2003
In March 2004, the following 50 selections were made by the National Recording Preservation Board.
Recording or collection | Performer or agent | Year | National Archives |
---|---|---|---|
"The Lord's Prayer" and "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" |
Emile Berliner | c. 1890 | |
"Honolulu Cake Walk" | Vess Ossman | 1898 | |
Victor Releases | Bert Williams and George Walker |
1901 | |
"You're a Grand Old Rag " | Billy Murray | 1906 | |
Chippewa/Ojibwe Cylinder Collection | Frances Densmore | 1907–1910 | |
The Bubble Book |
1917 | ||
Cylinder recordings of African-American music |
Guy B. Johnson | 1920s | |
"Cross of Gold" speech |
William Jennings Bryan | 1921 | |
"OKeh Laughing Record" | Lucie Bernardo and Otto Rathke | 1922 | |
"Adeste Fideles" | Associated Glee Clubs of America | 1925 | |
Cajun-Creole Columbia releases | Amédé Ardoin and Dennis McGee |
1929 | |
"Goodnight, Irene" | Lead Belly | 1933 | |
"Every Man a King" speech | Huey P. Long | February 23, 1935 | copy |
"He's Got the Whole World in His Hands" | Marian Anderson | 1936 | |
The Complete Recordings | Robert Johnson | 1936–1937 | |
Interviews conducted by Alan Lomax | Jelly Roll Morton, Alan Lomax | 1938 | |
Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert | Benny Goodman | 1938 | |
Complete day of radio broadcasting, WJSV (Washington, D.C.) | WJSV, Washington, D.C. | September 21, 1939 | original |
"New San Antonio Rose" | Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys | 1940 | |
Porgy and Bess (George Gershwin) |
Original cast | 1940, 1942 | |
Beethoven String Quartets | Budapest Quartet | 1940–1950 | |
World Series-Game Four | New York Yankees vs. Brooklyn Dodgers |
October 5, 1941 | |
Oklahoma! (Rodgers and Hammerstein) |
Original cast | 1943 | |
Othello | Paul Robeson, Uta Hagen, José Ferrer, and others |
1943 | |
Bach B-Minor Mass | Robert Shaw Chorale | 1947 | |
The Four Seasons (Vivaldi) | Louis Kaufman and the Concert Hall String Orchestra |
1947 | |
Piano Sonata No. 2, "Concord"
(Ives) |
John Kirkpatrick | 1948 | |
Pictures at an Exhibition (Modest Mussorgsky) |
Rafael Kubelík conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra |
1951 | |
"Problems of the American Home" | Billy Graham | 1954 | |
Goldberg Variations (Bach) | Glenn Gould | 1955 | |
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Songbook | Ella Fitzgerald | 1956 | |
"Roll Over Beethoven" | Chuck Berry | 1956 | |
Brilliant Corners | Thelonious Monk | 1956 | |
Steam locomotive recordings, 6 vol. | O. Winston Link | 1957–1977 | |
Complete Ring Cycle (Richard Wagner) |
Georg Solti and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra |
1958–1965 | |
Winds in Hi-Fi | Eastman Wind Ensemble with Frederick Fennell |
1958 | |
Mingus Ah Um | Charles Mingus | 1959 | |
New York Taxi Driver | Tony Schwartz | 1959 | |
Ali Akbar College of Music, Archive Selections |
1960s–1970s | ||
"Crazy" | Patsy Cline | 1961 | |
Kennedy Inauguration Ceremony | John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Robert Frost, and others |
January 20, 1961 | original |
Judy at Carnegie Hall | Judy Garland | 1961 | |
"I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now)" | Otis Redding | 1965 | |
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | The Beatles | 1967 | |
At Folsom Prison | Johnny Cash | 1968 | |
What's Going On | Marvin Gaye | 1971 | |
Tapestry | Carole King | 1971 | |
A Prairie Home Companion |
Garrison Keillor | July 6, 1974 | |
Born to Run | Bruce Springsteen | 1975 | |
Live at Yankee Stadium | Fania All-Stars | 1975 |
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