Library of Congress Music

National Recording Registry's 25 additions

George Washington Johnson - "The Laughing Song" (single) (c. 1896)
Harry Macdonough and Alice Green - "They Didn’t Believe Me" (single) (1915)
Bing Crosby; Rudy Vallee - "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime" (singles) (both 1932)
Franz Boas and George Herzog Recordings of Kwakwaka’wakw Chief Dan Cranmer (1938)
Roland Hayes - "Were You There" (single) (1940)
The Goldbergs: “Sammy Goes Into the Army” (July 9th, 1942)
Louis Jordan - "Caldonia" (single) (1945)
Elmore James - "Dust My Broom" (single) (1951)
Art Blakey - A Night at Birdland (Vols. 1 and 2) (albums) (1954)
The Louvin Brothers - "When I Stop Dreaming" (single) (1955)
The Everly Brothers - "Cathy’s Clown" (single) (1960)
Mance Lipscomb - Texas Sharecropper and Songster (album) (1960)
The First Family (album) (1962)
Lawrence Ritter’s Interviews With Baseball Pioneers of the Late 19th and Early 20th Century (1962-66)
Presidential Recordings of Lyndon B. Johnson (November 22nd, 1963-January 10th, 1969)
Buck Owens and His Buckaroos - Carnegie Hall Concert With Buck Owens and His Buckaroos (album) (1966)    
Creedence Clearwater Revival - "Fortunate Son" (single)  (1969)    
Isaac Hayes - Theme From Shaft (album) – Isaac Hayes (1971)    
Larry Norman - Only Visiting This Planet (album) – Larry Norman (1972)    Woot! Woot!
Celia Cruz and Johnny Pacheco - Celia & Johnny (album) –  (1974)
Aaron Copland - "Copland Conducts Copland: Appalachian Spring" – Aaron Copland (1974)
Linda Ronstadt- Heart Like a Wheel (album) – Linda Ronstadt (1974)     
Sweeney Todd (album) – Original Cast Recording (1979)
U2 - The Joshua Tree (album) – U2 (1987)    
Jeff Buckley - "Hallelujah" (single) – Jeff Buckley (1994)


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Isaac Hayes - Theme From Shaft (album) – Isaac Hayes (1971)   

Shut yo mouth!

Franz Boas and George Herzog Recordings of Kwakwaka’wakw Chief Dan Cranmer (1938)

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