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List of recordings preserved in the United States National Recording Registry is a list of recordings preserved in the United States National Recording Registry. The National Recording Preservation Act of 2000 established the National Recording Registry in the Library of Congress for the purpose of maintaining and preserving sound recordings and collections of sound recordings that are culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant, and for other purposes.[1] Beginning in 2002, the National Recording Registry began selecting from 50 nominated recordings each year to be preserved. Each year, open nominations are accepted until July 1st for inclusion in that year's list of selections to be announced the following spring.

The following is a list of recordings preserved in the United States National Recording Registry, a registry of recordings selected by the National Recording Preservation Board, for preservation in the Library of Congress for each year since 2002.[2][3][4][5] There have been 200 recordings preserved in the National Recording Registry thus far.

2002

Image Recording/Collection Performer Year
Edison Exhibition Recordings
(Group of three cylinders):
"Around the World on the Phonograph",
"The Pattison Waltz",
"Fifth Regiment March." 		Thomas Edison 1888-1889
Passamaquoddy Indians field recordings Jesse Walter Fewkes 1890
"Stars and Stripes Forever"
Berliner Gramophone disc recording 		Military Band 1897
Metropolitan Opera cylinder recordings Lionel Mapleson &
the Metropolitan Opera 		1900-1903
Ragtime compositions piano rolls Scott Joplin 1900s
1895 Atlanta Exposition Speech Booker T. Washington

1906 recreation

"Vesti la giubba" from Pagliacci Enrico Caruso 1907
"Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" Fisk Jubilee Singers 1909
File:ColumbiaRec.png Lovey's Trinidad String Band recordings for Columbia Records. Lovey's Trinidad String Band 1912
File:Posterdh.jpg "Casey at the Bat" reciting DeWolf Hopper 1915
"Tiger Rag" Original Dixieland Jazz Band 1918
"Arkansas Traveler" and "Sallie Gooden." Eck Robertson, fiddle 1922
"Down-Hearted Blues." Bessie Smith. 1923
File:Rhapsody in Blue cover.png 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
Harvard Vocarium record series. T.S. Eliot, W.H. Auden, others, reciting 1930-1940s
Highlander Center Field Recordings Collection. Rosa Parks,
Esau Jenkins, others. 		1930s-1980s
File:Belllabs69.jpg Bell Laboratories experimental stereo recordings Philadelphia Orchestra,
Leopold Stokowski, conductor 		1931-1932
"Fireside Chats" radio broadcasts Franklin D. Roosevelt 1933-1944
New Music Quarterly Recordings series. Henry Cowell, producer. 1934-1949
Description of the crash of the Hindenburg Herbert Morrison 1937
File:A&c.jpg "Who's on First"
first radio broadcast version 		Abbott and Costello's 1938
"War of the Worlds" " Orson Welles and
the Mercury Theater 		1938
File:Katesmithcbs2.jpg "God Bless America."
Radio broadcast premiere 		Kate Smith 1938
The Cradle Will Rock Marc Blitzstein and
the original Broadway cast 		1938
The John and Ruby Lomax
Southern States Recording Trip. 		John and
Ruby Lomax 		1939
File:Grand Ole Opry Logo 2005.gif Grand Ole Opry.
First network radio broadcast 		Uncle Dave Macon,
Roy Acuff,
and others 		1939
File:Ladyday.jpg "Strange Fruit." Billie Holiday 1939
File:Duke Ellington hat.jpg "Blanton-Webster Era" recordings. Duke Ellington Orchestra 1940-1942
Béla Bartók, and Joseph Szigeti,
in concert at the Library of Congress. 		Béla Bartók, piano,
and Joseph Szigeti, violin 		1940
Rite of Spring. Igor Stravinsky conducting
the New York Philharmonic 		1940
File:Music album record white christmas.jpg "White Christmas." Bing Crosby 1942
"This Land is Your Land." Woody Guthrie 1944
D-Day radio address to
the Allied Nations 		Dwight D. Eisenhower 1944
"Koko." Charlie Parker,
Miles Davis,
Dizzy Gillespie,
and others 		1945
"Blue Moon of Kentucky." Bill Monroe and
the Blue Grass Boys. 		1947
File:Lespaul.jpg "How High the Moon." Les Paul and
Mary Ford 		1951
Sun Records sessions Elvis Presley 1954-1955
Songs for Young Lovers Frank Sinatra 1954
File:Tito Puente.jpg Dance Mania. Tito Puente 1958
File:MilesDavisKindofBlue.jpg Kind of Blue Miles Davis,
John Coltrane,
Cannonball Adderley,
Bill Evans,
and others. 		1959
File:Whatdisaycharles.jpg "What'd I Say," parts 1 and 2. Ray Charles 1959
"I Have a Dream" Speech Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 1963
File:Freewheelinbobdylan.jpg The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan Bob Dylan 1963
File:Aretharespect.jpg "Respect!" Aretha Franklin 1967
Philomel: for soprano, 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

Image Recording/Collection Performer Year
"The Lord’s Prayer" and
"Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" 		Emile Berliner ca. 1888
"Honolulu Cake Walk" Vess Ossman 1898
File:Bert Williams.jpg 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 first Bubble Book 1917
"Cross of Gold", Speech re-enactment William Jennings Bryan 1921
Cylinder Recordings
of African American Music 		Guy B. Johnson 1920s
Okeh Laughing Record 1922
"Adeste Fideles" Associated Glee Clubs of America 1925
File:Ardion.jpg Cajun-Creole Columbia releases Amadé Ardoin and
Dennis McGee. 		1929
File:Leadbelly sitting.jpg "Goodnight Irene" Leadbelly 1933
File:HueyPLong.jpg "Every Man a King" speech Huey P. Long 1935
"He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands" Marian Anderson 1936
File:RobertJohson.jpg The Complete Recordings Robert Johnson 1936-1937
File:Jelly roll morton.jpg Interviews conducted by Alan Lomax. Jelly Roll Morton 1938
Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert Benny Goodman 1938
Complete Day of Radio Broadcasting WJSV (Washington, D.C.). September 21, 1939
File:Bob Wills.jpg "New San Antonio Rose" Bob Wills & his Texas Playboys 1940
File:NY Yankees Logo.png World Series Game Four New York Yankees
vs Brooklyn Dodgers 		1941
Bach B-Minor Mass Robert Shaw Chorale 1947
Beethoven String Quartets Budapest Quartet. 1940-1950
File:GeorgeGershwin.gif Porgy and Bess, Original Cast. George Gershwin, composer 1940, 1942
File:Oklahoma-DVDcover.jpg Oklahoma! Original Cast Rodgers and Hammerstein 1943
Othello Paul Robeson, Uta Hagen,
José Ferrer, and others 		1943
Vivaldi Four Seasons Louis Kaufman and
the Concert Hall String Orchestra 		1947
Ives Piano Sonata No. 2, "Concord" John Kirkpatrick 1948
Steam Locomotive Recordings, 6 Vol. O. Winston Link 1957-1977
Modest Mussorgsky
Pictures at an Exhibition. 		Rafael Kubelík, conducting
the Chicago Symphony Orchestra 		1951
Problems of the American Billy Graham 1954
Bach Goldberg Variations Glenn Gould 1955
File:Ellafitzgerald.jpeg Ella Fitzgerald Sings
the Cole Porter Song Book 		Ella Fitzgerald 1956
File:Chuck001.jpg "Roll Over Beethoven" Chuck Berry 1956
File:Timethelonious.jpg Brilliant Corners Thelonious Monk. 1956
Richard Wagner
Complete Ring Cycle 		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
File:Annasong.jpg "Crazy" Patsy Cline. 1961
Kennedy Inaugural Ceremony John Fitzgerald Kennedy,
Robert Frost and others 		1961
Judy at Carnegie Hall Judy Garland 1961
File:Otis Redding.jpg "I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now)." Otis Redding. 1965
File:Pepper's.jpg Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band The Beatles 1967
At Folsom Prison Johnny Cash 1968
Ali Akbar College of Music,
Archive Selections 		1960s-1970s
What's Going On Marvin Gaye 1971
Tapestry Carole King 1971
A Prairie Home Companion
First broadcast of the variety show 		Garrison Keillor July 6, 1974
File:BruceSpringsteenBorntoRun.jpg Born to Run Bruce Springsteen 1975
File:Fania All Stars 1980.jpg Live at Yankee Stadium Fania All-Stars 1975

2004

Image Recording/Collection Performer Year
"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
File:Al jolson.jpg "Swanee" Al Jolson 1920
Armistice Day Radio broadcast Woodrow Wilson 1923
File:MaRaineyParamount.jpg "See See Rider blues" Gertrude "Ma" Rainey 1923
"Charleston" Golden Gate Orchestra 1925
"Fascinating Rhythm"
from Lady, Be Good! 		Fred and
Adele Astaire;
George Gershwin, piano 		1926
NBC radio broadcast coverage of
Charles A. Lindbergh’s
arrival and reception
in Washington, D.C. 		1927
File:Carmichael.jpg "Stardust" Hoagy Carmichael 1927
"Blue Yodel (T for Texas)" Jimmie Rodgers 1927
File:Aint misbehavin poster.jpg "Ain't Misbehavin'" Thomas "Fats" Waller 1929
"Gregorio Cortez" Trovadores Regionales 1929
Sergei Rachmaninoff’s
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor 		Sergei Rachmaninoff, piano;
Leopold Stokowski, conductor
Philadelphia Orchestra 		1929
"The Suncook Town tragedy" Mabel Wilson Tatro
of Springfield, VT 		July 1930
Oral narrative from
the Lorenzo D. Turner Collection 		Rosina Cohen 1932
"Stormy Weather." Ethel Waters 1933
File:ColemanHawkins TheCollection.jpg "Body and Soul" Coleman Hawkins 1939
File:Sergei Prokofiev.jpg Sergey Prokofiev
Peter and the Wolf. 		Serge Koussevitzky, conductor;
Richard Hale, narrator.
Boston Symphony Orchestra. 		1939
"In the Mood." Glenn Miller and His Orchestra 1939
File:Murrow election night 56.jpg Broadcast from London Edward R. Murrow 1940
We Hold These Truths. Radio broadcast 1941
Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky,
Piano Concerto No. 1, op. 23, Bb minor. 		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, composer,
with members of original 1934 cast. 		1947
File:Dizzy Gillespie.jpg "Manteca" Dizzy Gillespie Big Band
with Chano Pozo 		1947
Jack Benny radio program, show March 28, 1948.
File:Flatt and Scruggs.jpg "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs 1949
File:Hank Williams Statue Detail, Montgomery, Alabama.jpg "Lovesick Blues" Hank Williams 1949
Guys and Dolls Original cast recording 1950
"Old Soldiers Never Die"
(Farewell Address to Congress). 		General Douglas MacArthur 1951
File:TomLehrer1960.JPG Songs by Tom Lehrer. 1953
"I'm Your 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
File:0001996.jpg Messiah Eugene Ormandy, conductor;
Richard 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." Stan Getz,
Joao Gilberto,
Antonio Carlos Jobim,
Astrud Gilberto 		1963
Live at the Apollo James Brown 1963[6]
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 1969
At Fillmore East The Allman Brothers Band 1971
File:Star Wars Trilogy soundtrack.jpg Star Wars (Soundtrack) John Williams 1977
Recordings of Asian elephants Katharine B. Payne 1984
File:PublicEnemyFearofaBlackPlan.jpg Fear of a Black Planet Public Enemy 1990[7]
Nevermind Nirvana 1991

2005

Image Recording/Collection Performer Year
"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." Mamie Smith 1920
"My Man" and "Second Hand Rose" Fanny Brice 1921
"Ory’s Creole Trombone." Kid Ory June 1922
Inauguration of Ceremony Calvin Coolidge March 4, 1925
"Tanec pid werbamy/
Dance Under the Willows"
Ukrainian violin solo
with cymbaly, bass
and sleigh bells 		Pawlo Humeniuk 1926
"Singin’ the Blues" Frankie Trumbauer and
his Orchestra
with Bix Beiderbecke 		1927
First official transatlantic
telephone conversation 		January 7, 1927
"El Manisero" ("The Peanut Vendor") Rita Montaner,
vocal with orchestra
Don Azpiazu and
his Havana Casino orchestra 		1927
1930
Light's Golden Jubilee Celebration October 21, 1929
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
Archibald MacLeish's "Fall of the City". Orson Welles, narrator,
Burgess Meredith, Paul Stewart 		April 11, 1937
"The Adventures of Robin Hood",
radio broadcast 		May 11, 1938
Joe Louis-Max Schmeling fight, Clem McCarthy, announcer June 22, 1938
File:TheGoldenGateQuartet.jpg "John the Revelator" Golden Gate Quartet 1938
File:ToscaniniConducting.jpg "Adagio for Strings",
recorded broadcast 		Arturo Toscanini, conductor;
NBC Symphony 		November 5, 1938
File:Bhope.jpg "Command Performance",
show No. 21, 		Bob Hope, master of ceremonies July 7, 1942
File:Nat King Cole 2.jpg "Straighten up and Fly Right" Nat “King” Cole 1943
File:FredAllen1.jpg "The Fred Allen Show",
recorded broadcast 		October 7, 1945
"Jole Blon" Harry Choates 1946
"Tubby the Tuba" Paul Tripp (words) and
George Kleinsinger (music) 		1946
"Move on up a Little Higher" Mahalia Jackson 1948
Anthology of American Folk Music. Edited by Harry Smith 1952
"Schooner Bradley" Pat Bonner 1952-60
File:Hgclogo.JPG "Damnation of Faust." Boston Symphony Orchestra
with the Harvard Glee Club
and Radcliffe Choral Society 		1954
File:Fatsdomino.jpg "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.” 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 Turkel Collection
at the Chicago History Museum
(formerly the Chicago Historical Society) 		September 29, 1962
West Point Military Academy address William Faulkner 1962
"Dancing in the Street" Martha and the Vandellas 1964
Live at the Regal B.B. King 1965
File:AreyouexpUS.jpg Are You Experienced? Jimi Hendrix Experience 1967
File:Original We're Only in It for the Money front cover.jpg We're Only in It for the Money Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention 1968
File:Switched On Bach.jpg Switched-On Bach Wendy Carlos 1968
"Oh Happy Day." Edwin Hawkins Singers 1969
File:FT dctdbmap.jpg Don't Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me the Pliers. Firesign Theatre 1970
File:Gil Scott- Heron.jpg "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" Gil Scott-Heron 1970
Will the Circle Be Unbroken Nitty Gritty Dirt Band 1972
The old foghorn, Kewaunee, Wis. Recorded by James A. Lipsky 1972
File:StevieWonder-SongsInTheKeyOfLife.jpg Songs in the Key of Life Stevie Wonder 1976
File:SonicYouthDaydreamNationalbumcover.jpg Daydream Nation Sonic Youth 1988

See also

Notes

  1. ^ "Current Registry". The Library of Congress. 2006-11-03. Retrieved 2007-02-09.
  2. ^ "The National Recording Registry 2002". The Library of Congress. 2006-12-06. Retrieved 2007-02-09.
  3. ^ "The National Recording Registry 2003". The Library of Congress. 2006-10-25. Retrieved 2007-02-09.
  4. ^ "The National Recording Registry 2004". The Library of Congress. 2006-10-25. Retrieved 2007-02-09.
  5. ^ "The National Recording Registry 2005". The Library of Congress. 2006-10-25. Retrieved 2007-02-09.
  6. ^ The National Recording Registry lists this as a 1965 recording. The album was recorded in 1962 and released in 1963
  7. ^ The National Recording Registry lists this as a 1989 recording. The album was recorded in 1989 and released in 1990
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