The Library of Congress has named 25 recordings that are being inducted into the National Recording Registry.
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The recordings, ranging from 1920 to 2008, are ones that are of cultural, historical and aesthetical importance to the nation’s recorded sound heritage.
Among the recordings listed are Dr. Dre's 1992 debut album, "The Chronic," Selena's second studio album "Ven Conmigo," Tina Turner's fifth studio album, "Private Dancer," "I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston and the Village People's biggest single, "Y.M.C.A."
Recordings outside of pop and mainstream music include the WGBH broadcast of the Boston Symphony on Nov. 22, 1963, the day of the John F. Kennedy assassination, and Russ Hodges announcing the 1951 broadcast of a baseball game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Giants, with Jackie Robinson at bat.
The theme song to the PBS children’s show “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” is also on the list as part of the 1973 album “Mister Rogers Sings 21 Favorite Songs From ‘Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood.”
Anyone can nominate a recording to the registry at the LOC website. The full list of recordings being inducted into the 2019 National Recording Registry are below:
- "Whispering" (single), Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra (1920)
- "Protesta per Sacco e Vanzetti," Compagnia Columbia; "Sacco e Vanzetti," Raoul Romito (1927)
- "La Chicharronera" (single), Narciso Martinez and Santiago Almeida (1936)
- "Arch Oboler's Plays" episode "The Bathysphere." (Nov. 18, 1939)
- "Me and My Chauffeur Blues" (single), Memphis Minnie (1941)
- The 1951 National League tiebreaker: New York Giants vs. Brooklyn Dodgers — Russ Hodges, announcer (Oct. 3, 1951)
- Puccini's "Tosca" (album), Maria Callas, Giuseppe di Stefano, Angelo Mercuriali, Tito Gobbi, Melchiorre Luise, Dario Caselli, Victor de Sabata (1953)
- "Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh" (single), Allan Sherman (1963)
- WGBH broadcast of the Boston Symphony on the day of the John F. Kennedy assassination, Boston Symphony Orchestra (1963)
- "Fiddler on the Roof" (album), original Broadway cast (1964)
- "Make the World Go Away" (single), Eddy Arnold (1965)
- Hiromi Lorraine Sakata Collection of Afghan Traditional Music (1966-67; 1971-73)
- "Wichita Lineman" (single), Glen Campbell (1968)
- "Dusty in Memphis" (album), Dusty Springfield (1969)
- "Mister Rogers Sings 21 Favorite Songs From 'Mister Rogers' Neighborhood' " (album), Fred Rogers (1973)
- "Cheap Trick at Budokan" (album), Cheap Trick (1978)
- Holst: Suite No. 1 in E-Flat, Suite No. 2 in F / Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks / Bach: Fantasia in G (Special Edition Audiophile Pressing album), Frederick Fennell and the Cleveland Symphonic Winds (1978)
- "Y.M.C.A." (single), Village People (1978)
- "A Feather on the Breath of God" (album), Gothic Voices; Christopher Page, conductor; Hildegard von Bingen, composer (1982)
- "Private Dancer" (album), Tina Turner (1984)
- "Ven Conmigo" (album), Selena (1990)
- "The Chronic" (album), Dr. Dre (1992)
- "I Will Always Love You" (single), Whitney Houston (1992)
- "Concert in the Garden" (album), Maria Schneider Orchestra (2004)
- “Percussion Concerto” (album), Colin Currie (2008)
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