2005
In April 2006, the following 50 selections were made by the National Recording Preservation Board.
| Recording or collection | Performer or agent | Year | National Archives |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Canzone del Porter" from Martha (von Flotow) |
Edouard de Reszke | 1903 | |
| "Listen to the Lambs" | Hampton Quartette; recorded by Natalie Curtis Burlin |
1917 | |
| "Over There" | Nora Bayes | 1917 | |
| "Crazy Blues" | Mamie Smith | 1920 | |
| "My Man" and "Second Hand Rose" | Fanny Brice | 1921 | |
| "Ory's Creole Trombone" | Kid Ory | June 1922 | |
| Second inauguration of Calvin Coolidge | Calvin Coolidge | March 4, 1925 | |
| "Tanec Pid Werbamy/ Dance Under the Willows" |
Pawlo Humeniuk | 1926 | |
| "Singin' the Blues" | Frankie Trumbauer and His Orchestra with Bix Beiderbecke |
1927 | |
| First official transatlantic telephone conversation |
W.S. Gifford and Sir Evelyn P. Murray | January 7, 1927 | original |
| "El Manisero" ("The Peanut Vendor") |
Rita Montaner, vocal with orchestra; Don Azpiazu and His Havana Casino orchestra |
1927; 1930 |
|
| Light's Golden Jubilee Celebration | October 21, 1929 | copy | |
| Beethoven's Egmont Overture, Op. 84 | Modesto High School Band | 1930 | |
| Show Boat | Helen Morgan, Paul Robeson, James Melton and others; Victor Young, conductor; Louis Alter, piano |
1932 | |
| "Wabash Cannonball" | Roy Acuff | 1936 | |
| "One O'Clock Jump" | Count Basie and His Orchestra | 1937 | |
| The Fall of the City (Columbia Workshop) | Orson Welles, narrator; Burgess Meredith, Paul Stewart |
April 11, 1937 | copy |
| The Adventures of Robin Hood (Erich Wolfgang Korngold) |
May 11, 1938 | ||
| Joe Louis-Max Schmeling fight | Clem McCarthy, announcer | June 22, 1938 | |
| John the Revelator | Golden Gate Quartet | 1938 | |
| "Adagio for Strings" | Arturo Toscanini, conductor; NBC Symphony |
November 5, 1938 | |
| Command Performance, show No. 21 |
Bob Hope, master of ceremonies | July 7, 1942 | copy |
| "Straighten Up and Fly Right" | Nat “King” Cole | 1943 | |
| The Fred Allen Show | Fred Allen | October 7, 1945 | |
| "Jole Blon (Jolie Blonde)" | Harry Choates | 1946 | |
| Tubby the Tuba | Victor Jory | 1946 | |
| "Move On Up a Little Higher" | Mahalia Jackson | 1948 | |
| Anthology of American Folk Music | Edited by Harry Smith | 1952 | |
| "Schooner Bradley" | Pat Bonner | 1952–60 | |
| Damnation of Faust | Boston Symphony Orchestra with the Harvard Glee Club and Radcliffe Choral Society |
1954 | |
| "Blueberry Hill" | Fats Domino | 1956 | |
| Variations for Orchestra |
Louisville Orchestra | 1956 | |
| "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin On" | Jerry Lee Lewis | 1957 | |
| "That'll Be the Day" | The Crickets | 1957 | |
| Poeme Electronique | Edgard Varèse | 1958 | |
| Time Out | The Dave Brubeck Quartet | 1959 | |
| Studs Terkel interview with James Baldwin |
Studs Terkel, James Baldwin | September 29, 1962 | |
| United States Military Academy address | William Faulkner | April 19–20, 1962 | |
| "Dancing in the Street" | Martha and the Vandellas | 1964 | |
| Live at the Regal | B.B. King | 1965 | |
| Are You Experienced | The Jimi Hendrix Experience | 1967 | |
| We're Only in It for the Money | Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention | 1968 | |
| Switched-On Bach | Wendy Carlos | 1968 | |
| "Oh Happy Day" | Edwin Hawkins Singers | 1969 | |
| Don't Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me the Pliers | Firesign Theatre | 1970 | |
| "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" | Gil Scott-Heron | 1970 | |
| Will the Circle Be Unbroken | Nitty Gritty Dirt Band | 1972 | |
| The old foghorn, Kewaunee, Wisconsin | Recorded by James A. Lipsky | 1972 | |
| Songs in the Key of Life | Stevie Wonder | 1976 | |
| Daydream Nation | Sonic Youth | 1988 |
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