National Recording Preservation Board (Library of Congress)

The National Recording Registry was established by the Library of Congress, under the National Recording Preservation Act of 2000.

The registry celebrates the richness and variety of the nation’s audio legacy and underscores the responsibility to assure the long-term preservation of that legacy for future generations.

The Library announced the current 2005 Registry on April 1, 2006.

In announcing the registry, the Librarian said, “The National Recording Registry represents a stunning array of the diversity, humanity and creativity found in our sound heritage; nothing less than a flood of noise and sound pulsating into the American bloodstream.”

Recordings selected for the National Recording Registry are either culturally, historically or aesthetically important, and informative or reflect life in the United States.

These American classics include rock and roll, R&B, blues, country and folk.

This is just a sampling of their Top 50 for 2005:

“Blueberry Hill” Fats Domino (1956)

“Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On” Jerry Lee Lewis (1957)

“That’ll Be the Day” (Buddy Holly &) The Crickets (1957)

“Dancing in the Street” Martha and the Vandellas (1964)

"Live at the Regal" B.B. King (1965)

"Are You Experienced?" Jimi Hendrix Experience (1967)

"We’re Only in It for the Money" Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention (1968)

"Will the Circle Be Unbroken" Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (1972)

"Songs in the Key of Life" Stevie Wonder (1976)

"Daydream Nation" Sonic Youth (1988)

Are you interested in the history of recorded sounds and music?
Check out the Recorded Sound Reference Center!

http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2006/06-083.html

http://www.loc.gov/rr/record/nrpb/nrpb-2005reg.html

http://www.loc.gov/rr/record/



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