Here’s a complete list of the recordings selected for the 2024 National Recording Registry.
Designed by Lyanne Natividad Screen Archives/Getty Images; Getty Images; Jack Robinson/Hulton Archive/Getty Images; Ken Schles/Getty Images; Al Pereira/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty ImagesOther inductees include Jackie Brenston and His Delta Cats’ “Rocket ‘88” , produced by Sam Phillips, often called the first rock’n’roll recording;’s 1949 smash “Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” the third Christmas song to be inducted .
The inductees cover a wide range of genres, including jazz, bluegrass, pop, dance, country, rock, rap, Latin and classical music. recording to top the Billboard Hot 100 in 1988. It was also the first recording produced by a woman to win a Grammy for record of the year.In addition to McFerrin’s “Don’t Worry, Be Happy,” which topped the Hot 100 in 1988, the list includes four songs that reached No.
Under the terms of the National Recording Preservation Act of 2000, the Librarian of Congress, with advice from the National Recording Preservation Board, selects 25 titles each year that are “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant” and are at least 10 years old. That board is chaired by Robbin Ahrold, president and CEO of Century Media Partners LLC in Washington D.C. and a former executive with BMI, the RCA Music Group and HBO.
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