The recordings selected for the 2016 registry bring the total number of titles on the registry to 475, a small part of the Library’s vast recorded-sound collection of nearly 3 million items. ![]() ![]() More information on the National Recording Registry can be found here. Under the terms of the National Recording Preservation Act of 2000, the Librarian, with advice from the Library’s National Recording Preservation Board (NRPB), is tasked with annually selecting 25 titles that are “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant” and are at least 10 years old. “These sounds of the past enrich our understanding of the nation’s cultural history and our history in general.” “This year’s exciting list gives us a full range of sound experiences,” said Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden. Harburg ASCAP rap group N.W.A’s seminal album, “Straight Outta Compton” a recording of ASCAP classical titan Sergei Rachmaninoff’s choral masterwork “Vespers” and the national anthem of black America, co-written by one of our founding members, James Weldon Johnson - these are among the works that were today named to the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress because of their cultural, artistic and historical importance to American society and the nation’s audio heritage.Īnd 10 of them were written or recorded by ASCAP members. Judy Garland’s hit single “Over the Rainbow,” written by ASCAP songwriters Harold Arlen and E.Y. Pictured (l-r): James Weldon Johnson, Barbra Streisand and Sergei Rachmaninoff
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