Every year, the Library of Congress names 25 'audio treasures' to be preserved permanently. This year's selections range from ABBA and Green Day to World War I-era jazz pioneer James Reese Europe.
Every year, the Library of Congress names 25"audio treasures" to be preserved permanently. This year's selections range from ABBA and Green Day to World War I-era jazz pioneer James Reese Europe.Swedish pop giants ABBA, shown here posing in Stockholm in 1974, have been named to the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry.Swedish pop giants ABBA, shown here posing in Stockholm in 1974, have been named to the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry.
The 2024 list spans folk, jazz, classical, hip-hop, Latin, pop, country, rock and punk. Some choices are more rarified, including one of therecordings that major labels like Victor and Columbia were making in the 1920s, featuring artists from new and recently arrived immigrant communities in the U.S.
At the same time, many of the selections are among pop culture's best-known artifacts, including Gene Autry's perennial post-war Christmas classic, 1949's"Rudolph, the Red-Nose Reindeer" — not to mention ABBA's 1976 albumHip-hop's legacy is marked by a 1985 classic by Doug E. Fresh and Slick Rick,"La-Di-Da-Di" — a track that went on to be one of the most sampled and referenced sound recordings of all time—and The Notorious B.I.G.
While in past years, the Library of Congress' annual selections have included speeches, news broadcasts, and other spoken audio recordings of documentary value, this year's picks are almost entirely music, with one notable exception: comedian Lily Tomlin's 1971 album, which won her a Grammy Award for best comedy recording and hit No. 15 on the Billboard 200 album chart — a record for a female comedian.
Here are all 25 recordings selected for the 2024 National Recording Registry, listed in chronological order:• Wisconsin Folksong Collection •"Rocket '88'" – Jackie Brenston and His Delta Cats
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