TODAY WAS THE DAY! As it does every year, the Library of Congress just named its 25 latest additions to its National Recording Registry!
As always, the range of works selected by the Librarian of Congress, with the assistance of the National Recording Preservation Board and the public’s nominations, show great diversity. The earliest recording is from 1908 while the most recent is from 2012. While the range of genres run the gamut from mariachi to spoken word to pop and rock and country and jazz and gospel to even, in an Registry first, the sounds of a famous video game. Further, this year’s selections include a who’s who of legends: The Police, Jimmy Buffett, Daddy Yankee, Mariah Carey, Koko Taylor, John Denver, Queen Latifah, the late great Burt Bacharach (along with his long-time lyrical partner Hal David) and even the Material Girl herself: MADONNA!
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