio recordings were selected by the National Recording Preservation Board:
The Rolling Stones' first number 1 hit, (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction , is considered one of the greatest rock songs.
| Sound recording or collection | From | Year / date | 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 | |
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The Lone Ranger Episode: "The Osage Bank Robbery" |
Earle Graser , John Todd | December 17, 1937 | |
| "Day of Infamy" speech to the United States Congress | Franklin D. Roosevelt | December 8, 1941 | Copy |
| Music of the Brazilian natives recorded under the direction 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 forest workers 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 |
Selection 2007
On May 14, 2008, the following twenty-five audio recordings were selected by the National Recording Preservation Board:
| Sound recording or collection | From | Year / date | National-
archive |
|---|---|---|---|
| First transatlantic radio broadcast | March 14, 1925 | ||
| " Allons a Lafayette " | Joe Falcon | 1928 | |
| "Casta Diva" from Bellini's Norma | Rosa Ponselle and Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Choir, conducted by Giulio Setti | December 31, 1928 and January 30, 1929 |
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| " If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again " | Thomas A. Dorsey | 1934 | |
| " Sweet Lorraine " | Art Tatum | 1940 | |
|
Fibber McGee and Molly
Start of the comedy series on the radio |
Jim Jordan, Marian Jordan | March 4th 1940 | |
| Wings Over Jordan | May 10, 1942 | ||
| Fiorello H. La Guardia reads 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 folk songs and melodies from North Carolina | 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 | |
|
Voyager Golden Record
Disc prepared for the Voyager spaceship |
Compiled by Carl Sagan | 1977 | |
| thriller | Michael Jackson | 1982 |
Selection 2008
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On June 10, 2009, the following twenty-five audio recordings were selected by the National Recording Preservation Board:
Selection 2009
On June 23, 2010, the following twenty-five audio recordings were selected by the National Recording Preservation Board:
| Sound recording or collection | From | Year / date | National Archives |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Fon der Choope (From the Wedding)" | Abe Elenkrig's Yidishe Orchestra | April 4, 1913 | |
| " Canal Street Blues " | King Olivers Creole Jazz Band | April 5, 1923 | |
| Tristan and Isolde , NBC broadcast | Metropolitan Opera , with Kirsten Flagstad and Lauritz Melchior in the lead roles | March 9, 1935 | |
| " When You Wish Upon a Star " | Cliff Edwards | 1938 (recording), 1940 (publication) | |
| America's Town Meeting of the Air : "Should Our Ships Convoy Materials to England?" | George V. Denny junior (moderator); Reinhold Niebuhr , John Flynn (guests) | May 8, 1941 | |
| Collection of field recordings of the battles of the Marine Corps by the Library of Congress, | 1944 | ||
| "Evangeline Special" and "Love Bridge Waltz" | Iry LeJeune | 1948 | |
| The Little Engine that Could | Paul Wing , speaker | 1949 | |
| Leon Metcalf Collection with photos of the "First People of Western Washington State" | Leon Metcalf | 1950-1954 | |
| " Tutti Frutti " | Little Richard | 1955 | |
| " Smokestack Lightning " | Howlin 'wolf | 1956 | |
| Gypsy | Recording of the original cast | 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 single from Hib-Tone Recordings |
SEM | 1981 | |
| " Dear Mama " | 2Pac | 1995 |
Selection 2010
On April 6, 2011, the selection of the following twenty-five audio recordings was announced:
Selection 2011
On May 23, 2012, the following twenty-five audio recordings were selected by the National Recording Preservation Board:
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Selection 2012
On March 21, 2013, the selection of the following twenty-five audio recordings was announced:
Selection 2013
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On April 2, 2014, the selection of the following twenty-five audio recordings was announced:
| Sound recording or collection | From | Year / date | National Archives |
|---|---|---|---|
| " The Laughing Song " | George W. Johnson | circa 1896 | |
| " They Didn't Believe Me " | Harry Macdonough and Alice Green | 1915 | |
| " Brother, can you spare a dime? "
(Two versions) |
Bing Crosby and Rudy Vallée | 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 of Birdland (Vol. 1 & 2) | Kind of 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 interviews with pioneers of baseball in the late 19th and early 20th centuries | Lawrence Knight | 1962-1966 | |
| Lyndon B. Johnson accepted as President | 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 | Celia Cruz and Johnny Pacheco | 1974 | |
| Copland conducts Copland: Appalachian Spring | Aaron Copland | 1974 | |
| Heart like a wheel | Linda Ronstadt | 1974 | |
|
Sweeney Todd
Recording of the original cast |
Original cast | 1979 | |
| The Joshua Tree | U2 | 1987 | |
| " Hallelujah " | Jeff Buckley | 1994 |
Selection 2014
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On March 25, 2015, the selection of the following twenty-five audio recordings was announced:
| Sound recording or collection | From | Year / date | 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, taken at the Chicago World's Columbian Exposition in 1893 | Benjamin Ives Gilman | 1893 | |
| "The Boys of the Lough", "The Humours of Ennistymon" | Michael Coleman | 1922 | |
| "Black Snake Moan", " Match Box Blues " | Blind Lemon Jefferson | 1928 | |
| "Sorry, Wrong Number" (episode of the Suspense radio series) | Suspense | May 25, 1943 | |
| " Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive " | Johnny Mercer | 1944 | |
| Radio coverage of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's funeral | Arthur Godfrey and others | April 14, 1945 | |
|
Kiss Me, Kate recording of the original cast |
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 with 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 | |
| Was standing! | 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 |
Selection 2015
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On March 23, 2016, the selection of the following twenty-five audio recordings was announced:
Selection 2016
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On March 29, 2017, the selection of the following twenty-five audio recordings was announced:
Selection 2017
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On March 21, 2018, the selection of the following twenty-five audio recordings was announced:
Selection 2018
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On March 20, 2019, the selection of the following twenty-five audio recordings was announced:
| Sound recording or collection | From | Year / date | National Archives |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yiddish Cylinders from the Standard Phonograph Company of New York and the Thomas Lambert Company | approx. 1901-1905 | ||
| " The Memphis Blues " | Victor Military Band | 1914 | |
| Melville Jacobs Collection of Native Americans of the American Northwest | Melville Jacobs | 1929-1939 | |
| " Minnie the Moocher " | Cab Calloway | 1931 | |
| Bach Six Cello Suites | Pablo Casals | circa 1939 | |
| "They Look Like Men of War" | Deep River Boys | 1941 | |
| Gunsmoke Episode: "The Cabin" | December 27, 1952 | ||
| Complete Recorded Monologues | Ruth Draper | 1954-1956 | |
| " La Bamba " | Ritchie Valens | 1958 | |
| "Long Black Veil" | Lefty Frizzell | 1959 | |
| Stan Freberg Presents the United States of America Volume One: The Early Years | Stan Freberg | 1961 | |
| Go! | Dexter Gordon | 1962 | |
| Was a requiem | Benjamin Britten | 1963 | |
| "Mississippi Goddam" | Nina Simone | 1964 | |
| "Soul Man" | Sam & Dave | 1967 | |
| Hair | Original Broadway cast | 1968 | |
| Robert F. Kennedy's speech on the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. | Robert F. Kennedy | 4th April 1968 | |
| " Sweet Caroline " | Neil Diamond | 1969 | |
| Super fly | Curtis Mayfield | 1972 | |
| Ola Belle Reed | Ola Belle Reed | 1973 | |
| "September" | Earth, Wind & Fire | 1978 | |
| "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)" | New Year James | 1978 | |
| She's So Unusual | Cyndi Lauper | 1983 | |
| Schoolhouse Rock !: The Box Set | Various | 1996 | |
| The blueprint | Jay-Z | 2001 |
Selection 2019
On March 25, 2020, the selection of the following twenty-five audio recordings was announced:
| Sound recording or collection | From | Year / date | National Archives |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Whispering" | Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra | 1920 | |
| "Protesta per Sacco e Vanzetti" / "Sacco e Vanzetti" | Compagnia Columbia; Raoul Romito | 1927 | |
| "La Chicharronera" | Narciso Martínez and Santiago Almeida | 1936 | |
| Arch Oboler's Plays Episode: "The Bathysphere" | November 18, 1939 | ||
| "Me and My Chauffeur Blues" | Memphis Minnie | 1941 | |
| The 1951 National League Tiebreaker: New York Giants vs. Brooklyn Dodgers | Russ Hodges, speaker | October 3, 1951 | |
| Tosca ( Puccini ) | Victor de Sabata , conductor, with Maria Callas , Giuseppe Di Stefano and others | 1953 | |
| "Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah" | Allan Sherman | 1963 | |
| WGBH broadcast of the Boston Symphony Orchestra on the day of the assassination of John F. Kennedy | Boston Symphony Orchestra | November 22, 1963 | |
| Fiddler on the Roof | Original Broadway cast | 1964 | |
| "Make the World Go Away" | Eddy Arnold | 1965 | |
| Hiromi Lorraine Sakata's collection of traditional Afghan music | Recorded by Hiromi Lorraine Sakata | 1966-67, 1971-73 | |
| "Wichita Lineman" | Glen Campbell | 1968 | |
| Dusty in Memphis | Dusty Springfield | 1969 | |
| Mister Rogers Sings 21 Favorite Songs from "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" | Fred Rogers | 1973 | |
| Cheap Trick at Budokan | Cheap trick | 1978 | |
|
Suite No. 1 in E flat , Suite No. 2 in F ( Holst ) / Music for the Royal Fireworks ( Handel ) / Fantasia in G ( Bach )
Audiophile special edition |
Frederick Fennell and the Cleveland Symphonic Winds | 1978 | |
| " YMCA " | Village People | 1978 | |
| A Feather on the Breath of God | Gothic Voices; Christopher Page, conductor; Hildegard von Bingen , composer | 1981/2 (published 1985) | |
| Private dancer | Tina Turner | 1984 | |
| Ven Conmigo | Selena | 1990 | |
| The Chronic | Dr. Dre | 1992 | |
| " I Will Always Love You " | Whitney Houston | 1992 | |
| Concert in the Garden | Maria Schneider Orchestra | 2004 | |
| Percussion Concerto ( Higdon ) | Colin Currie | 2008 |
statistics
Edouard-Leon Scott de Martinville's phonautograms are the oldest recordings in the National Recording Registry up to 2016, as they date back to 1853. The most recent recording is Joan Tower's Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman , released in 1999 by the Colorado Symphony Orchestra under Marin Alsop.
The choice of audio documents varies greatly in duration. Both the early Edison recordings and the instrumental recording " Rumble " by Link Wray Uhr are under three minutes long; the Edison wax roller Talking Doll is only 17 seconds long. On the other hand, Georg Solti's recording of Richard Wagner's complete opera cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen is around 15 hours long and Alexander Scourby's recitation of the King James Bible is over 80 hours long.
Artist with multiple entries in the National Recording Registry
- John Coltrane : Giant Steps and A Love Supreme
- Scott Joplin : Ragtime piano rolls and Treemonisha
- Orson Welles : War of the Worlds and The Fall of the City
- Curtis Mayfield : People Get Ready ( The Impressions ) and Super Fly (Solo)
- Louis Armstrong : Hot Five and Hot Sevens Recordings and Mack The Knife
- Bing Crosby : Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? and White Christmas
- Miles Davis : Ko-Ko and Kind of Blue
- Paul Simon : Sounds of Silence and Graceland
- Dizzy Gillespie : Ko-Ko and Manteca
- George Gershwin : Rhapsody in Blue , Porgy and Bess and Fascinating Rhythm
- Johnny Mercer : Carousel of American Music and Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive
- The Carter Family : Wildwood Flower and Bristol Sessions
- Jimmie Rodgers : Blue Yodel (T for Texas) and Bristol Sessions
- Nat King Cole : Straighten Up and Fly Right and Jazz at the Philharmonic
- Judy Garland : Judy at Carnegie Hall and Over the Rainbow
- Thomas A. Dorsey : Precious Lord: New Recordings of the Great Gospel Songs of Thomas A. Dorsey and If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again
- Leonard Bernstein : West Side Story and debut with the New York Philharmonic
- Edward R. Murrow : I Can Hear It Now: 1933-1945 and radio broadcasts from London in 1941
- Roy Acuff : Grand Ole Opry and Wabash Cannonball
- Cole Porter : You're the Top and Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book
- Stephen Sondheim : West Side Story , Gypsy and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
- Rodgers and Hammerstein : South Pacific , Oklahoma! and The Sound of Music
- Brian Eno : Remain in Light ( Talking Heads ) and The Joshua Tree ( U2 )
- Irving Berlin : God Bless America and Carousel of American Music
- Hoagy Carmichael : Stardust and Carousel of American Music
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b National Recording Preservation Board - FAQs - What is the National Recording Registry? Retrieved June 20, 2017 .
- ^ A b c National Recording Preservation Board - About the Board . Library of Congress. November 3, 2006. Retrieved June 20, 2017.
- ^ National Recording Preservation Board - About the Board . The Library of Congress. November 16, 2006. Retrieved June 20, 2017.
- ^ National Recording Preservation Board - All entries by year. The Library of Congress, accessed June 20, 2017 .
- ↑ a b Complete National Recording Registry Listing . The Library of Congress. November 3, 2006. Retrieved June 20, 2017.
- ↑ National Recording Registry - Selection Criteria . The Library of Congress. November 3, 2006. Retrieved June 20, 2017.
- ↑ a b c The National Recording Registry 2002 . The Library of Congress. December 6, 2006. Retrieved June 20, 2017.
- ^ Edison Wax Rollers Selected for the National Recording Registry . In: Edison National Historic Site . National Park Service. December 22, 2004. Archived from the original on February 7, 2007. Retrieved June 20, 2017.
- ↑ The 25 original recordings from July 24, 1933 and July 28, 1934 are kept in the Roosevelt Library in New York City.
- ↑ a b c The National Recording Registry 2003 . The Library of Congress. March 4, 2004. Retrieved June 20, 2017.
- ↑ a b c The National Recording Registry 2004 . The Library of Congress. April 5, 2005. Retrieved June 20, 2017.
- ^ The National Recording Registry 2005 . The Library of Congress. October 25, 2006. Retrieved June 20, 2017.
- ^ The National Recording Registry 2006 . The Library of Congress. March 6, 2007. Retrieved June 20, 2017.
- ^ Susan Logue: Jackson, Reagan Added to National Recording Registry . In: VOA News , Voice of America, May 15, 2008. Archived from the original on December 14, 2008. Retrieved June 20, 2017.
- ^ The National Recording Registry 2007 . The Library of Congress. May 14, 2008. Retrieved June 20, 2017.
- ^ The National Recording Registry 2008. The Library of Congress, June 10, 2009, accessed June 20, 2017 .
- ^ The National Recording Registry 2009. The Library of Congress, June 23, 2010, accessed June 20, 2017 .
- ^ The National Recording Registry 2010. The Library of Congress, April 6, 2011, accessed June 20, 2017 .
- ^ The National Recording Registry 2011 . The Library of Congress. May 23, 2012. Retrieved June 20, 2017.
- ↑ Blair Jackson: Cornell '77 Enshrined for the Ages . Retrieved June 20, 2017.
- ^ The National Recording Registry 2012. The Library of Congress, May 21, 2013, accessed June 20, 2017 .
- ↑ Hallelujah, the 2013 National Recording Registry Reaches 400 . Retrieved June 20, 2017.
- ^ Library of Congress Beefs Up Recordings Collection, but Watch Out for That Barber . Retrieved June 20, 2017.
- ^ The National Recording Registry 2013. The Library of Congress, April 2, 2014, accessed June 20, 2017 .
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