The Library of Congress Nationwide Recording Registry introduced Wednesday that 25 new recordings have been inducted into the Registry, together with Amy Winehouse’s 2006 album “Back to Black,” the unique solid album of Broadway’s “Hamilton,” and Elton John’s 1973 album “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.”
The sounds chosen for preservation have “cultural, historical or aesthetic importance in the nation’s recorded sound heritage,” Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden mentioned in a information launch.
“These are the sounds of America – our wide-ranging history and culture. The National Recording Registry is our evolving nation’s playlist,” Hayden mentioned. “The Library of Congress is proud and honored to select these audio treasures worthy of preservation, including iconic music across a variety of genres, field recordings, sports history and even the sounds of our daily lives with technology.”
In 2022, the Nationwide Recording Registry Board started to decide on recordings to be preserved. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have A Dream” speech was one of many 50 recordings chosen the primary 12 months. Since then, 675 recordings have been added to the Registry.
This 12 months’s picks embody folks, nation, pop, sports activities, comedy, and even a online game sound. Minecraft is the second online game soundtrack to affix the Registry. In 2023, the theme for Tremendous Mario Brothers was added.
In a video posted on Instagram, Elton John mentioned that he isn’t a “formula writer.”
“I didn’t think ‘Bennie and the Jets’ was a hit,” John mentioned. “I didn’t think ‘Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me’ was a hit. And that’s what makes writing so special. You do not know what you’re coming up with and how special it might become.”
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Tracy Chapman, whose 1988 self-titled album that features her hit music “Fast Car” and was added to this Registry this 12 months, mentioned within the video she was up late at night time when the primary line, “You’ve got a fast car,” of the music got here to her.
“The question is, who is you and then what’s the car all about,” Chapman mentioned. “It’s in a way a process of answering questions.”
