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2003 National Recording Registry

Todd Duncan and Anne Brown starred in the original production of "Porgy and Bess."

Todd Duncan and Anne Brown starred in the original production of "Porgy and Bess."

  • Emile Berliner. "The Lord's Prayer" and "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star." (ca. 1888)
  • Vess Ossman. "Honolulu Cake Walk." (1898)
  • Bert Williams and George Walker. Victor Releases. (1901)
  • Billy Murray. "You're a Grand Old Rag [Flag]." (1906)
  • Frances Densmore Chippewa/Ojibwe Cylinder Collection. (1907-1910)
  • The first Bubble Book. (1917)
  • William Jennings Bryan. "Cross of Gold." Speech re-enactment by Bryan. (1921)
  • Guy B. Johnson Cylinder Recordings of African-American Music. (1920s)
  • Okeh Laughing Record. (1922)
  • Associated Glee Clubs of America. "Adeste Fideles." (1925)
  • Amadé Ardoin and Dennis McGee. Cajun-Creole Columbia releases. (1929)
  • Leadbelly. "Goodnight Irene." (1933)
  • Huey P. Long. "Every Man a King" speech. (1935)
  • Marian Anderson. "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands." (1936)
  • Robert Johnson. The Complete Recordings. (1936-1937)
  • Jelly Roll Morton. Interviews conducted by Alan Lomax. (1938)
  • Benny Goodman. Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert. (1938)
  • WJSV (Washington, D.C.). Complete Day of Radio Broadcasting. (Sept. 21, 1939)
  • Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys. "New San Antonio Rose." (1940)
  • 1941 World Series Game Four. New York Yankees vs. Brooklyn Dodgers.
  • Robert Shaw Chorale. Bach B-Minor Mass. (1947)
  • Budapest Quartet. Beethoven String Quartets. (1940-1950)
  • George Gershwin. "Porgy and Bess." Original Cast. (1940, 1942)
  • Rodgers and Hammerstein. "Oklahoma!" Original Cast. (1943)
  • Paul Robeson, Uta Hagen, José Ferrer and others. "Othello." (1943)
  • Louis Kaufman and the Concert Hall String Orchestra. Vivaldi "Four Seasons." (1947)
  • John Kirkpatrick. Ives Piano Sonata No. 2, "Concord." (1948)
  • O. Winston Link. Steam Locomotive Recordings. (6 vols.,1957-1977)
  • Rafael Kubelik conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Mussorgsky "Pictures at an Exhibition." (1951)
  • Billy Graham. "Problems of the American Home." (1954)
  • Glenn Gould. Bach "Goldberg Variations." (1955)
  • "Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book." (1956)
  • Chuck Berry. "Roll Over Beethoven." (1956)
  • Thelonious Monk. "Brilliant Corners." (1956)
  • Georg Solti and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. Richard Wagner Complete "Ring" Cycle. (1958-1965)
  • Eastman Wind Ensemble with Frederick Fennell. "Winds in Hi-Fi." (1958)
  • Charles Mingus. "Mingus Ah-Um." (1959)
  • Tony Schwartz. "New York Taxi Driver." (1959)
  • Patsy Cline. "Crazy." (1961)
  • John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Robert Frost and others. Kennedy Inaugural Ceremony. (1961)
  • Judy Garland. "Judy at Carnegie Hall." (1961)
  • Otis Redding. "I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now)." (1965)
  • The Beatles. "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band." (1967)
  • Johnny Cash. "At Folsom Prison." (1968)
  • Ali Akbar College of Music Archive Selections. (1960s-1970s)
  • Marvin Gaye. "What's Goin' On." (1971)
  • Carole King. "Tapestry." (1971)
  • Garrison Keillor. "A Prairie Home Companion." (First broadcast of the radio variety show, July 6, 1974)
  • Bruce Springsteen. "Born to Run." (1975)
  • Fania All-Stars. "Live at Yankee Stadium." (1975)

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