TNB–Night Owl Presents Music Monday…

DJ Kitty. Enhanced by Lenny Ghoul.

Wednesday, I was scrolling on twitter and saw this…

Which led me to this…

News Room.LOC.gov said Wednesday that;

Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden today named 25 recordings as audio treasures worthy of preservation for all time based on their cultural, historical or aesthetic importance in the nation’s recorded sound heritage.

[Hayden is quoted as saying]

The National Recording Registry preserves our history through recorded sound and reflects our nation’s diverse culture. The national library is proud to help ensure these recordings are preserved for generations to come, and we welcome the public’s input on what songs, speeches, podcasts or recorded sounds we should preserve next. We received more than 1,100 public nominations this year for recordings to add to the registry.

[They went on to say]

The recordings selected for the National Recording Registry bring the number of titles on the registry to 625, representing a small portion of the national library’s vast recorded sound collection of nearly 4 million items.

The latest selections named to the registry span from 1908 to 2012. They range from the first recordings of Mariachi music and early sounds of the Blues to radio journalism leading up to World War II, and iconic sounds from pop, country, rock, R&B, jazz, rap, and classical music.

News Room.LOC.gov. 04/12/2023.

The Washington Post was kind enough to actually list the 25 recordings viewed as audio treasures…

I’m posting ones I want too for varying reasons.

6. “Sherry” ­­— the Four Seasons (1962) (single)

My mom’s name is “Sheri”…

7. “What the World Needs Now Is Love” — Jackie DeShannon (1965) (single)

Still true today…

9. “Ode to Billie Joe” — Bobbie Gentry (1967) (single)

I remember this planning on AM radio…

12. “Stairway to Heaven” — Led Zeppelin (1971) (single)

I’m not sure why, but it seemed the right thing to do…

13. “Take Me Home, Country Roads” — John Denver (1971) (single)

I heart it.

14. “Margaritaville”— Jimmy Buffett (1977) (single)

Road trip song for me…

15. “Flashdance … What a Feeling” — Irene Cara (1983) (single)

Cause of course I would post it…

16. “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)” — Eurythmics (1983) (single)

I heart this one too.

The full list:

1. “The Very First Mariachi Recordings” — Cuarteto Coculense (1907-1909) (album)

2. “St. Louis Blues” — Handy’s Memphis Blues Band (1922) (single)

3. “Sugar Foot Stomp” — Fletcher Henderson (1925)

4. Dorothy Thompson: Commentary and analysis of the European situation for NBC Radio (1939)

5. “Don’t Let Nobody Turn You Around” — the Fairfield Four (1947) (single)

6. “Sherry” ­­— the Four Seasons (1962) (single)

7. “What the World Needs Now Is Love” — Jackie DeShannon (1965) (single)

8. “Wang Dang Doodle” — Koko Taylor (1966) (single)

9. “Ode to Billie Joe” — Bobbie Gentry (1967) (single)

10. “Déjà Vu” — Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young (1970) (album)

11. “Imagine” — John Lennon (1971) (single)

12. “Stairway to Heaven” — Led Zeppelin (1971) (single)

13. “Take Me Home, Country Roads” — John Denver (1971) (single)

14. “Margaritaville”— Jimmy Buffett (1977) (single)

15. “Flashdance … What a Feeling” — Irene Cara (1983) (single)

16. “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)” — Eurythmics (1983) (single)

17. “Synchronicity” — The Police (1983) (album)

18. “Like a Virgin” — Madonna (1984) (album)

19. “Black Codes (From the Underground)” — Wynton Marsalis (1985) (album)

20. “Super Mario Bros.” theme — Koji Kondo, composer (1985)

21. “All Hail the Queen” — Queen Latifah (1989) (album)

22. “All I Want for Christmas Is You” — Mariah Carey (1994) (single)

23. “Pale Blue Dot” — Carl Sagan (1994)

24. “Gasolina” — Daddy Yankee (2004) (single)

25. Northwest Chamber Orchestra: Concerto for Clarinet and Chamber Orchestra — Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, composer (2012)


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