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Complete National Recording Registry Listing

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Title Artist/Composer/Recorder Year of Release Year Inducted Genre
Clarinet Marmalade
(single)
Jim Europe’s 369th Band
Additional Information
1919 2024 Pop (Pre-1955)
Kauhavan Polkka
(single)
Viola Turpeinen & John Rosendahl
Additional Information
1928 2024 Folk
Wisconsin Folksong Recordings
(collection)
Various
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1937-46 2024 Field
Rose Room
(single)
Benny Goodman Sextet with Charlie Christian
Additional Information
1939 2024 Jazz
Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer
(single)
Autry, Gene
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1949 2024 Pop (Pre-1955)
Tennessee Waltz
(single)
Patti Page
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1950 2024 Country/Bluegrass
Rocket “88”
(single)
Jackie Brenston and His Delta Cats
Additional Information
1951 2024 Pop (Pre-1955)
Catch a Falling Star/Magic Moments
(single)
Perry Como
Additional Information
1957 2024 Pop (1955-1975)
Chances Are
(single)
Johnny Mathis
Additional Information
1957 2024 Pop (1955-1975)
The Sidewinder
(album)
Lee Morgan
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1964 2024 Jazz
Surrealistic Pillow
(album)
Jefferson Airplane
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1967 2024 Pop (1955-1975)
Ain’t No Sunshine
(single)
Bill Withers
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1971 2024 Pop (1955-1975)
This is a Recording
(album)
Lily Tomlin
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1971 2024 Comedy/Novelty
J.D Crowe & the New South
(album)
J.D. Crowe & the New South
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1975 2024 Country/Bluegrass
Arrival
(album)
ABBA
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1976 2024 Disco/Dance
Parallel Lines
(album)
Blondie
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1978 2024 Disco/Dance
The Cars
(album)
The Cars
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1978 2024 Pop (1976-1996)
El Cantante
(single)
Héctor Lavoe
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1978 2024 Latin
La Di Da Di
(single)
Doug E. Fresh & Slick Rick
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1985 2024 Rap/Hip Hop
Don’t Worry, Be Happy
(single)
Bobby McFerrin
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1988 2024 Pop (1976-1996)
Amor Eterno
(single)
Juan Gabriel
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1990 2024 Latin
Pieces of Africa
(album)
Kronos Quartet
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1992 2024 Classical
Dookie
(album)
Green Day
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1994 2024 Pop (1976-1996)
Ready to Die
(album)
Notorious BIG
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1994 2024 Rap/Hip Hop
Wide Open Spaces
(album)
The Chicks
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1998 2024 Country/Bluegrass
The Very First Mariachi Recordings
(album)
Cuarteto Coculense
Additional Information
1908-09 2023 Latin
St. Louis Blues
(single)
Handy’s Memphis Blues Band
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1922 2023 R&B
Sugar Foot Stomp Fletcher Henderson
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1925 2023 Jazz
Dorothy Thompson: 1939 NBC broadcasts Dorothy Thompson
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1939, August 23-September 6 2023 Broadcast/Spoken Word
Don’t Let Nobody Turn You Around
(single)
Fairfield Four
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1947 2023 Gospel
Sherry
(single)
The Four Seasons
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1962 2023 Pop (1955-1975)
Wang Dang Doodle
(single)
Koko Taylor
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1965 2023 R&B
What the World Needs Now Is Love
(single)
Jackie DeShannon
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1965 2023 Pop (1955-1975)
Ode to Billie Joe
(single)
Bobbie Gentry
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1967 2023 Country/Bluegrass
Déjà vu
(album)
Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young
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1970 2023 Pop (1955-1975)
Imagine
(single)
John Lennon
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1971 2023 Pop (1955-1975)
Stairway to Heaven
(single)
Led Zeppelin
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1971 2023 Pop (1955-1975)
Take Me Home, Country Roads
(single)
John Denver
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1971 2023 Country/Bluegrass
Margaritaville
(single)
Jimmy Buffett
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1977 2023 Pop (1975-1995)
Flashdance…What a Feeling
(single)
Irene Cara
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1983 2023 Pop (1975-1995)
Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
(single)
Eurythmics
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1983 2023 Pop (1975-1995)
Synchronicity
(album)
The Police
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1983 2023 Pop (1975-1995)
Like a Virgin
(album; 1985 reissue)
Madonna
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1985 2023 Pop (Post-1975)
Black Codes (from the Underground)
(album)
Wynton Marsalis
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1985 2023 Jazz
Super Mario theme
(soundtrack)
Koji Kondo
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1985 2023 Other
All Hail the Queen
(album)
Queen Latifah
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1989 2023 Rap/Hip Hop
All I Want for Christmas is You
(single)
Mariah Carey
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1994 2023 Pop (1975-1995)
Pale Blue Dot Carl Sagan
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1994 2023 Broadcast/Spoken Word
Gasolina
(single)
Daddy Yankee
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2004 2023 Latin
“Concerto for Clarinet and Chamber Orchestra.” Chamber Music Northwest. Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, composer.
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2012 2023 Classical/Opera
Harlem Strut
(single)
James P. Johnson
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1921 2022 Jazz
Complete Presidential Speeches Franklin D. Roosevelt
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1933-1945 2022 Broadcast/Spoken Word
Walking the Floor Over You
(single)
Ernest Tubb
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1941 2022 Country/Bluegrass
On a Note of Triumph (May 8, 1945) Norman Corwin
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1945 2022 Broadcast/Spoken Word
Jesus Gave Me Water
(single)
Soul Stirrers
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1951 2022 Gospel
Ellington at Newport
(album)
Duke Ellington
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1956 2022 Jazz
Tonight’s the Night
(album)
The Shirelles
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1960 2022 Pop (1955-1975)
We Insist!
(album)
Max Roach
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1960 2022 Jazz
The Christmas Song Nat King Cole
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1961 2022 Pop (1955-1975)
Moon River
(single)
Andy Williams
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1962 2022 Pop (1955-1975)
It’s a Small World
(single)
Various
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1964 2022 Children's
Reach Out, I’ll Be There
(single)
The Four Tops
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1966 2022 R&B
In C
(album)
Terry Riley
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1968 2022 Classical
Hank Aaron’s 715th Career Home Run (April 8, 1974) Milo Hamilton, announcer
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1974 2022 Sports
Bohemian Rhapsody
(single)
Queen
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1975 2022 Pop (1955-1975)
Don’t Stop Believin’
(single)
Journey
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1981 2022 Pop (1976-1996)
Canciones de mi Padre
(album)
Linda Ronstadt
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1987 2022 Latin
Nick of Time
(album)
Bonnie Raitt
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1989 2022 Pop (1976-1996)
The Low End Theory
(album)
A Tribe Called Quest
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1991 2022 Rap/Hip Hop
Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
(album)
Wu-Tang Clan
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1993 2022 Rap/Hip Hop
Buena Vista Social Club
(album)
Various
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1997 2022 Musical/Soundtrack
Livin’ La Vida Loca
(single)
Ricky Martin
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1999 2022 Pop (1996+)
Songs in A Minor
(album)
Alicia Keys
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2001 2022 Pop (1996+)
WNYC broadcast for the day of 9/11 N/A
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2001 2022 Broadcast/Spoken Word
WTF with Marc Maron (with guest Robin Williams) (April 26, 2010) Marc Maron
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2010 2022 Broadcast/Spoken Word
St. Louis tinfoil recording Thomas Edison
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1878 2020 Technology
Nikolina
(single)
Hjalmar Peterson
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1917 2020 Pop (Pre-1955)
Smyrneikos Balos
(single)
Marika Papagika
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1928 2020 Pop (Pre-1955)
When the Saints Go Marching In
(single)
Louis Armstrong
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1938 2020 Jazz
Christmas Eve Broadcast (December 24, 1941) Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill
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1941 2020 Broadcast/Spoken Word
The Guiding Light (November 22, 1945) Irna Phillips, creator/writer
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1945 2020 Broadcast/Spoken Word
Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues
(album)
Odetta
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1957 2020 Folk
Lord, Keep Me Day by Day
(single)
The Caravans
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1959 2020 Gospel
Roger Maris hits his 61st homerun Phil Rizzuto, announcer
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1961 2020 Sports
Aida
(album)
Leontyne Price, et.al.
Additional Information
1962 2020 Classical/Opera
Once a Day
(single)
Connie Smith
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1964 2020 Country/Bluegrass
Born Under a Bad Sign
(album)
Albert King
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1967 2020 Blues
Free to Be...You and Me
(album)
Marlo Thomas, et.al.
Additional Information
1972 2020 Children's
Harder They Come
(album)
Jimmy Cliff, et.al.
Additional Information
1972 2020 Musical/Soundtrack
Lady Marmalade
(single)
Labelle
Additional Information
1974 2020 R&B
Late for the Sky
(album)
Jackson Browne
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1974 2020 Pop (1955-1975)
Bright Size Life
(album)
Pat Metheny
Additional Information
1976 2020 Jazz
The Rainbow Connection
(single)
Kermit the Frog
Additional Information
1979 2020 Musical/Soundtrack
Celebration
(single)
Kool & the Gang
Additional Information
1980 2020 Disco/Dance
Strauss: Four Last Songs
(album)
Jessye Norman, et.al.
Additional Information
1983 2020 Classical/Opera
Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814
(album)
Janet Jackson
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1989 2020 Pop (1976-1996)
Partners
(album)
Flaco Jimenez
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1992 2020 Latin
Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World
(single)
Israel Kamakawiwo’ole
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1993 2020 Pop (1976-1996)
Illmatic
(album)
Nas
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1994 2020 Rap/Hip Hop
This American Life: The Giant Pool of Money (May 8, 2008) Ira Glass, et.al.
Additional Information
2008 2020 Broadcast/Spoken Word
Whispering
(single)
Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra
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1920 2019 Pop (Pre-1955)
Protesta per Sacco e Vanzetti
(single)
Compagnia Columbia
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1927 2019 Pop (Pre-1955)
Sacca e Vanzetti
(single)
Raoul Romito
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1927 2019 Pop (Pre-1955)
La Chicharronera
(single)
Narciso Martínez and Santiago Almeida
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1936 2019 Folk
Arch Oboler's Plays: The Bathysphere
(November 18, 1939)
Arch Oboler
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1939 2019 Broadcast/Spoken Word
Me and My Chauffeur Blues
(single)
Memphis Minnie
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1941 2019 Blues
NY Giants vs. Brooklyn Dodgers 1951 National League Playoff Russ Hodges
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1951 2019 Sports
Puccini: Tosca
(album)
Maria Callas, Carlo Bergonzi, Georges Pretre, etc.
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1953 2019 Classical/Opera
Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh
(single)
Allan Sherman
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1963 2019 Comedy/Novelty
WGBH Broadcast of the Boston Symphony on the day of the Kennedy Assassination
(November 22, 1963)
Boston Symphony Orchestra
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1963 2019 Broadcast/Spoken Word
Fiddler on the Roof
(album)
Original Broadway cast
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1964 2019 Musical/Soundtrack
Make the World Go Away
(single)
Eddy Arnold
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1965 2019 Country/Bluegrass
Afghanistan Recordings Hiromi Lorraine Sakata, recordist
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1966-67; 1971-73 2019 Field
Wichita Lineman
(single)
Glen Campbell
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1968 2019 Country/Bluegrass
Dusty in Memphis
(album)
Dusty Springfield
Additional Information
1969 2019 Pop (1955-1975)
Mister Rogers Sings: 21 Favorite Songs from “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” Fred Rogers
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1973 2019 Children's
Cheap Trick At Budokan
(album)
Cheap Trick
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1978 2019 Pop (1976-1996)
The Cleveland Symphonic Winds/Holst: Suite No. 1 in E-Flat, Suite No. 2 in F/Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks/ Bach: Fantasia in G (Special Edition Audiophile Pressing) (Telarc) Frederick Fennell
Additional Information
1978 2019 Technology
Y.M.C.A.
(single)
The Village People
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1978 2019 Disco/Dance
A Feather on the Breath of God Gothic Voices; Hildegard of Bingen, composer
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1982 2019 Choral
Private Dancer
(album)
Tina Turner
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1984 2019 Pop (1976-1996)
Ven Conmigo
(album)
Selena
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1990 2019 Latin
The Chronic
(album)
Dr. Dre
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1992 2019 Rap/Hip Hop
I Will Always Love You
(single)
Whitney Houston
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1992 2019 Pop (1976-1996)
Maria Schneider’s Concert in the Garden
(album)
Maria Schneider
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2004 2019 Jazz
Percussion Concerto Colin Currie; Jennifer Higdon, composer
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2008 2019 Classical/Opera
Yiddish Cylinders from the Standard Phonograph Company of New York and Thomas Lambert Company Various
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1901-1905 (circa) 2018 Pop (Pre-1955)
Memphis Blues
(single)
Victor Military Band
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1914 2018 Pop (Pre-1955)
Melville Jacobs Collection of Native Americans of the American Northwest Melville Jacobs
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1929-1939 2018 Field
Minnie the Moocher
(single)
Cab Calloway
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1931 2018 Jazz
Bach Six Cello Suites Pablo Casals
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1939 (circa) 2018 Classical/Opera
They Look Like Men of War
(single)
Deep River Boys
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1941 2018 Gospel
Gunsmoke Episode: The Cabin
(December 27, 1952)
Various
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1952 2018 Broadcast/Spoken Word
Ruth Draper: Various monologues Ruth Draper
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1954-1956 2018 Broadcast/Spoken Word
La Bamba
(single)
Ritchie Valens
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1958 2018 Pop (1955-1975)
Long Black Veil
(single)
Lefty Frizzell
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1959 2018 Country/Bluegrass
Stan Freberg Presents the United States of America, Vol. 1: The Early Years
(album)
Stan Freberg
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1961 2018 Comedy/Novelty
GO
(album)
Dexter Gordon
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1962 2018 Jazz
War Requiem
(album)
Benjamin Britten
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1963 2018 Choral
Mississippi Goddam
(single)
Nina Simone
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1964 2018 R&B
Soul Man
(single)
Sam & Dave
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1967 2018 Pop (1955-1975)
Hair (original Broadway cast album) Various
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1968 2018 Musical/Soundtrack
Speech on the death of Martin Luther King, Jr.
(April 4, 1968)
Robert F. Kennedy
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1968 2018 Broadcast/Spoken Word
Sweet Caroline
(single)
Neil Diamond
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1969 2018 Pop (1955-1975)
Superfly
(album)
Curtis Mayfield
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1972 2018 Musical/Soundtrack
Ola Belle Reed
(album)
Ola Belle Reed
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1973 2018 Folk
September
(single)
Earth, Wind & Fire
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1978 2018 Technology
You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)
(single)
Sylvester
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1978 2018 Disco/Dance
She's So Unusual
(album)
Cyndi Lauper
Additional Information
1983 2018 Pop (1976-1996)
The Best of Schoolhouse Rock
(album)
Various
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1996 2018 Childrens
The Blueprint
(album)
Jay-Z
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2001 2018 Rap/Hip Hop
Dream Melody Intermezzo: Naughty Marietta
(single)
Victor Herbert and His Orchestra
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1911 2017 Pop (Pre-1955)
Standing Rock Preservation Recordings George Herzog and Members of the Yanktoni Tribe
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1928 2017 Field
Lamento Borincano
(single)
Canario y Su Grupo
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1930 2017 Latin
Sitting on Top of the World
(single)
Mississippi Sheiks
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1930 2017 Blues
The Complete Beethoven Piano Sonatas
(album)
Artur Schnabel
Additional Information
1932-1935 2017 Classical/Opera
If I Didn't Care
(single)
The Ink Spots
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1939 2017 Pop (Pre-1955)
Proceedings of the United Nations Conference on International Organization
(4/25/45-6/26/45)
Various
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1945 2017 Broadcast/Spoken Word
Folk Songs of the Hills
(album)
Merle Travis
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1946 2017 Country/Bluegrass
How I Got Over
(single)
Clara Ward and the Ward Singers
Additional Information
1950 2017 Gospel
(We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock
(single)
Bill Haley and His Comets
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1954 2017 Pop (Pre-1955)
Calypso
(album)
Harry Belafonte
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1956 2017 Pop (1955-1975)
I Left My Heart in San Francisco
(single)
Tony Bennett
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1962 2017 Pop (1955-1975)
King Biscuit Time Sonny Boy Williamson II and others
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1965 2017 Broadcast/Spoken Word
My Girl
(single)
The Temptations
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1964 2017 Pop (1955-1975)
The Sound of Music
(album)
various
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1965 2017 Musical/Soundtrack
Alice's Restaurant Massacree
(single)
Arlo Guthrie
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1967 2017 Folk
New Sounds in Electronic Music
(album)
Steve Reich, Richard Maxfield, Pauline Oliveros
Additional Information
1967 2017 Classical/Opera
An Evening with Groucho
(album)
Groucho Marx
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1972 2017 Comedy/Novelty
Rumours
(album)
Fleetwood Mac
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1977 2017 Pop (1976-1996)
The Gambler
(single)
Kenny Rogers
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1978 2017 Country/Bluegrass
Le Freak
(single)
Chic
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1978 2017 Disco/Dance
Footloose
(single)
Kenny Loggins
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1984 2017 Pop (1976-1996)
Raising Hell
(album)
Run-DMC
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1986 2017 Rap/Hip Hop
Rhythm is Gonna Get You
(single)
Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine
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1987 2017 Pop (1976-1996)
Yo-Yo Ma Premieres Concertos for Violoncello and Orchestra
(album)
Various
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1996 2017 Classical/Opera
The 1888 London cylinder recordings of Colonel George Gouraud George Gouraud
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1888 2016 Technology
Lift Every Voice and Sing Manhattan Harmony Four
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1923 2016 Gospel
Lift Every Voice and Sing Melba Moore & Friends
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1990 2016 Gospel
Puttin’ on the Ritz Harry Richman
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1929 2016 Pop (Pre-1955)
Over the Rainbow Judy Garland
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1939 2016 Pop (Pre-1955)
I’ll Fly Away Chuck Wagon Gang
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1948 2016 Gospel
Hound Dog Big Mama Thornton
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1952 2016 R&B
Saxophone Colossus
(album)
Sonny Rollins
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1956 2016 Jazz
Giants vs. Dodgers Vin Scully
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1957 2016 Sports
Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs Marty Robbins
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1959 2016 Country/Bluegrass
Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery Wes Montgomery
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1960 2016 Jazz
People
(album)
Barbra Streisand
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1964 2016 Pop (1955-1975)
In the Midnight Hour Wilson Pickett
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1965 2016 R&B
American Pie
(single)
Don McLean
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1971 2016 Pop (1955-1975)
The Rise and-Fall of Ziggy-Stardust and the Spiders from Mars David Bowie
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1972 2016 Pop (1955-1975)
Their Greatest Hits The Eagles
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1976 2016 Pop (1976-1996)
All Things Considered (first ep.) various
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1971 2016 Broadcast/Spoken Word
Amazing Grace Judy Collins
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1970 2016 Pop (1955-1975)
The Wiz Original Cast
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1975 2016 Musical/Soundtrack
Treemonisha Scott Joplin, et.al.
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1976 2016 Classical/Opera
Wanted Richard Pryor
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1978 2016 Comedy/Novelty
We Are Family
(single)
Sister Sledge
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1979 2016 R&B
Remain in Light Talking Heads
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1980 2016 Pop (1976-1996)
Straight Outta Compton
(album)
NWA
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1988 2016 Rap/Hip Hop
Vespers Robert Shaw, et.al.
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1989 2016 Classical/Opera
Signatures Renee Fleming
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1997 2016 Classical/Opera
Let Me Call You Sweetheart
(single)
Peerless Quartet
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1911 2015 Pop (Pre-1955)
Wild Cat Blues
(single)
Clarence Williams Blue Five
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1923 2015 Blues
Statesboro Blues
(single)
Blind Willie McTell
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1928 2015 Blues
Bonaparte's Retreat W.H. Stepp
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1937 2015 Field
Vic and Sade: Decoration Day Parade
(May 28, 1937)
Various
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1937 2015 Broadcast/Spoken Word
Mahler Symphony No. 9 Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Bruno Walter, conductor
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1938 2015 Classical/Opera
Carousel of American Music
September 24, 1940
George M. Cohan, Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Mercer, et.al.
Additional Information
1940 2015 Pop (Pre-1955)
Cry Me a River
(single)
Julie London
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1955 2015 Pop (1955-1975)
The "Marshall Plan" Speech at Harvard
(June 5, 1947)
George C. Marshall
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1947 2015 Broadcast/Spoken Word
Destination Freedom: A Garage in Gainesville/Execution Awaited
(September 25 and October 2, 1949)
Various
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1949 2015 Broadcast/Spoken Word
Original Soundtrack from "A Streetcar Named Desire" Alex North
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1951 2015 Blues
Mack the Knife
(single)
Louis Armstrong
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1956 2015 Pop (1955-1975)
Mack the Knife
(single)
Bobby Darin
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1959 2015 Pop (1955-1975)
Fourth Quarter Radio Coverage of Wilt Chamberlin's 100-Point Game (Philadelphia Warriors vs. New York Knicks)
(March 2, 1962)
Bill Campbell, announcer
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1962 2015 Sports
A Love Supreme
(album)
John Coltrane
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1964 2015 Jazz
It's My Way
(album)
Buffy Sainte-Marie
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1964 2015 Folk
Where Did Our Love Go
(single)
The Supremes
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1964 2015 Pop (1955-1975)
People Get Ready
(single)
The Impressions
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1965 2015 R&B
Mama Tried
(single)
Merle Haggard
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1968 2015 Country/Bluegrass
Abraxas
(album)
Santana
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1970 2015 Latin
Class Clown
(album)
George Carlin
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1972 2015 Comedy/Novelty
Robert and Clara Schumann Complete Piano Trios
(album)
Beaux Arts Trio
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1972 2015 Classical/Opera
Piano Man
(single)
Billy Joel
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1973 2015 Pop (1955-1975)
Bogalusa Boogie
(album)
Clifton Chenier
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1976 2015 Folk
I Will Survive
(single)
Gloria Gaynor
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1978 2015 Disco/Dance
Master of Puppets Metallica
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1986 2015 Pop (1976-1996)
2000 Years with Carl Reiner & Mel Brooks
(album)
Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner
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1961 2008 Comedy/Novelty
3 Feet High and Rising
(album)
De La Soul
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1989 2010 Rap/Hip Hop
A Charlie Brown Christmas
(album)
The Vince Guaraldi Trio
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1965 2011 Jazz
A Program of Song
(album)
Leontyne Price
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1959 2012 Classical/Opera
Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive
(single)
Johnny Mercer
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1944 2014 Pop (Pre-1955)
Adagio for Strings
(single)
(November 5, 1938)
NBC Symphony, Arturo Toscanini
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1938 2005 Classical/Opera
Address at West Point Military Academy
(April 19-20, 1962)
William Faulkner
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1962 2005 Broadcast/Spoken Word
Address to Congress ("Day of Infamy" speech)
(December 8, 1941)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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1941 2006 Broadcast/Spoken Word
Adeste Fideles
(single)
Associated Glee Clubs of America
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1925 2003 Choral
The Adventures of Robin Hood
(May 11, 1938)
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
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1938 2005 Musical/Soundtrack
After You've Gone
(single)
Marion Harris
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1918 2012 Pop (Pre-1955)
Ain't Misbehavin'
(single)
Thomas "Fats" Waller
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1929 2004 Jazz
Aja
(album)
Steely Dan
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1977 2010 Pop (1976-1996)
Ali Akbar College of Music Archive Selections Ali Akbar College of Music
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1960s-1970s 2003 Folk
The Allman Brothers Band at Fillmore East
(album)
The Allman Brothers Band
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1971 2004 Pop (1976-1996)
Allons a Lafayette
(single)
Joe Falcon
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1928 2007 Folk
Also Sprach Zarathustra
(album)
Fritz Reiner and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Additional Information
1954 2011 Classical/Opera
America's Town Meeting of the Air
(May 8, 1941)
George V. Denny, Jr.
Additional Information
1941 2009 Broadcast/Spoken Word
Anthology of Folk Music
(album)
Harry Smith
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1952 2005 Folk
Are You Experienced
(album)
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
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1967 2005 Pop (1955-1975)
Arkansaw Traveler
(single)
Eck Robertson
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1922 2002 Country/Bluegrass
Armistice Day broadcast
November 11, 1923)
Woodrow Wilson
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1923 2004 Broadcast/Spoken Word
Around the World on the Phonograph Thomas Edison
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1888-1889 2002 Technology
Artistry in Rhythm
(single)
Stan Kenton
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1943 2011 Jazz
At Folsom Prison
(album)
Johnny Cash
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1968 2003 Country/Bluegrass
At Last
(single)
Etta James
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1961 2008 R&B
At Sunset
(album)
Mort Sahl
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1955 2010 Comedy/Novelty
Atlanta Exposition speech Booker T. Washington
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1908 recreation 2002 Broadcast/Spoken Word
Azucar Pa' Ti
(album)
Eddie Palmieri
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1965 2009 Latin
Bach B-Minor Mass
(album)
Robert Shaw
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1947 2003 Classical/Opera
Bacon, Beans and Limousines
(October 18, 1931)
Will Rogers
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1931 2012 Broadcast/Spoken Word
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