Complete National Recording Registry Listing
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| Title | Artist/Composer/Recorder | Year of Release | Year Inducted | Genre |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis tinfoil recording | Thomas Edison | 1878 | 2020 | Technology |
| Nikolina (single) |
Hjalmar Peterson | 1917 | 2020 | Pop (Pre-1955) |
| Smyrneikos Balos (single) |
Marika Papagika | 1928 | 2020 | Pop (Pre-1955) |
| When the Saints Go Marching In (single) |
Louis Armstrong | 1938 | 2020 | Jazz |
| Christmas Eve Broadcast (December 24, 1941) | Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill | 1941 | 2020 | Broadcast/Spoken Word |
| The Guiding Light (November 22, 1945) | Irna Phillips, creator/writer | 1945 | 2020 | Broadcast/Spoken Word |
| Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues (album) |
Odetta | 1957 | 2020 | Folk |
| Lord, Keep Me Day by Day (single) |
The Caravans | 1959 | 2020 | Gospel |
| Roger Maris hits his 61st homerun | Roger Maris | 1961 | 2020 | Broadcast/Spoken Word |
| Aida (album) |
Leontyne Price, et.al. | 1962 | 2020 | Classical/Opera |
| Once a Day (single) |
Connie Smith | 1964 | 2020 | Country/Bluegrass |
| Born Under a Bad Sign (album) |
Albert King | 1967 | 2020 | Blues |
| Free to Be...You and Me (album) |
Marlo Thomas, et.al. | 1972 | 2020 | Children's |
| Harder They Come (album) |
Jimmy Cliff, et.al. | 1972 | 2020 | Musical/Soundtrack |
| Lady Marmalade (single) |
Labelle | 1974 | 2020 | R&B |
| Late for the Sky (album) |
Jackson Browne | 1974 | 2020 | Pop (Post-1955) |
| Bright Size Life (album) |
Pat Metheny | 1976 | 2020 | Jazz |
| The Rainbow Connection (single) |
Kermit the Frog | 1979 | 2020 | Musical/Soundtrack |
| Celebration (single) |
Kool & the Gang | 1980 | 2020 | Disco/Dance |
| Strauss: Four Last Songs (album) |
Jessye Norman, et.al. | 1983 | 2020 | Classical/Opera |
| Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 (album) |
Janet Jackson | 1989 | 2020 | Pop (Post-1955) |
| Partners (album) |
Flaco Jimenez | 1992 | 2020 | Latin |
| Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World (single) |
Israel Kamakawiwo’ole | 1993 | 2020 | Pop (Post-1955) |
| Illmatic (album) |
Nas | 1994 | 2020 | Rap/Hip Hop |
| This American Life: The Giant Pool of Money (May 8, 2008) | Ira Glass, et.al. | 2008 | 2020 | Broadcast/Spoken Word |
| Whispering (single) |
Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra | 1920 | 2019 | Pop (Pre-1955) |
| Protesta per Sacco e Vanzetti (single) |
Compagnia Columbia | 1927 | 2019 | Pop (Pre-1955) |
| Sacco e Vanzetti (single) |
Raoul Romito | 1927 | 2019 | Pop (Pre-1955) |
| La Chicharronera (single) |
Narsciso Martinez/Santiago Almeida | 1936 | 2019 | Folk |
| Arch Oboler's Plays: The Bathysphere (November 18, 1939) |
1939 | 2019 | Broadcast/Spoken Word | |
| Me and My Chauffeur Blues (single) |
Memphis Minnie | 1941 | 2019 | Blues |
| NY Giants vs. Brooklyn Dodgers 1951 National League Playoff | Russ Hodges | 1951 | 2019 | Broadcast/Spoken Word |
| Puccini: Tosca (album) |
Maria Callas, Carlo Bergonzi, Georges Pretre, etc. | 1953 | 2019 | Classical/Opera |
| Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh (single) |
Allan Sherman | 1963 | 2019 | Comedy/Novelty |
| WGBH Broadcast of the Boston Symphony on the day of the Kennedy Assassination (November 22, 1963) |
Boston Symphony Orchestra | 1963 | 2019 | Broadcast/Spoken Word |
| Fiddler on the Roof (album) |
Original Broadway cast | 1964 | 2019 | Musical/Soundtrack |
| Make the World Go Away (single) |
Eddy Arnold | 1965 | 2019 | Country/Bluegrass |
| Afghanistan Recordings | Hiromi Lorraine Sakata, recordist | 1966-67; 1971-73 | 2019 | Field |
| Wichita Lineman (single) |
Glen Campbell | 1968 | 2019 | Country/Bluegrass |
| Dusty in Memphis (album) |
Dusty Springfield | 1969 | 2019 | Pop (Post-1955) |
| Mister Rogers Sings: 21 Favorite Songs from “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” | 1973 | 2019 | Children's | |
| Cheap Trick At Budokan (album) |
Cheap Trick | 1978 | 2019 | Pop (Post-1955) |
| 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 | 1978 | 2019 | Technology |
| Y.M.C.A. (single) |
The Village People | 1978 | 2019 | Disco/Dance |
| A Feather on the Breath of God | Gothic Voices; Hildegard of Bingen, composer | 1982 | 2019 | Choral |
| Private Dancer (album) |
Tina Turner | 1984 | 2019 | Pop (Post-1955) |
| Ven Conmigo (album) |
Selena | 1990 | 2019 | Latin |
| The Chronic (album) |
Dr. Dre | 1992 | 2019 | Rap/Hip Hop |
| I Will Always Love You (single) |
Whitney Houston | 1992 | 2019 | Pop (Post-1955) |
| Maria Schneider’s Concert in the Garden (album) |
Maria Schneider | 2004 | 2019 | Jazz |
| Percussion Concerto | Colin Currie; Jennifer Higdon, composer | 2008 | 2019 | Classical/Opera |
| Yiddish Cylinders from the Standard Phonograph Company of New York and Thomas Lambert Company | 1901-1905 (circa) | 2018 | Pop (Pre-1955) | |
| Memphis Blues (single) |
Victor Military Band | 1914 | 2018 | Pop (Pre-1955) |
| Melville Jacobs Collection of Native Americans of the American Northwest | 1929-1939 | 2018 | Field | |
| Minnie the Moocher (single) |
Cab Calloway | 1931 | 2018 | Jazz |
| Bach Six Cello Suites | Pablo Casals | 1939 (circa) | 2018 | Classical/Opera |
| They Look Like Men of War (single) |
Deep River Boys | 1941 | 2018 | Gospel |
| Gunsmoke Episode: The Cabin (December 27, 1952) |
1952 | 2018 | Broadcast/Spoken Word | |
| Ruth Draper: Various monologues | Ruth Draper | 1954-1956 | 2018 | Broadcast/Spoken Word |
| La Bamba (single) |
Ritchie Valens | 1958 | 2018 | Pop (Post-1955) |
| Long Black Veil (single) |
Lefty Frizzell | 1959 | 2018 | Country/Bluegrass |
| Stan Freberg Presents the United States of America, Vol. 1: The Early Years (album) |
Stan Freberg | 1961 | 2018 | Comedy/Novelty |
| GO (album) |
Dexter Gordon | 1962 | 2018 | Jazz |
| War Requiem (album) |
Benjamin Britten | 1963 | 2018 | Choral |
| Mississippi Goddam (single) |
Nina Simone | 1964 | 2018 | R&B |
| Soul Man (single) |
Sam & Dave | 1967 | 2018 | Pop (Post-1955) |
| Hair (original Broadway cast album) | 1968 | 2018 | Musical/Soundtrack | |
| Speech on the death of Martin Luther King, Jr. (April 4, 1968) |
Robert F. Kennedy | 1968 | 2018 | Broadcast/Spoken Word |
| Sweet Caroline (single) |
Neil Diamond | 1969 | 2018 | Pop (Post-1955) |
| Superfly (album) |
Curtis Mayfield | 1972 | 2018 | Musical/Soundtrack |
| Ola Belle Reed (album) |
Ola Belle Reed | 1973 | 2018 | Folk |
| September (single) |
Earth, Wind & Fire | 1978 | 2018 | Technology |
| You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) (single) |
Sylvester | 1978 | 2018 | Disco/Dance |
| She's So Unusual (album) |
Cyndi Lauper | 1983 | 2018 | Pop (Post-1955) |
| The Best of Schoolhouse Rock (album) |
1996 | 2018 | Childrens | |
| The Blueprint (album) |
Jay-Z | 2001 | 2018 | Rap/Hip Hop |
| Dream Melody Intermezzo: Naughty Marietta (single) |
Victor Herbert and His Orchestra | 1911 | 2017 | Pop (Pre-1955) |
| Standing Rock Preservation Recordings | George Herzog and Members of the Yanktoni Tribe | 1928 | 2017 | Field |
| Lamento Borincano (single) |
Canario y Su Grupo | 1930 | 2017 | Latin |
| Sitting on Top of the World (single) |
Mississippi Sheiks | 1930 | 2017 | Blues |
| The Complete Beethoven Piano Sonatas (album) |
Artur Schnabel | 1932-1935 | 2017 | Classical/Opera |
| If I Didn't Care (single) |
The Ink Spots | 1939 | 2017 | Pop (Pre-1955) |
| Proceedings of the United Nations Conference on International Organization (4/25/45-6/26/45) |
1945 | 2017 | Broadcast/Spoken Word | |
| Folk Songs of the Hills (album) |
Merle Travis | 1946 | 2017 | Country/Bluegrass |
| How I Got Over (single) |
Clara Ward and the Ward Singers | 1950 | 2017 | Gospel |
| (We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock (single) |
Bill Haley and His Comets | 1954 | 2017 | Pop (Pre-1955) |
| Calypso (album) |
Harry Belafonte | 1956 | 2017 | Pop (Post-1955) |
| I Left My Heart in San Francisco (single) |
Tony Bennett | 1962 | 2017 | Pop (Post-1955) |
| King Biscuit Time | Sonny Boy Williamson II and others | 1965 | 2017 | Broadcast/Spoken Word |
| My Girl (single) |
The Temptations | 1964 | 2017 | Pop (Post-1955) |
| The Sound of Music (album) |
various | 1965 | 2017 | Musical/Soundtrack |
| Alice's Restaurant Massacree (single) |
Arlo Guthrie | 1967 | 2017 | Folk |
| New Sounds in Electronic Music (album) |
Steve Reich, Richard Maxfield, Pauline Oliveros | 1967 | 2017 | Classical/Opera |
| An Evening with Groucho (album) |
Groucho Marx | 1972 | 2017 | Comedy/Novelty |
| Rumours (album) |
Fleetwood Mac | 1977 | 2017 | Pop (Post-1955) |
| The Gambler (single) |
Kenny Rogers | 1978 | 2017 | Country/Bluegrass |
| Le Freak (single) |
Chic | 1978 | 2017 | Disco/Dance |
| Footloose (single) |
Kenny Loggins | 1984 | 2017 | Pop (Post-1955) |
| Raising Hell (album) |
Run-DMC | 1986 | 2017 | Rap/Hip Hop |
| Rhythm is Gonna Get You (single) |
Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine | 1987 | 2017 | Pop (Post-1955) |
| Yo-Yo Ma Premieres Concertos for Violoncello and Orchestra (album) |
Various | 1996 | 2017 | Classical/Opera |
| The 1888 London cylinder recordings of Colonel George Gouraud | George Gouraud | 1888 | 2016 | Technology |
| Lift Every Voice and Sing | Manhattan Harmony Four | 1923 | 2016 | Gospel |
| Lift Every Voice and Sing | Melba Moore & Friends | 1990 | 2016 | Gospel |
| Puttin’ on the Ritz | Harry Richman | 1929 | 2016 | Pop (Pre-1955) |
| Over the Rainbow | Judy Garland | 1939 | 2016 | Pop (Pre-1955) |
| I’ll Fly Away | Chuck Wagon Gang | 1948 | 2016 | Gospel |
| Hound Dog | Big Mama Thornton | 1952 | 2016 | R&B |
| Saxophone Colossus (album) |
Sonny Rollins | 1956 | 2016 | Jazz |
| Giants vs. Dodgers | Vin Scully | 1957 | 2016 | Broadcast/Spoken Word |
| Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs | Marty Robbins | 1959 | 2016 | Country/Bluegrass |
| Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery | Wes Montgomery | 1960 | 2016 | Jazz |
| People (album) |
Barbra Streisand | 1964 | 2016 | Pop (Post-1955) |
| In the Midnight Hour | Wilson Pickett | 1965 | 2016 | R&B |
| American Pie (single) |
Don McLean | 1971 | 2016 | Pop (Post-1955) |
| The Rise and-Fall of Ziggy-Stardust and the Spiders from Mars | David Bowie | 1972 | 2016 | Pop (Post-1955) |
| Their Greatest Hits | The Eagles | 1976 | 2016 | Pop (Post-1955) |
| All Things Considered (first ep.) | various | 1971 | 2016 | Broadcast/Spoken Word |
| Amazing Grace | Judy Collins | 1970 | 2016 | Pop (Post-1955) |
| The Wiz | Original Cast | 1975 | 2016 | Musical/Soundtrack |
| Treemonisha | Scott Joplin, et.al. | 1976 | 2016 | Classical/Opera |
| Wanted | Richard Pryor | 1978 | 2016 | Comedy/Novelty |
| We Are Family (single) |
Sister Sledge | 1979 | 2016 | R&B |
| Remain in Light | Talking Heads | 1980 | 2016 | Pop (Post-1955) |
| Straight Outta Compton (album) |
NWA | 1988 | 2016 | Rap/Hip Hop |
| Vespers | Robert Shaw, et.al. | 1989 | 2016 | Classical/Opera |
| Signatures | Renee Fleming | 1997 | 2016 | Classical/Opera |
| Let Me Call You Sweetheart (single) |
Peerless Quartet | 1911 | 2015 | Pop (Pre-1955) |
| Wild Cat Blues (single) |
Clarence Williams Blue Five | 1923 | 2015 | Blues |
| Statesboro Blues (single) |
Blind Willie McTell | 1928 | 2015 | Blues |
| Bonaparte's Retreat | W.H. Stepp | 1937 | 2015 | Field |
| Vic and Sade: Decoration Day Parade (May 28, 1937) |
1937 | 2015 | Broadcast/Spoken Word | |
| Mahler Symphony No. 9 | Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Bruno Walter, conductor | 1938 | 2015 | Classical/Opera |
| Carousel of American Music September 24, 1940 |
George M. Cohan, Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Mercer, et.al. | 1940 | 2015 | Pop (Pre-1955) |
| Cry Me a River (single) |
Julie London | 1955 | 2015 | Pop (Post-1955) |
| The "Marshall Plan" Speech at Harvard (June 5, 1947) |
George C. Marshall | 1947 | 2015 | Broadcast/Spoken Word |
| Destination Freedom: A Garage in Gainesville/Execution Awaited (September 25 and October 2, 1949) |
1949 | 2015 | Broadcast/Spoken Word | |
| Original Soundtrack from "A Streetcar Named Desire" | Alex North | 1951 | 2015 | Blues |
| Mack the Knife (single) |
Louis Armstrong | 1956 | 2015 | Pop (Post-1955) |
| Mack the Knife (single) |
Bobby Darin | 1959 | 2015 | Pop (Post-1955) |
| Fourth Quarter Radio Coverage of Wilt Chamberlin's 100-Point Game (Philadelphia Warriors vs. New York Knicks) (March 2, 1962) |
Bill Campbell, announcer | 1962 | 2015 | Broadcast/Spoken Word |
| A Love Supreme (album) |
John Coltrane | 1964 | 2015 | Jazz |
| It's My Way (album) |
Buffy Sainte-Marie | 1964 | 2015 | Folk |
| Where Did Our Love Go (single) |
The Supremes | 1964 | 2015 | Pop (Post-1955) |
| People Get Ready (single) |
The Impressions | 1965 | 2015 | R&B |
| Mama Tried (single) |
Merle Haggard | 1968 | 2015 | Country/Bluegrass |
| Abraxas (album) |
Santana | 1970 | 2015 | Latin |
| Class Clown (album) |
George Carlin | 1972 | 2015 | Comedy/Novelty |
| Robert and Clara Schumann Complete Piano Trios (album) |
Beaux Arts Trio | 1972 | 2015 | Classical/Opera |
| Piano Man (single) |
Billy Joel | 1973 | 2015 | Pop (Post-1955) |
| Bogalusa Boogie (album) |
Clifton Chenier | 1976 | 2015 | Folk |
| I Will Survive (single) |
Gloria Gaynor | 1978 | 2015 | Disco/Dance |
| Master of Puppets | Metallica | 1986 | 2015 | Pop (Post-1955) |
| 2000 Years with Carl Reiner & Mel Brooks (album) |
Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner | 1961 | 2008 | Comedy/Novelty |
| 3 Feet High and Rising (album) |
De La Soul | 1989 | 2010 | Rap/Hip Hop |
| A Charlie Brown Christmas (album) |
The Vince Guaraldi Trio | 1965 | 2011 | Jazz |
| A Program of Song (album) |
Leontyne Price | 1959 | 2012 | Classical/Opera |
| Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive (single) |
Johnny Mercer | 1944 | 2014 | Pop (Pre-1955) |
| Adagio for Strings (single) (November 5, 1938) |
NBC Symphony, Arturo Toscanini | 1938 | 2005 | Classical/Opera |
| Address at West Point Military Academy (April 19-20, 1962) |
William Faulkner | 1962 | 2005 | Broadcast/Spoken Word |
| Address to Congress ("Day of Infamy" speech) (December 8, 1941) |
Franklin D. Roosevelt | 1941 | 2006 | Broadcast/Spoken Word |
| Adeste Fideles (single) |
Associated Glee Clubs of America | 1925 | 2003 | Choral |
| The Adventures of Robin Hood (May 11, 1938) |
Erich Wolfgang Korngold | 1938 | 2005 | Musical/Soundtrack |
| After You've Gone (single) |
Marion Harris | 1918 | 2012 | Pop (Pre-1955) |
| Ain't Misbehavin' (single) |
Thomas "Fats" Waller | 1929 | 2004 | Jazz |
| Aja (album) |
Steely Dan | 1977 | 2010 | Pop (Post-1955) |
| Ali Akbar College of Music Archive Selections | Ali Akbar College of Music | 1960s-1970s | 2003 | Folk |
| The Allman Brothers Band at Fillmore East (album) |
The Allman Brothers Band | 1971 | 2004 | Pop (Post-1955) |
| Allons a Lafayette (single) |
Joe Falcon | 1928 | 2007 | Folk |
| Also Sprach Zarathustra (album) |
Fritz Reiner and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra | 1954 | 2011 | Classical/Opera |
| America's Town Meeting of the Air (May 8, 1941) |
George V. Denny, Jr. | 1941 | 2009 | Broadcast/Spoken Word |
| Anthology of Folk Music (album) |
Harry Smith | 1952 | 2005 | Folk |
| Are You Experienced (album) |
The Jimi Hendrix Experience | 1967 | 2005 | Pop (Post-1955) |
| Arkansaw Traveler (single) |
Eck Robertson | 1922 | 2002 | Country/Bluegrass |
| Armistice Day broadcast November 11, 1923) |
Woodrow Wilson | 1923 | 2004 | Broadcast/Spoken Word |
| Around the World on the Phonograph | Thomas Edison | 1888-1889 | 2002 | Technology |
| Artistry in Rhythm (single) |
Stan Kenton | 1943 | 2011 | Jazz |
| At Folsom Prison (album) |
Johnny Cash | 1968 | 2003 | Country/Bluegrass |
| At Last (single) |
Etta James | 1961 | 2008 | R&B |
| At Sunset (album) |
Mort Sahl | 1955 | 2010 | Comedy/Novelty |
| Atlanta Exposition speech | Booker T. Washington | 1906 recreation | 2002 | Broadcast/Spoken Word |
| Azucar Pa' Ti (album) |
Eddie Palmieri | 1965 | 2009 | Latin |
| Bach B-Minor Mass (album) |
Robert Shaw | 1947 | 2003 | Classical/Opera |
| Bacon, Beans and Limousines (October 18, 1931) |
Will Rogers | 1931 | 2012 | Broadcast/Spoken Word |
| Bartok and Szigeti in concert at the Library of Congress | Bela Bartok, Joseph Szigeti | 1940 | 2002 | Classical/Opera |
| Barton Hall Concert at Cornell University (May 8, 1977) |
The Grateful Dead | 1977 | 2011 | Pop (Post-1955) |
| Be My Baby (single) |
The Ronettes | 1963 | 2006 | Pop (Post-1955) |
| Beethoven String Quartets | Budapest Quartet | 1940-1950 | 2003 | Classical/Opera |
| Beethoven's Egmont Overture, Op. 84 (single) |
Modesto High School Band (California) | 1930 | 2005 | Classical/Opera |
| Begin the Beguine (single) |
Artie Shaw & His Orchestra | 1938 | 2012 | Pop (Pre-1955) |
| Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen (single) |
The Andrews Sisters | 1938 | 2008 | Pop (Pre-1955) |
| Bell Laboratories experimental stereo recordings | Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski | 1931-1932 | 2002 | Classical/Opera |
| The Benjamin Ives Gilman Collection Recorded at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition at Chicago | Benjamin Ives Gilman | 1893 | 2014 | Folk |
| Black Angels (Thirteen Images from the Dark Land) (album) |
New York Strings Quartet, George Crumb (composer) | 1972 | 2010 | Classical/Opera |
| Black Bottom Stomp (single) |
Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers | 1926 | 2006 | Jazz |
| Black Snake Moan/Match Box Blues (single) |
Blind Lemon Jefferson | 1927 | 2014 | Blues |
| Blanton-Webster era recordings | Duke Ellington Orchestra | 1940-1942 | 2002 | Jazz |
| Blind Joe Death (album) |
John Fahey | 1959, 1964, 1967 | 2010 | Folk |
| Blue Moon of Kentucky (single) |
Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys | 1947 | 2002 | Country/Bluegrass |
| Blue Suede Shoes (single) |
Carl Perkins | 1955 | 2006 | Pop (Post-1955) |
| Blue Yodel (T for Texas) (single) |
Jimmie Rodgers | 1927 | 2004 | Country/Bluegrass |
| Blueberry Hill (single) |
Fats Domino | 1956 | 2005 | Pop (Post-1955) |
| Bo Diddley (single) |
Bo Diddley | 1955 | 2011 | Pop (Post-1955) |
| Boas, Franz and George Herzog Interview | Kwakwaka'wakw Chief Dan Cranmer | 1938 | 2013 | Field |
| Body and Soul (single) |
Coleman Hawkins | 1939 | 2004 | Jazz |
| Boogie Chillen' (single) |
John Lee Hooker | 1948 | 2008 | Blues |
| Born to Run (album) |
Bruce Springsteen | 1975 | 2003 | Pop (Post-1955) |
| 'Boys of the Lough'/'Humours of Ennistymon' (single) |
Michael Coleman | 1922 | 2014 | Folk |
| Brilliant Corners (album) |
Thelonious Monk | 1956 | 2003 | Jazz |
| Broadcast from London (Septepmber 21, 1940) |
Edward R. Murrow | 1940 | 2004 | Broadcast/Spoken Word |
| Brother, Can You Spare a Dime (single) |
Rudy Vallee, Bing Crosby | 1932 | 2013 | Pop (Pre-1955) |
| Bubble Book (the first Bubble Book) | Ralph Mayhew, Burges Johnson | 1917 | 2003 | Children's |
| Burnin' (album) |
The Wailers | 1973 | 2006 | Pop (Post-1955) |
| The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart (album) |
Bob Newhart | 1960 | 2006 | Comedy/Novelty |
| Cajun-Creole Columbia releases (single) |
Amédé Ardoin, Dennis McGee | 1929 | 2003 | Folk |
| Caldonia (single) |
Louis Jordan | 1945 | 2013 | Blues |
| Call It Stormy Monday But Tuesday is Just As Bad (single) |
T-Bone Walker | 1947 | 2007 | Blues |
| Canal Street Blues (single) (April 5, 1923) |
King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band | 1923 | 2009 | Jazz |
| Canzone del Porter from "Martha" (single) |
Edouard de Reszke | 1903 | 2005 | Classical/Opera |
| Carnegie Hall Concert with Buck Owens and His Buckaroos (album) |
Buck Owens and His Buckaroos | 1966 | 2013 | Country/Bluegrass |
| Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert (album) |
Benny Goodman | 1938 | 2003 | Jazz |
| Casey at the Bat | DeWolf Hopper | 1915 | 2002 | Broadcast/Spoken Word |
| Casta Diva from "Norma" (single) (December 31, 1928) |
Rosa Ponselle, Guilio Setti | 1928 | 2007 | Classical/Opera |
| Castles in Europe One-Step (Castle House Rag) (single) |
Europe's Society Orchestra | 1914 | 2004 | Jazz |
| Cathy's Clown (single) |
The Everly Brothers | 1960 | 2013 | Pop (Post-1955) |
| Celia & Johnny (album) |
Celia Cruz and Johnny Pacheco | 1974 | 2013 | Latin |
| A Change is Gonna Come (single) |
Sam Cooke | 1964 | 2006 | R&B |
| Charles A. Lindbergh's arrival and reception in Washington, D.C. (June 11, 1927) |
Charles A. Lindbergh, et.al. | 1927 | 2004 | Broadcast/Spoken Word |
| Charleston (single) |
Golden Gate Orchestra | 1925 | 2004 | Technology |
| Cheap Thrills (album) |
Big Brother and the Holding Company | 1968 | 2012 | Pop (Post-1955) |
| A Child's Christmas in Wales | Dylan Thomas | 1952 | 2008 | Broadcast/Spoken Word |
| Chippewa/Ojibwe Cylinder Collection | Frances Densmore | 1907-1910 | 2003 | Field |
| Chopin Polonaise Op. 40, No. 1 ("Polonaise Militaire") | Artur Rubinstein | 1952 | 2006 | Classical/Opera |
| The Churkendoose | Ray Bolger | 1947 | 2008 | Children's |
| Coal Miner's Daughter (single) |
Loretta Lynn | 1970 | 2009 | Country/Bluegrass |
| Coat of Many Colors (single) |
Dolly Parton | 1971 | 2011 | Country/Bluegrass |
| Come Down Ma Evenin' Star (single) |
Lillian Russell | 1912 | 2011 | Pop (Pre-1955) |
| Command Performance (No. 21) (July 7, 1942) |
Bob Hope | 1942 | 2005 | Broadcast/Spoken Word |
| Complete "Ring Cycle" (album) |
George Solti, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra | 1958-1965 | 2003 | Classical/Opera |
| The Complete Recordings | Robert Johnson | 1936-1937 | 2003 | Blues |
| Complete Village Vanguard Recordings (album) (June 25, 1961) |
Bill Evans Trio | 1961 | 2009 | Jazz |
| Continental Harmony: Gregg Smith Singers Perform Music of William Billings (album) |
The Gregg Smith Singers | 1969 | 2011 | Choral |
| Coolidge Inauguration Ceremony (March 4, 1925) |
Calvin Coolidge, et.al. | 1925 | 2005 | Broadcast/Spoken Word |
| Copland Conducts Copland: Appalachian Spring (album) |
Aaron Copland | 1974 | 2013 | Classical/Opera |
| Cradle Will Rock (original cast recording) (album) |
Mark Blitzstein | 1938 | 2002 | Musical/Soundtrack |
| Crazy (single) |
Patsy Cline | 1961 | 2003 | Country/Bluegrass |
| Crazy Blues (single) |
Mamie Smith | 1920 | 2005 | Blues |
| Crescent City Living Legends Collection | New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation Archive/WWOZ New Orleans | 1973-1990 | 2002 | Jazz |
| Cross of Gold speech | William Jennings Bryan | 1921 re-enactment | 2003 | Broadcast/Spoken Word |
| Crossing Chilly Jordan (single) |
The Blackwood Brothers | 1960 | 2012 | Gospel |
| Cylinder recordings of Metropolitan Opera | Lionel Mapleson | 1900-1903 | 2002 | Classical/Opera |
| Daisy Bell (Bicycle Built for Two) | Max Mathews, John L. Kelly, Jr., and Carol Lockbaum | 1961 | 2009 | Technology |
| Damnation of Faust (album) |
Boston Symphony Orchestra, et.al. | 1954 | 2005 | Choral |
| Dance Mania (album) |
Tito Puente | 1958 | 2002 | Latin |
| Dancing in the Street (single) |
Martha and the Vandellas | 1964 | 2005 | R&B |
| Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground (single) |
Blind Willie Johnson | 1927 | 2010 | Gospel |
| Daydream Nation (album) |
Sonic Youth | 1988 | 2005 | Pop (Post-1955) |
| D-Day radio address to the Allied Nations (June 6, 1944) |
Dwight D. Eisenhower | 1944 | 2002 | Broadcast/Spoken Word |
| D-Day Radio Broadcast (June 5-6, 1944) |
George Hicks | 1944 | 2012 | Broadcast/Spoken Word |
| Dear Mama | Tupac Shakur | 1995 | 2009 | Rap/Hip Hop |
| Descargas: Cuban Jam Session in Miniature (album) |
Cachao Y Su Ritmo Caliente | 1957 | 2012 | Latin |
| Description of crash of Hindenburg (May 6, 1937) |
Herbert Morrison | 1937 | 2002 | Broadcast/Spoken Word |
| Don't Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me the Pliers (album) |
Firesign Theatre | 1970 | 2005 | Comedy/Novelty |
| The Doors (album) |
The Doors | 1967 | 2014 | Pop (Post-1955) |
| Down by the Riverside (single) |
Sister Rosetta Tharpe | 1944 | 2004 | Gospel |
| Down-Hearted Blues (single) |
Bessie Smith | 1923 | 2002 | Blues |
| Drums of Passion (album) |
Michael Babatunde Olatunji | 1960 | 2004 | Pop (Post-1955) |
| Dust My Broom (single) |
Elmore James | 1951 | 2013 | Blues |
| Eagle Stirreth Her Nest | Rev. C.L. Franklin | 1953 | 2010 | Broadcast/Spoken Word |
| Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine) (single) |
The Penguins | 1954 | 2004 | R&B |
| Edison Talking Doll cylinder (November 1888) | n/a | 1888 | 2011 | Technology |
| The Eighty-Six Years of Eubie Blake (album) |
Eubie Blake | 1969 | 2006 | Pop (Post-1955) |
| Einstein on the Beach (album) |
Phillip Glass, Robert Wilson | 1979 | 2012 | Classical/Opera |
| El Manisero ("The Peanut Vendor") (single) |
Rita Montaner, Don Azpiazu and His Havana Casino Orchestra | 1927; 1930 | 2005 | Latin |
| Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book (album) |
Ella Fitzgerald | 1956 | 2003 | Pop (Post-1955) |
| Evangeline Special (single) |
Iry Le Jeune | 1947 | 2009 | Folk |
| Every Man a King speech (February 23, 1935) |
Huey P. Long | 1935 | 2003 | Broadcast/Spoken Word |
| Fall of the City ("The Columbia Workshop") (April 11, 1937) |
Archibald MacLeish | 1937 | 2005 | Broadcast/Spoken Word |
| Fanfares for the Uncommon Woman (album) |
Colorado Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop, conductor; Joan Tower, composer | 1999 | 2014 | Classical/Opera |
| Fascinating Rhythm (single) |
Adele Astaire, Fred Astaire, George Gershwin | 1926 | 2005 | Pop (Pre-1955) |
| Fascinating Rhythm (single) |
Sol Hoopii | 1938 | 2011 | Folk |
| Fear of a Black Planet (album) |
Public Enemy | 1990 | 2004 | Rap/Hip Hop |
| A Festival of Lessons and Carols as Sung on Christmas Eve in King's College Chapel, Cambridge (album) |
King's College Choir | 1954 | 2008 | Choral |
| Fibber McGee and Molly (Fibber's closet opens for the first time) (March 4, 1940) |
Jim and Marian Jordan | 1940 | 2007 | Broadcast/Spoken Word |
| Fifth Regiment March | Thomas Edison | 1888-1889 | 2002 | Technology |
| Fireside Chats | Franklin D. Roosevelt | 1933-1944 | 2002 | Broadcast/Spoken Word |
| First Family (album) |
Vaughn Meader, et.al. | 1962 | 2013 | Comedy/Novelty |
| First Transatlantic Radio Broadcast (March 14, 1925) |
WJZ New York, WRC Washington, D.C. | 1925 | 2007 | Broadcast/Spoken Word |
| First official transatlantic telephone conversation (January 7, 1927) |
W.S. Gifford, Sir Evelyn P. Murray | 1927 | 2005 | Technology |
| Foggy Mountain Breakdown (single) |
Flatt and Scruggs | 1949 | 2004 | Country/Bluegrass |
| Fon der Choope (From the Wedding) (single) (April 4, 1914) |
Abe Elenkrig's Yidishe Orchestra | 1914 | 2009 | Folk |
| For the Roses (album) |
Joni Mitchell | 1972 | 2007 | Pop (Post-1955) |
| Forever Changes (album) |
Love | 1967 | 2011 | Pop (Post-1955) |
| Fortunate Son (single) |
Creedence Clearwater Revival | 1969 | 2013 | Pop (Post-1955) |
| Four Saints in Three Acts (album) |
Virgil Thomson | 1947 | 2004 | Classical/Opera |
| The Four Seasons (album) |
Louis Kaufman and the Concert Hall String Orchestra | 1947 | 2003 | Classical/Opera |
| The Fred Allen Show (October 7, 1945) |
Fred Allen | 1945 | 2005 | Broadcast/Spoken Word |
| The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (album) |
Bob Dylan | 1963 | 2002 | Folk |
| 'Freight Train' and Other Carolina Folk Songs and Tunes (album) |
Elizabeth Cotten | 1959 | 2007 | Folk |
| Gang Busters | Phillips H. Lord | 1935-1957 | 2008 | Broadcast/Spoken Word |
| Giant Steps (album) |
John Coltrane | 1959 | 2004 | Jazz |
| Girl from Ipanema (single) |
Stan Getz, et.al. | 1963 | 2004 | Pop (Post-1955) |
| God Bless America (radio broadcast premiere) (November 11, 1938) |
Kate Smith | 1938 | 2002 | Pop (Pre-1955) |
| Goldberg Variations (album) |
Glenn Gould | 1955 | 2003 | Classical/Opera |
| The Goldbergs (July 9, 1942) |
Gertrude Berg, et.al. | 1942 | 2013 | Broadcast/Spoken Word |
| Goodnight, Irene (single) |
Lead Belly | 1933 | 2003 | Blues |
| GOPAC Strategy and Instructional Tapes | Newt Gingrich, et.al. | 1986-1994 | 2010 | Broadcast/Spoken Word |
| Graceland (album) |
Paul Simon | 1986 | 2006 | Pop (Post-1955) |
| Grand Ole Opry (first network radio broadcast) (October 14, 1939) |
Roy Acuff, et.al. | 1939 | 2002 | Country/Bluegrass |
| Green Onions | Booker T. and the MG's | 1962 | 2011 | Pop (Post-1955) |
| Guys & Dolls (original cast recording) (album) |
Vivian Blaine, Stubby Kaye, Frank Loesser, et.al. | 1950 | 2004 | Musical/Soundtrack |
| Gypsy (album) |
Ethel Merman, et.al. | 1959 | 2009 | Musical/Soundtrack |
| Gypsy Love Song (single) |
Eugene Cowles | 1898 | 2004 | Classical/Opera |
| Hallelujah (single) |
Jeff Buckley | 1994 | 2013 | Pop (Post-1955) |
| Harvard Vocarium record series | W.H. Auden, T.S. Eliot, Tennessee Williams, et.al. | 1930s-1940s | 2002 | Broadcast/Spoken Word |
| He Stopped Loving Her Today (single) |
George Jones | 1980 | 2008 | Country/Bluegrass |
| Headhunters (album) |
Herbie Hancock | 1973 | 2007 | Jazz |
| Heart Like a Wheel (album) |
Linda Ronstadt | 1974 | 2013 | Pop (Post-1955) |
| Heiftez (Jascha) Acoustic recordings for Victor Records | Jascha Heifetz | 1917-1924 | 2008 | Classical/Opera |
| He's Got the Whole World in His Hands (single) |
Marian Anderson | 1936 | 2003 | Gospel |
| Highlander Center Field Recording Collection | Rosa Parks, Esau Jenkins, et.al. | 1930s-1980s | 2002 | Field |
| Honolulu Cake Walk (single) |
Vess Ossman | 1898 | 2003 | Pop (Pre-1955) |
| Hoodoo Man Blues (album) |
Junior Wells | 1965 | 2012 | Blues |
| Horses (album) |
Patti Smith | 1975 | 2009 | Pop (Post-1955) |
| Hot Five and Hot Seven recordings (single) |
Louis Armstrong | 1925-1928 | 2002 | Jazz |
| Hottest Women's Band of the 1940s (album) |
International Sweethearts of Rhythm | 1944-1946, released 1984 | 2011 | Jazz |
| How High the Moon (single) |
Les Paul and Mary Ford | 1951 | 2002 | Pop (Pre-1955) |
| Howl | Allen Ginsberg | 1959 | 2006 | Broadcast/Spoken Word |
| Hula Medley (single) |
Gabby Pahinui | 1947 | 2011 | Folk |
| I Can Hear It Now: 1933-1945 (album) |
Edward R. Murrow, Fred W. Friendly | 1948 | 2011 | Broadcast/Spoken Word |
| I Feel Love (single) |
Donna Summer | 1977 | 2011 | Disco/Dance |
| I Have a Dream speech (August 28, 1963) |
Martin Luther King, Jr. | 1963 | 2002 | Broadcast/Spoken Word |
| I Started Out as a Child (album) |
Bill Cosby | 1964 | 2009 | Comedy/Novelty |
| I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart (single) |
Patsy Montana | 1935 | 2011 | Country/Bluegrass |
| If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again (single) |
Thomas Dorsey | 1934 | 2007 | Gospel |
| Il mio Tesoro (single) |
John McCormack, Walter Rogers | 1916 | 2006 | Classical/Opera |
| I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man (single) |
Muddy Waters | 1954 | 2004 | Blues |
| In the Mood (single) |
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra | 1939 | 2004 | Jazz |
| Indians for Indians (March 25, 1947) |
Keshkekosh (a.k.a. Don Whistler) | 1947 | 2011 | Broadcast/Spoken Word |
| Interview with James Baldwin (September 29, 1962) |
Studs Terkel, James Baldwin | 1962 | 2005 | Broadcast/Spoken Word |
| Interviews with William "Billy" Bell, representing the Edward D. Ives Collection | William "Billy" Bell, William, Edward D. ("Sandy") Ives | 1956 | 2006 | Field |
| Ishi, cylinder recordings of | Ishi | 1911-1914 | 2010 | Broadcast/Spoken Word |
| It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels (single) (May 30, 1952) |
Kitty Wells | 1952 | 2007 | Country/Bluegrass |
| It's the Girl | Boswell Sisters | 1931 | 2010 | Pop (Pre-1955) |
| I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now) | Otis Redding | 1965 | 2003 | R&B |
| The Jack Benny Program (March 28, 1948) |
Jack Benny | 1948 | 2004 | Broadcast/Spoken Word |
| Jazz at the Philharmonic (album) (July 2, 1944) |
Nat "King" Cole, Buddy Rich, Les Paul, et.al. | 1944 | 2010 | Jazz |
| The Jazz Scene (album) |
Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Lester Young, et.al. | 1949 | 2007 | Jazz |
| Jelly Roll Morton interviews (conducted by Alan Lomax) | Jelly Roll Morton, Alan Lomax | 1938 | 2003 | Broadcast/Spoken Word |
| Joan Baez (album) |
Joan Baez | 1960 | 2014 | Folk |
| Joe Louis-Max Schmeling fight (June 22, 1938) |
Clem McCarthy (announcer) | 1938 | 2005 | Broadcast/Spoken Word |
| John Brown's Body (album) |
Tyrone Power, Judith Anderson, Raymond Massey | 1953 | 2014 | Broadcast/Spoken Word |
| John the Revelator (single) |
Golden Gate Quartet | 1938 | 2005 | Gospel |
| Johnson (Guy B.) Cylinder recordings of African-American music | Guy B. Johnson | 1920s | 2003 | Field |
| Johnson, Lyndon B. Presidential Recordings (November 22, 1963; January 10, 1969) |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963 |
2013 | Broadcast/Spoken Word |
| Jole Blon (single) |
Harry Choates | 1946 | 2005 | Folk |
| The Joshua Tree (album) |
U2 | 1987 | 2013 | Pop (Post-1955) |
| Judy at Carnegie Hall (album) |
Judy Garland | 1961 | 2003 | Pop (Post-1955) |
| Just Because | Frank Yankovic and His Yanks | 1947 | 2012 | Pop (Pre-1955) |
| Kennedy Inaugural Ceremony | John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Robert Frost, et.al. | 1961 | 2003 | Broadcast/Spoken Word |
| Kind of Blue (album) |
Miles Davis, Bill Evans, John Coltrane, et.al. | 1959 | 2002 | Jazz |
| King James Version of the Bible | Alexander Scourby | 1966 | 2004 | Broadcast/Spoken Word |
| Kiss Me, Kate (album) |
Original Cast Album | 1949 | 2014 | Musical/Soundtrack |
| Ko Ko (single) |
Charlie Parker, et.al. | 1945 | 2002 | Jazz |
| LaGuardia reading the comics over the radio | Fiorello LaGuardia | 1945 | 2007 | Broadcast/Spoken Word |
| Laughing Song (single) |
George W. Johnson | 1896 (circa) | 2013 | Comedy/Novelty |
| Leon Metcalf Collection | Leon Metcalf | 1950-1954 | 2009 | Field |
| Let's Go Out to the Programs (single) |
Dixie Hummingbirds | 1953 | 2011 | Gospel |
| Let's Stay Together (single) |
Al Green | 1971 | 2010 | R&B |
| Library of Congress Marine Corps Combat Field Recording Collection, Second Battle of Guam (July 20-August 11, 1944) |
Alvin Josephy | 1944 | 2009 | Field |
| Light's Golden Jubilee Celebration (October 21, 1929) |
Thomas Edison (honoree) | 1929 | 2005 | Broadcast/Spoken Word |
| Lincoln Mayorga & Distinguished Colleagues (album) |
Lincoln Mayorga | 1968 | 2014 | Technology |
| Listen to the Lambs (single) |
Hampton Quartette | 1917 | 2005 | Field |
| The Little Engine That Could | Paul Wing | 1949 | 2009 | Children's |
| Live at the Apollo (album) |
James Brown | 1963 | 2004 | R&B |
| Live at the Regal (album) |
B.B. King | 1965 | 2005 | Blues |
| Live at Yankee Stadium (album) |
Fania All-Stars | 1975 | 2003 | Latin |
| Live in Japan (album) |
Sarah Vaughan | 1973 | 2006 | Jazz |
| The Lone Ranger (Episode: "The Osage Bank Robbery") (December 17, 1937) |
Earle Graser | 1937 | 2006 | Broadcast/Spoken Word |
| The Lord's Prayer (single) |
Emile Berliner | 1890 | 2003 | Technology |
| Love Bridge Waltz | Iry Le Jeune | 1948 | 2009 | Folk |
| Lovesick Blues (single) |
Hank Williams | 1949 | 2004 | Country/Bluegrass |
| Lovey's Trinidad String Band recordings for Columbia Records (New York City Tour) | Lovey's Trinidad String Band | 1912 | 2002 | Jazz |
| Mal Hombre (single) |
Lydia Mendoza | 1934 | 2010 | Latin |
| Manteca (single) |
Dizzy Gillespie Big Band, Chano Pozo | 1947 | 2004 | Latin |
| Marine Band Concert album to help benefit the National Cultural Center (album) |
United States Marine Band | 1963 | 2006 | Choral |
| Oh Mary Don't You Weep (single) |
The Swan Silvetones | 1959 | 2014 | Gospel |
| Mary Margaret McBride (January 25, 1943) |
Mary Margaret McBride, Hurston, Zora Neale | 1943 | 2008 | Broadcast/Spoken Word |
| The Message (single) |
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five | 1982 | 2002 | Rap/Hip Hop |
| Messiah (album) |
Eugene Ormandy, Richard Condie, Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Philadelphia Orchestra | 1959 | 2004 | Choral |
| Mingus Ah-Um (album) |
Charles Mingus | 1959 | 2003 | Jazz |
| The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (album) |
Lauryn Hill | 1998 | 2014 | Rap/Hip Hop |
| Mothership Connection (album) |
Parliament | 1976 | 2011 | R&B |
| Move On Up a Little Higher (single) |
Mahalia Jackson | 1948 | 2005 | Gospel |
| Music From the Morning of the World (album) |
David Lewiston | 1966 | 2007 | Folk |
| Music Time in Africa: Mauritania (July 29, 1973) |
Leo Sarkisian, host | 1973 | 2012 | Broadcast/Spoken Word |
| My Fair Lady (original cast recording) (album) |
Julie Andrews, Rex Harrison, et.al. | 1956 | 2007 | Musical/Soundtrack |
| My Funny Valentine (single) |
The Gerry Mulligan Quartet featuring Chet Baker | 1953 | 2014 | Jazz |
| My Man (single) |
Fanny Brice | 1921 | 2005 | Pop (Pre-1955) |
| National Defense Test (September 12, 1924) |
John J. Pershing | 1924 | 2006 | Technology |
| Native Brazilian Music (album) |
Leopold Stokowski | 1942 | 2006 | Folk |
| Navajo Shootingway Ceremony field recordings | David McAllester | 1957-1958 | 2007 | Field |
| NBC Radio coverage of Marian Anderson's recital at the Lincoln Memorial (April 9, 1939) |
Marian Anderson | 1939 | 2008 | Classical/Opera |
| Nevermind (album) |
Nirvana | 1991 | 2004 | Pop (Post-1955) |
| New Music Quarterly Recordings Series | Henry Cowell, et.al. | 1934-1949 | 2002 | Classical/Opera |
| New Orleans' Sweet Emma and Her Preservation Hall Jazz Band (album) |
Sweet Emma and Her Preservation Hall Jazz Band | 1964 | 2014 | Jazz |
| New San Antonio Rose (single) |
Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | 1940 | 2003 | Country/Bluegrass |
| New York Philharmonic debut of Leonard Bernstein (November 14, 1943) |
Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic | 1943 | 2011 | Classical/Opera |
| New York Taxi Driver (album) |
Tony Schwartz | 1959 | 2003 | Broadcast/Spoken Word |
| A Night at Birdland (Vols. 1 and 2) (album) |
Art Blakey | 1954 | 2013 | Jazz |
| Night Life (single) |
Mary Lou Williams | 1930 | 2008 | Jazz |
| No News, or What Killed the Dog | Nat M. Wills | 1908 | 2008 | Comedy/Novelty |
| O Que e que a Bahiana tem (single) |
Carmen Miranda | 1939 | 2008 | Latin |
| Oh Happy Day (single) |
Edwin Hawkins Singers | 1969 | 2005 | Gospel |
| Oh, Pretty Woman (single) |
Roy Orbison | 1964 | 2007 | Pop (Post-1955) |
| OK Computer (album) |
Radiohead | 1997 | 2014 | Pop (Post-1955) |
| Okeh Laughing Record (single) |
Bernardo, Lucie, Otto Rathke | 1922 | 2003 | Comedy/Novelty |
| Oklahoma! (original cast recording) (album) |
Rodgers and Hammerstein | 1943 | 2003 | Musical/Soundtrack |
| Old fog horn (Kewaunee, Wisconsin) | James A. Lipsky | 1972 | 2005 | Environment |
| Old Soldiers Never Die (farewell address to Congress) (April 19, 1951) |
Douglas MacArthur | 1951 | 2004 | Broadcast/Spoken Word |
| Old Time Music at Clarence Ashley's (album) |
Doc Watson, Clarence Ashley, et.al. | 1960-1962 | 2012 | Country/Bluegrass |
| One O'Clock Jump (single) |
Count Basie and His Orchestra | 1937 | 2005 | Jazz |
| Only Visiting this Planet (album) |
Larry Norman | 1972 | 2013 | Gospel |
| Ory's Creole Trombone (single) (June 1922) |
Kid Ory | 1922 | 2005 | Jazz |
| Othello (Broadway production) (album) |
Paul Robeson, et.al. | 1943 | 2003 | Broadcast/Spoken Word |
| Over There (single) |
Nora Bayes | 1917 | 2005 | Pop (Pre-1955) |
| Passamaquoddy Indian field recordings | Jesse Walter Fewkes | 1890 | 2002 | Field |
| Pattison Waltz | Thomas Edison | 1888-1889 | 2002 | Technology |
| Peace Be Still (album) |
James Cleveland | 1962 | 2004 | Gospel |
| Peace in the Valley (single) |
Red Foley and the Sunshine Boys | 1951 | 2006 | Gospel |
| Pet Sounds (album) |
Beach Boys | 1966 | 2005 | Pop (Post-1955) |
| Peter and the Wolf (album) |
Serge Koussevitzky, et.al. | 1939 | 2004 | Children's |
| Philomel: For Soprano, Recorded Soprano and Synthesized Sound (album) |
Beardslee, Bethany | 1971 | 2002 | Classical/Opera |
| Phonautograms | Edouard-Leon Stott de Martinville | 1853-1861 (circa) | 2010 | Technology |
| Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor (Rachmaninoff) | Leopold Stokowski | 1929 | 2004 | Classical/Opera |
| Piano Sonata No. 2, "Concord Sonata" (album) |
John Kirkpatrick | 1948 | 2003 | Classical/Opera |
| Pictures at an Exhibition (album) |
Rafael Kubelik, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, et.al. | 1951 | 2003 | Classical/Opera |
| The Play of Daniel: A Twelfth-Century Drama (album) |
New York Pro Musica, Noah Greenberg | 1958 | 2008 | Classical/Opera |
| Poeme Electronique (album) |
Edgard Varese | 1958 | 2005 | Technology |
| Pony Blues (single) |
Patton, Charley | 1929 | 2006 | Blues |
| Pope Marcellus Mass (Palestrina) | Roger Wagner Chorale | 1951 | 2010 | Classical/Opera |
| Porgy and Bess (original cast recording) (album) |
Todd Duncan, Anne Brown, et.al. | 1940, 1942 | 2003 | Musical/Soundtrack |
| A Prairie Home Companion (first broadcast) (July 6, 1974) |
Garrison Keillor | 1974 | 2003 | Broadcast/Spoken Word |
| Precious Lord: New Recordings of the Great Gospel Songs of Thomas A. Dorsey (album) |
Thomas A. Dorsey | 1973 | 2002 | Gospel |
| President's Message Relayed from Atlas Satellite (December 19, 1958) |
Dwight D. Eisenhower | 1958 | 2012 | Technology |
| Problems of the American Home (album) |
Billy Graham | 1957 | 2003 | Broadcast/Spoken Word |
| Purple Rain (album) |
Prince | 1984 | 2011 | Pop (Post-1955) |
| Radio broadcasts | Ronald Reagan | 1976-79 | 2007 | Broadcast/Spoken Word |
| Radio Coverage of the Funeral of President Franklin D. Roosevelt (April 14, 1945) |
Arthur Godfrey, et.al. | 1945 | 2014 | Broadcast/Spoken Word |
| Radio Free Europe (single) |
R.E.M. | 1981 | 2009 | Pop (Post-1955) |
| Ragtime compositions on piano rolls | Scott Joplin | 1900s | 2002 | Pop (Pre-1955) |
| Ramones (album) |
Ramones | 1976 | 2012 | Pop (Post-1955) |
| Rank Stranger (single) |
The Stanley Brothers | 1960 | 2008 | Country/Bluegrass |
| Rapper's Delight (single) |
Sugarhill Gang | 1979 | 2011 | Rap/Hip Hop |
| Recordings of Asian elephants | Katharine B. Payne | 1984 | 2004 | Environment |
| Red Headed Stranger (album) |
Willie Nelson | 1975 | 2009 | Country/Bluegrass |
| Remarks by Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong broadcast from the moon (July 21, 1969) |
Neil Armstrong | 1969 | 2004 | Broadcast/Spoken Word |
| Respect (single) |
Aretha Franklin | 1967 | 2002 | R&B |
| The Revolution Will Not Be Televised | Gil Scott-Heron | 1970 | 2005 | R&B |
| Rhapsody in Blue (single) |
Paul Whiteman Orchestra | 1924 | 2002 | Classical/Opera |
| The Rite of Spring (album) |
New York Philharmonic | 1940 | 2002 | Classical/Opera |
| Ritter, Lawrence interviews with early baseball players | n/a | 1962-1966 | 2013 | Broadcast/Spoken Word |
| Roll Over Beethoven (single) |
Chuck Berry | 1956 | 2003 | Pop (Post-1955) |
| Rosina Cohen oral narrative from the Lorenzo D. Turner Collection | Rosina Cohen, Lorenzo D. Turner | 1932 | 2004 | Field |
| Rumble (single) |
Link Wray | 1958 | 2008 | Pop (Post-1955) |
| Sallie Gooden (single) |
Eck Robertson | 1922 | 2002 | Country/Bluegrass |
| (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction (single) |
The Rolling Stones | 1965 | 2006 | Pop (Post-1955) |
| Saturday Night Fever (album) |
The Bee Gees, et.al. | 1977 | 2012 | Disco/Dance |
| Clifton's Crew (single) |
Pat Bonner | 1952-60 | 2005 | Field |
| Seasame Street: All-Time Platinum Favorites (album) |
1995 | 2014 | Children's | |
| Second Hand Rose (single) |
Fanny Brice | 1921 | 2005 | Pop (Pre-1955) |
| See See Rider Blues (single) |
Gertrude "Ma" Rainey | 1924 | 2004 | Blues |
| Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (album) |
The Beatles | 1967 | 2003 | Pop (Post-1955) |
| Show Boat (album) |
Victor Young, et.al. | 1932 | 2005 | Musical/Soundtrack |
| Silver Apples of the Moon (album) |
Morton Subotnick | 1967 | 2009 | Classical/Opera |
| Sinews of Peace (Iron Curtain) speech at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri (March 5, 1946) |
Winston Churchill | 1946 | 2008 | Broadcast/Spoken Word |
| Singin' the Blues (single) |
Frankie Trumbauer, Bix Beiderbecke | 1927 | 2005 | Jazz |
| Sixteen Tons (single) |
Tennessee Ernie Ford | 1955 | 2014 | Country/Bluegrass |
| Smokestack Lightning (single) |
Howlin' Wolf | 1956 | 2009 | Blues |
| Some of These Days (single) |
Sophie Tucker | 1911 | 2004 | Pop (Pre-1955) |
| Songs by Tom Lehrer (album) |
Tom Lehrer | 1953 | 2004 | Comedy/Novelty |
| Songs for Young Lovers (album) |
Frank Sinatra | 1954 | 2002 | Pop (Pre-1955) |
| Songs in the Key of Life (album) |
Stevie Wonder | 1976 | 2005 | R&B |
| Songs of the Humpback Whale (album) |
Roger Payne, Frank Watlington, et.al. | 1970 | 2010 | Environment |
| Old Regular Baptists: Lined-Out Hymnody from Southeastern Kentucky (album) |
Indian Bottom Association | 1997 | 2014 | Gospel |
| 'Sorry, Wrong Number' ('Suspense') (May 25, 1943) |
Agnes Moorehead, et.al. | 1943 | 2014 | Broadcast/Spoken Word |
| Soul Folk in Action (album) |
The Staple Singers | 1968 | 2009 | Gospel |
| Sounds of Silence (album) |
Simon and Garfunkel | 1966 | 2012 | Pop (Post-1955) |
| The Sounds of the Earth | Johan Sebastian Bach, Chuck Berry, et.al. | 1977 | 2007 | Other |
| Sounds of the ivory-billed woodpecker | Arthur Allen, Peter Paul Kellogg | 1935 | 2008 | Environment |
| South Pacific (album) |
Original cast recording | 1949 | 2012 | Musical/Soundtrack |
| Southern States recording trip | John and Ruby Lomax | 1939 | 2002 | Field |
| Speech at the Democratic National Convention (July 15, 1948) |
Harry S. Truman | 1948 | 2007 | Broadcast/Spoken Word |
| Stand! (album) |
Sly and the Family Stone | 1969 | 2014 | R&B |
| Stand by Me (single) |
Ben E. King | 1961 | 2014 | Pop (Post-1955) |
| Stand by Your Man (single) |
Tammy Wynette | 1968 | 2010 | Country/Bluegrass |
| Star Wars (soundtrack) (album) |
John Williams | 1977 | 2004 | Musical/Soundtrack |
| Stardust (single) |
Hoagy Carmichael | 1927 | 2004 | Pop (Pre-1955) |
| Stars and Stripes Forever (single) |
Military Band | 1897 | 2002 | Pop (Pre-1955) |
| Steam locomotive recordings (6 Vol.: 1957-1977) | O. Winston Link | 1957-1977 | 2003 | Environment |
| Stormy Weather (single) |
Ethel Waters | 1933 | 2004 | Pop (Pre-1955) |
| Straighten Up and Fly Right (single) |
Nat "King" Cole | 1943 | 2005 | Pop (Pre-1955) |
| Strange Fruit (single) |
Billie Holiday | 1939 | 2002 | Jazz |
| Sun Records sessions | Elvis Presley | 1954-1955 | 2002 | Pop (Post-1955) |
| Suncook Town Tragedy (single) |
Mabel Wilson Tatro | 1930 | 2004 | Field |
| Swanee (single) |
Al Jolson | 1920 | 2004 | Pop (Pre-1955) |
| Sweeney Todd (album) |
Stephen Sondheim | 1979 | 2013 | Musical/Soundtrack |
| Sweet Lorraine (single) |
Art Tatum | 1940 | 2007 | Jazz |
| Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (single) |
Fisk Jubilee Singers | 1909 | 2002 | Gospel |
| Switched-On Bach (album) |
Wendy Carlos | 1968 | 2005 | Technology |
| Take Me Out to the Ballgame (single) |
Edward Meeker | 1908 | 2010 | Pop (Pre-1955) |
| Talking Union (album) |
Almanac Singers | 1941 | 2010 | Folk |
| Tanec Pid Werbamy ("Dance Under the Willows") (single) |
Pawlo Humeniuk | 1926 | 2005 | Folk |
| Tapestry (album) |
Carole King | 1971 | 2003 | Pop (Post-1955) |
| Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No 1, Op. 23, B-flat Minor (April 25, 1943) |
Vladimir Horowitz | 1943 | 2004 | Classical/Opera |
| Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No 1, Op. 23, B-flat Minor (April 25, 1943) |
Arturo Toscanini | 1943 | 2004 | Classical/Opera |
| Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto, No. 1 (April 11, 1958) |
Van Cliburn | 1958 | 2012 | Classical/Opera |
| Ten Cents a Dance (single) |
Ruth Etting | 1930 | 2011 | Pop (Pre-1955) |
| Texas Sharecropper and Songster (album) |
Mance Lipscomb | 1960 | 2013 | Blues |
| That'll Be the Day (single) |
The Crickets | 1957 | 2005 | Pop (Post-1955) |
| The Audience with Betty Carter (album) |
Betty Carter | 1980 | 2012 | Jazz |
| The Band (album) |
The Band | 1969 | 2009 | Pop (Post-1955) |
| The Dark Side of the Moon (album) |
Pink Floyd | 1973 | 2012 | Pop (Post-1955) |
| The Shape of Jazz to Come (album) |
Ornette Coleman | 1959 | 2012 | Jazz |
| The Twist (single) |
Chubby Checker | 1960 | 2012 | Pop (Post-1955) |
| Theme from 'Peter Gunn' (album) |
Henry Mancini | 1958 | 2010 | Musical/Soundtrack |
| Theme from 'Shaft' (album) |
Issac Hayes | 1971 | 2013 | R&B |
| They Didn't Believe Me (single) |
Harry Macdonough and Alice Green | 1915 | 2013 | Pop (Pre-1955) |
| This Land Is Your Land (single) |
Woody Guthrie | 1944 | 2002 | Folk |
| Thriller (album) |
Michael Jackson | 1982 | 2007 | Pop (Post-1955) |
| Tiger Rag (single) |
Original Dixieland Jazz Band | 1918 | 2002 | Jazz |
| Time Out (album) |
Dave Brubeck Quartet | 1959 | 2005 | Jazz |
| Tipitina | Professor Longhair | 1953 | 2010 | Blues |
| Today! (album) |
Mississippi John Hurt | 1966 | 2009 | Blues |
| Tom Dooley (single) |
The Kingston Trio | 1958 | 2008 | Folk |
| Tom Dooley (single) |
Frank Proffitt | 1940 | 2008 | Folk |
| Tracks of My Tears (single) |
Smokey Robinson and the Miracles | 1965 | 2007 | R&B |
| Tristan und Isolde (March 9, 1935) |
Metropolitan Opera | 1935 | 2009 | Classical/Opera |
| Trout Mask Replica (album) |
Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band | 1969 | 2010 | Pop (Post-1955) |
| Trovadores Regionales (single) |
Gregorio Cortez | 1929 | 2004 | Folk |
| Tubby the Tuba (album) |
George Kleinsinger, Paul Tripp | 1946 | 2005 | Children's |
| Tumbling Tumbleweeds (single) |
Sons of the Pioneers | 1934 | 2010 | Country/Bluegrass |
| Tuskegee Institute Choir Sings Spirituals (album) |
Tuskegee Institute Choir | 1955 | 2004 | Gospel |
| Tutti Frutti (single) |
Little Richard | 1955 | 2009 | Pop (Post-1955) |
| Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (single) |
Emile Berliner | 1890 | 2003 | Technology |
| U.S. Highball (A Musical Account of a Transcontinental Hobo Trip) (album) |
Harry Partch and Gate 5 Ensemble | 1946 | 2004 | Classical/Opera |
| Uncle Josh and the Insurance Agent | Cal Stewart | 1904 | 2006 | Comedy/Novelty |
| Uncle Sam Blues (on V-Disc) | Oran "Hot Lips" Page, Eddie Condon's Jazz Band | 1944 | 2008 | Jazz |
| United Sacred Harp Musical Convention in Fyfe, AL | Alan Lomax, Shirley Collins | 1959 | 2010 | Gospel |
| Variations for Orchestra (album) |
Louisville Orchestra | 1956 | 2005 | Classical/Opera |
| The Velvet Underground and Nico (album) |
Velvet Underground and Nico | 1967 | 2006 | Pop (Post-1955) |
| Vernacular Wax Cylinder Recordings at UC Santa Barbara Library | 1890-1920 (circa) | 2014 | Field | |
| Vesti la giubba from "Pagliacci" (single) |
Enrico Caruso | 1907 | 2002 | Classical/Opera |
| Victor releases (single) |
Bert Williams and George Walker | 1901 | 2003 | Musical/Soundtrack |
| Victor Talking Machine Company sessions in Bristol, TN | The Carter Family, Jimmie Rodgers, Ernest Stoneman, et.al. | 1927 | 2002 | Country/Bluegrass |
| Voice of America interviews with Jazz musicians | Willis Conover | 1956 | 2010 | Broadcast/Spoken Word |
| Voices from the Days of Slavery | American Folklife Center | 1932-1975 | 2011 | Broadcast/Spoken Word |
| Wabash Cannonball (single) |
Roy Acuff | 1936 | 2005 | Country/Bluegrass |
| War of the Worlds ("Mercury Theatre of the Air") (October 30, 1938) |
Mercury Theatre of the Air | 1938 | 2002 | Broadcast/Spoken Word |
| We Hold These Truths (December 15, 1941) |
Norman Corwin | 1941 | 2004 | Broadcast/Spoken Word |
| We Shall Overcome (album) |
Pete Seeger | 1963 | 2006 | Folk |
| We're Only in It for the Money (album) |
Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention | 1968 | 2005 | Pop (Post-1955) |
| Were You There (single) |
Roland Hayes | 1940 | 2013 | Gospel |
| West Side Story (original cast recording) (album) |
Leonard Bernstein, et.al. | 1957 | 2008 | Musical/Soundtrack |
| What'd I Say (parts 1 and 2) | Ray Charles | 1959 | 2002 | R&B |
| What's Going On (album) |
Marvin Gaye | 1971 | 2003 | R&B |
| When I Stop Dreaming (single) |
Louvin Brothers | 1955 | 2013 | Country/Bluegrass |
| When You Wish Upon a Star (single) |
Cliff Edwards | 1940 | 2009 | Pop (Pre-1955) |
| White Christmas (single) |
Bing Crosby | 1942 | 2002 | Pop (Pre-1955) |
| The Who Sings My Generation (album) |
The Who | 1966 | 2008 | Pop (Post-1955) |
| Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On (single) |
Jerry Lee Lewis | 1957 | 2005 | Pop (Post-1955) |
| Who's on First? (first radio broadcast version) (March 1938) |
Abbott and Costello | 1938 | 2002 | Comedy/Novelty |
| A Wild and Crazy Guy (album) |
Steve Martin | 1978 | 2014 | Comedy/Novelty |
| Wild Tchoupitoulas (album) |
The Wild Tchoupitoulas | 1976 | 2012 | R&B |
| Wildwood Flower (single) |
The Carter Family | 1928 | 2006 | Country/Bluegrass |
| Will the Circle Be Unbroken (album) |
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band | 1972 | 2005 | Country/Bluegrass |
| Winds in Hi-Fi (album) |
Eastman Wind Ensemble with Frederick Fennell | 1958 | 2003 | Classical/Opera |
| Wings Over Jordan (May 10, 1941) |
Wings Over Jordan Choir | 1941 | 2007 | Choral |
| WJSV (complete day of broadcasting) (September 21, 1939) |
WJSV (Washington, DC) | 1939 | 2003 | Broadcast/Spoken Word |
| World Series Game Four, New York Yankees vs. Brooklyn Dodgers (October 5, 1941) |
Red Barber, Bill Corum, Bob Elson | 1941 | 2003 | Broadcast/Spoken Word |
| You Are My Sunshine (single) |
Jimmie Davis | 1940 | 2012 | Country/Bluegrass |
| You'll Sing a Song and I'll Sing a Song (album) |
Ella Jenkins | 1966 | 2007 | Children's |
| You're a Grand Old Rag (Flag) (single) |
Billy Murray | 1906 | 2003 | Pop (Pre-1955) |
| You're the Top (single) |
Cole Porter | 1934 | 2006 | Pop (Pre-1955) |
| You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' (single) |
The Righteous Brothers | 1964 | 2014 | Pop (Post-1955) |