Recording or collection |
Performer or agent |
Release year |
Induction year |
National Archives |
Edison exhibition recordings (Group of three cylinders):[6]
- "Around the World on the Phonograph"
- "The Pattison Waltz"
- "Fifth Regiment March"
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Thomas Edison |
1888–1889 |
2002[7] |
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Passamaquoddy Indians field recordings |
Recorded by Jesse Walter Fewkes |
1890 |
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"The Stars and Stripes Forever" Berliner Gramophone disc recording |
Military Band |
1897 |
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Metropolitan Opera cylinder recordings (the Mapleson Cylinders) |
Lionel Mapleson and the Metropolitan Opera |
1900–1903 |
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"Casey at the Bat" |
DeWolf Hopper |
1906 |
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"Vesti la giubba" from Pagliacci |
Enrico Caruso |
1907 |
|
1895 Atlanta Exposition speech |
Booker T. Washington |
1908 recreation |
copy |
"Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" |
Fisk Jubilee Singers |
1909 |
|
Lovey's Trinidad String Band recordings for Columbia Records |
Lovey's Trinidad String Band |
1912 |
|
Ragtime compositions piano rolls |
Scott Joplin |
1916 [8] |
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"Tiger Rag" |
Original Dixieland Jazz Band |
1918 |
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"Arkansas Traveler" and "Sallie Gooden" |
Eck Robertson |
1922 |
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"Downhearted Blues" |
Bessie Smith |
1923 |
|
Rhapsody in Blue |
George Gershwin, piano; Paul Whiteman Orchestra |
1924 |
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Louis Armstrong's Hot Five and Hot Seven recordings |
Louis Armstrong's Hot Five and Hot Seven |
1925–1928 |
|
Victor Talking Machine Company sessions in Bristol, Tennessee |
Carter Family, Jimmie Rodgers, Ernest Stoneman, and others |
1927 |
|
Highlander Center Field Recordings Collection |
Rosa Parks, Esau Jenkins and others |
1930s–1980s |
|
Bell Laboratories experimental stereo recordings |
Philadelphia Orchestra; Leopold Stokowski, conductor |
1931–1932 |
|
"Fireside chats" radio broadcasts[lower-greek 1] |
Franklin D. Roosevelt |
1933–1944 |
original |
Harvard Vocarium record series |
T. S. Eliot, W. H. Auden and others |
1933–1956 |
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"New Music Quarterly" recordings series |
Henry Cowell, producer |
1934–1949 |
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Description of the crash of the Hindenburg |
Herbert Morrison |
May 16, 1937 |
original |
The Cradle Will Rock |
Marc Blitzstein and the original cast of The Cradle Will Rock |
1938 |
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"Who's on First?" Earliest existing radio broadcast version |
Abbott and Costello |
October 6, 1938 |
|
The War of the Worlds |
Orson Welles and The Mercury Theatre on the Air |
October 30, 1938 |
copy |
"God Bless America" Radio broadcast premiere |
Kate Smith |
November 11, 1938 |
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The John and Ruby Lomax Southern States Recording Trip |
John and Ruby Lomax |
1939 |
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"Strange Fruit" |
Billie Holiday |
1939 |
|
Grand Ole Opry First network radio broadcast |
Uncle Dave Macon, Roy Acuff, and others |
October 14, 1939 |
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Béla Bartók and Joseph Szigeti in Concert at the Library of Congress |
Béla Bartók, piano; Joseph Szigeti, violin |
April 13, 1940 |
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The Rite of Spring |
Igor Stravinsky conducting the New York Philharmonic |
1940 |
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Blanton-Webster era recordings |
Duke Ellington Orchestra |
1940–1942 |
|
"White Christmas" original 1942 single |
Bing Crosby |
1942 |
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"This Land Is Your Land" |
Woody Guthrie |
1944 |
|
D-Day radio address to the Allied Nations (June 6, 1944, order of the day and People of Western Europe speech)[10] |
Dwight D. Eisenhower |
June 6, 1944 |
original |
"Ko Ko" |
Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, and others |
1945 |
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"Blue Moon of Kentucky" |
Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys |
1947 |
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"How High the Moon" |
Les Paul and Mary Ford |
1951 |
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Songs for Young Lovers |
Frank Sinatra |
1954 |
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Sun Records sessions |
Elvis Presley |
1954–1955 |
|
Dance Mania |
Tito Puente |
1958 |
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Kind of Blue |
Miles Davis |
1959 |
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"What'd I Say", Parts 1 and 2 |
Ray Charles |
1959 |
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The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan |
Bob Dylan |
1963 |
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"I Have a Dream" speech |
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. |
August 28, 1963 |
copy |
"Respect" |
Aretha Franklin |
1967 |
|
Philomel: For Soprano (Milton Babbitt) |
Bethany Beardslee, recorded soprano, and synthesized sound |
1971 |
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Precious Lord: New Recordings of the Great Gospel Songs of Thomas A. Dorsey |
Thomas A. Dorsey, Marion Williams, and others |
1973 |
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Crescent City Living Legends Collection (New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation Archive/WWOZ New Orleans) |
Clifton Chenier, Professor Longhair, Queen Ida, and other performers |
1973–1990 |
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"The Message" |
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five |
1982 |
|
"The Lord's Prayer" and "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" |
Emile Berliner |
c. 1890 |
2003[11] |
|
"Honolulu Cake Walk" |
Vess Ossman |
1898 |
|
Victor Releases |
Bert Williams and George Walker |
1901 |
|
"You're a Grand Old Rag [Flag]" |
Billy Murray |
1906 |
|
Chippewa/Ojibwe Cylinder Collection |
Frances Densmore |
1907–1910 |
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The Bubble Book (the first Bubble Book) |
|
1917 |
|
Cylinder recordings of African-American music |
Guy B. Johnson |
1920s |
|
"Cross of Gold" speech Speech re-enactment |
William Jennings Bryan |
1921 |
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"The OKeh Laughing Record" |
Lucie Bernardo and Otto Rathke |
1922 |
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"Adeste Fideles" |
Associated Glee Clubs of America |
1925 |
|
Cajun-Creole Columbia releases |
Amédé Ardoin and Dennis McGee |
1929 |
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"Goodnight, Irene" |
Lead Belly |
1933 |
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"Every Man a King" speech |
Huey P. Long |
February 23, 1934 |
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 |
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Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert |
Benny Goodman |
January 16, 1938 (released 1998) |
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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 |
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Selections from George Gershwin's Folk Opera Porgy and Bess |
George Gershwin and the original Broadway cast of Porgy and Bess |
1940, 1942 |
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Beethoven String Quartets |
Budapest String Quartet |
1940–1950 |
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World Series – Game Four New York Yankees vs. Brooklyn Dodgers |
Red Barber, Bob Elson and Bill Corum |
October 5, 1941 |
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Oklahoma! Original Broadway cast recording |
The original Broadway cast of Oklahoma! |
1943 |
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Othello |
Paul Robeson, Uta Hagen, José Ferrer, and others |
1943 |
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Bach B-Minor Mass |
Robert Shaw Chorale |
1947 |
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The Four Seasons (Vivaldi) |
Louis Kaufman and the Concert Hall String Orchestra |
1947 |
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Piano Sonata No. 2, "Concord" (Ives) |
John Kirkpatrick |
1948 |
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Pictures at an Exhibition (Modest Mussorgsky) |
Rafael Kubelík conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra |
1951 |
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"Problems of the American Home" |
Billy Graham |
1954 |
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Goldberg Variations (Bach) |
Glenn Gould |
1955 |
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Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book |
Ella Fitzgerald |
1956 |
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"Roll Over Beethoven" |
Chuck Berry |
1956 |
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Brilliant Corners |
Thelonious Monk |
1956 |
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Steam locomotive recordings, 6 vol. |
O. Winston Link[12] |
1956–1960 (released 1957–1977) |
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Complete Ring Cycle (Richard Wagner) |
Georg Solti and the Vienna Philharmonic |
1958–1965[13] |
|
Winds in Hi-Fi |
Eastman Wind Ensemble with Frederick Fennell |
1958[14] |
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Mingus Ah Um |
Charles Mingus |
1959 |
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New York Taxi Driver |
Tony Schwartz |
1959 |
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Ali Akbar College of Music, Archive Selections |
|
1960s–1970s |
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"Crazy" |
Patsy Cline |
1961 |
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Kennedy Inauguration Ceremony |
John F. Kennedy, Robert Frost, and others |
January 20, 1961 |
original |
Judy at Carnegie Hall |
Judy Garland |
1961 |
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"I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now)" |
Otis Redding |
1965 |
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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 |
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A Prairie Home Companion First broadcast |
Garrison Keillor |
July 6, 1974 |
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Born to Run |
Bruce Springsteen |
1975 |
|
Live at Yankee Stadium |
Fania All-Stars |
1975 |
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"Gypsy Love Song" |
Eugene Cowles |
1898 |
2004[15] |
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"Some of These Days" |
Sophie Tucker |
1911 |
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"The Castles in Europe One-Step (Castle House Rag)" |
Europe's Society Orchestra |
1914 |
|
"Swanee" |
Al Jolson |
1920 |
|
Armistice Day radio broadcast |
Woodrow Wilson |
November 10, 1923 |
original |
"See See Rider" |
Gertrude "Ma" Rainey |
1924 |
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"Charleston" Representative of the Edison Disc Master Mold Collection at the Edison National Historic Site |
Golden Gate Orchestra |
1925 |
|
"Fascinating Rhythm" |
Fred and Adele Astaire; George Gershwin, piano |
1926 |
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NBC radio coverage of Charles A. Lindbergh's arrival and reception in Washington, D.C. |
|
June 11, 1927 |
copy |
"Stardust" |
Hoagy Carmichael |
1927 |
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"Blue Yodel No. 1 (T for Texas)" |
Jimmie Rodgers |
1927 |
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"Ain't Misbehavin'" |
Thomas "Fats" Waller |
1929 |
|
"Gregorio Cortez" Representative of the Arhoolie Foundation's Strachwitz Frontera Collection, University of California |
Trovadores Regionales |
1929 |
|
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor |
Sergei Rachmaninoff, piano; Leopold Stokowski conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra |
1929 |
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"The Suncook Town Tragedy" |
Mabel Wilson Tatro |
July 1930 |
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Oral narrative from the Lorenzo D. Turner Collection |
Rosina Cohen |
1932 |
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"Stormy Weather" |
Ethel Waters |
1933 |
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"Body and Soul" |
Coleman Hawkins |
1939 |
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Peter and the Wolf (Sergey Prokofiev) |
Serge Koussevitzky, conductor; Richard Hale, narrator; Boston Symphony Orchestra |
1939 |
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"In the Mood" |
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra |
1939 |
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Broadcast from London |
Edward R. Murrow |
September 21, 1940 |
copy |
King James version of the Bible |
Alexander Scourby |
1940–1944, released 1966 |
|
We Hold These Truths |
Norman Corwin |
December 15, 1941 |
original |
Piano Concerto No. 1, op. 23, B♭ minor (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky) |
Vladimir Horowitz, piano; Arturo Toscanini, conductor; NBC Symphony Orchestra |
April 25, 1943 |
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"Down by the Riverside" |
Sister Rosetta Tharpe |
1944 |
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U.S. Highball (A Musical Account of a Transcontinental Hobo Trip) |
Harry Partch, Gate 5 Ensemble |
1946[lower-greek 2] |
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Four Saints in Three Acts Broadway cast recording |
Virgil Thomson and members of the original Broadway cast of Four Saints in Three Acts |
1947 |
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"Manteca" |
Dizzy Gillespie Big Band with Chano Pozo |
1947 |
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The Jack Benny Program |
Jack Benny |
March 28, 1948 |
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"Foggy Mountain Breakdown" |
Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs |
1949 |
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"Lovesick Blues" |
Hank Williams |
1949 |
|
Guys and Dolls Original Broadway cast recording |
The original Broadway cast of Guys and Dolls |
1950 |
|
"Old Soldiers Never Die" (Farewell Address to the United States Congress) |
General Douglas MacArthur |
April 19, 1951 |
copy |
Songs by Tom Lehrer |
Tom Lehrer |
1953 |
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"Hoochie Coochie Man" |
Muddy Waters |
1954 |
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"Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine)" |
The Penguins |
1954 |
|
Tuskegee Institute Choir Sings Spirituals |
Tuskegee Institute Choir, directed by William L. Dawson |
1955 |
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Giant Steps |
John Coltrane |
1959 |
|
Messiah |
Eugene Ormandy, conductor; Richard P. Condie, choir director; Mormon Tabernacle Choir; Philadelphia Orchestra |
1959 |
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Drums of Passion |
Babatunde Olatunji |
1960 |
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Peace Be Still |
James Cleveland |
1962 |
|
"The Girl from Ipanema" (Garota de Ipanema) |
Stan Getz, João Gilberto, Antônio Carlos Jobim, Astrud Gilberto |
1963 |
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Live at the Apollo |
James Brown and The Famous Flames |
1963 |
|
Pet Sounds |
The Beach Boys |
1966 |
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Remarks broadcast from the Moon |
Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong |
July 21, 1969 |
original |
At Fillmore East |
The Allman Brothers Band |
1971 |
|
Star Wars (soundtrack)[lower-greek 3] |
John Williams |
1977 |
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Recordings of Asian elephants |
Katharine B. Payne |
1984 |
|
Fear of a Black Planet |
Public Enemy |
1990 |
|
Nevermind |
Nirvana |
1991 |
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"Canzone del Porter" from Martha by von Flotow Representative of the Columbia Grand Opera Series |
Édouard de Reszke |
1903 |
2005[17] |
|
"Listen to the Lambs" Representative of the Hampton Quartet Collection, Hampton University |
Hampton Quartette; recorded by Natalie Curtis Burlin |
1917 |
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"Over There" |
Nora Bayes |
1917 |
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"Crazy Blues"[18] |
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 |
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"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 27, 1927 |
original |
"El manisero (The Peanut Vendor)" (Two versions) |
Rita Montaner, vocal with orchestra and Don Azpiazú and His Havana Casino Orchestra |
1927 and 1930 |
|
Light's Golden Jubilee Celebration (Thomas Edison, honoree) |
Graham McNamee, host; speeches by Herbert Hoover, Marie Curie, Henry Ford, Albert Einstein |
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 |
|
Columbia Workshop Episode: The Fall of the City |
Orson Welles, narrator; Burgess Meredith, Paul Stewart |
April 11, 1937 |
copy |
The Adventures of Robin Hood radio broadcast[lower-greek 3] |
Erich Wolfgang Korngold, composer; Basil Rathbone, narrator |
May 11, 1938 |
|
Joe Louis-Max Schmeling fight |
Clem McCarthy, announcer |
June 22, 1938 |
|
"John the Revelator" |
Golden Gate Quartet |
1938 |
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"Adagio for Strings" (Samuel Barber) |
Arturo Toscanini conducting the NBC Symphony Orchestra[19] |
November 5, 1938 |
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Command Performance Episode: No. 21 |
Bob Hope, master of ceremonies; Lena Horne; Ginny Simms; Les Baxter & His Orchestra; Rosalind Russell |
July 7, 1942 |
copy |
"Straighten Up and Fly Right" |
Nat "King" Cole |
1943 |
|
The Fred Allen Show debut of Senator Claghorn |
Fred Allen, Kenny Delmar |
October 7, 1945 |
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"Jole Blon (Jolie Blonde)" |
Harry Choates |
1946 |
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Tubby the Tuba |
Victor Jory & Léon Barzin |
1946 |
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"Move On Up a Little Higher" |
Mahalia Jackson |
1948 |
|
Anthology of American Folk Music |
Edited by Harry Smith |
1952 |
|
Damnation of Faust (Hector Berlioz) |
Boston Symphony Orchestra with the Harvard Glee Club and Radcliffe Choral Society |
1954 |
|
"Blueberry Hill" |
Fats Domino |
1956 |
|
Variations for Orchestra by Elliott Carter Louisville Orchestra First Edition Recordings series |
Louisville Orchestra conducted by Robert S. Whitney |
1956 |
|
"Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" |
Jerry Lee Lewis |
1957 |
|
"That'll Be the Day" |
Buddy Holly and The Crickets |
1957 |
|
Poème électronique |
Edgard Varèse |
1958 |
|
Time Out |
The Dave Brubeck Quartet |
1959 |
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"Schooner Bradley" and/or "Clifton's Crew"[lower-greek 4] Representative of the Ivan Walton Collection at Bentley Library, University of Michigan |
Pat Bonner |
June 1960[lower-greek 5] |
|
United States Military Academy address |
William Faulkner |
April 19–20, 1962 |
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Studs Terkel interview with James Baldwin Representative of the Studs Terkel Collection at the Chicago History Museum (formerly the Chicago Historical Society) |
Studs Terkel, James Baldwin |
September 29, 1962[27] |
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"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 |
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"Oh Happy Day" |
Edwin Hawkins Singers |
1969 |
|
Don't Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me the Pliers |
The Firesign Theatre |
1970 |
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"The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" |
Gil Scott-Heron |
1971 |
|
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 |
|
"Uncle Josh and the Insurance Agent" |
Cal Stewart |
1904 |
2006[28] |
|
"Il Mio Tesoro" |
John McCormack; orchestra conducted by Walter Rogers |
1916 |
|
National Defense Test |
General John J. Pershing |
September 12, 1924 |
copy |
"Black Bottom Stomp" |
Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers |
1926 |
|
"Wildwood Flower" |
Carter Family |
1928 |
|
"Pony Blues" |
Charley Patton |
1929 |
|
"You're the Top" |
Cole Porter |
1934 |
|
The Lone Ranger Episode: "The Osage Bank Robbery" |
Earle Graser, John Todd |
December 17, 1937 |
|
Native Brazilian Music |
Pixinguinha, Donga, Cartola, José Espinguela and others; recording supervised by Leopold Stokowski |
1940 (released 1942) |
|
"Day of Infamy" speech to Congress |
Franklin D. Roosevelt |
December 8, 1941 |
copy |
"Peace in the Valley" |
Red Foley and the Sunshine Boys |
1951 |
|
"Polonaise in A Major" ("Polonaise militaire"), Op. 40, No. 1, by Frédéric Chopin |
Arthur Rubinstein |
1952 |
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"Blue Suede Shoes" |
Carl Perkins |
1955 |
|
Interviews with William "Billy" Bell (Canadian-Irish northwoods work songs) Representative of the Edward D. Ives Collection at the Maine Folklife Center, University of Maine |
Recorded by Edward D. "Sandy" Ives |
1956 |
|
Howl |
Allen Ginsberg |
1959 |
|
The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart |
Bob Newhart |
1960 |
|
"Be My Baby" |
The Ronettes |
1963 |
|
We Shall Overcome |
Pete Seeger |
1963 |
|
"A Change Is Gonna Come" |
Sam Cooke |
1964 |
|
"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" |
The Rolling Stones |
1965 |
|
The Velvet Underground & Nico |
The Velvet Underground and Nico |
1967 |
|
The Eighty-Six Years of Eubie Blake |
Eubie Blake |
1969 |
|
Burnin' |
The Wailers |
1973 |
|
Live in Japan |
Sarah Vaughan |
1973 |
|
Graceland |
Paul Simon |
1986 |
|
The first transatlantic broadcast |
|
March 14, 1925 |
2007[29][30] |
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"Allons à Lafayette" |
Joe Falcon |
1928 |
|
"Casta Diva" from Bellini's Norma |
Rosa Ponselle and the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, conducted by Giulio Setti |
December 31, 1928, and January 30, 1929 |
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"If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again" |
Thomas A. Dorsey |
1934 |
|
"Sweet Lorraine" |
Art Tatum |
1940 |
|
Fibber McGee and Molly Fibber's closet opens for the first time |
Jim Jordan, Marian Jordan |
March 4, 1940 |
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Wings Over Jordan |
|
May 10, 1942 |
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Fiorello H. La Guardia reading the comics |
Fiorello H. La Guardia |
1945[31] |
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"Call It Stormy Monday (But Tuesday Is Just as Bad)" |
T-Bone Walker |
1947 |
|
Speech at the 1948 Democratic National Convention |
Harry S. Truman |
July 15, 1948 |
|
The Jazz Scene |
Various artists, produced by Norman Granz |
1949 |
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"It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels" |
Kitty Wells |
1952 |
|
My Fair Lady Original Broadway cast recording |
Rex Harrison, Julie Andrews, and the original Broadway cast of My Fair Lady |
1956 |
|
Navajo Shootingway ceremony field recordings Representative of the David McAllester Collection at Wesleyan University |
Recorded by David P. McAllester Ray Winnie and Diné Tsosi, singers[32] |
1957–1958 |
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"Freight Train" and Other North Carolina Folk Songs and Tunes |
Elizabeth Cotten |
1959 |
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United States Marine Band Recordings for the National Cultural Center |
|
1963 |
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"Oh, Pretty Woman" |
Roy Orbison |
1964 |
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"The Tracks of My Tears" |
Smokey Robinson and the Miracles |
1965 |
|
You'll Sing a Song and I'll Sing a Song |
Ella Jenkins |
1966 |
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Music from the Morning of the World |
Various artists, recorded by David Lewiston |
1966 |
|
For the Roses |
Joni Mitchell |
1972 |
|
Head Hunters |
Herbie Hancock |
1973 |
|
Ronald Reagan radio broadcasts |
Ronald Reagan |
1975–79 |
|
Murmurs of Earth Disc prepared for the Voyager spacecraft |
compilation produced by Carl Sagan |
1977 |
|
Thriller |
Michael Jackson |
1982 |
|
"No News, or What Killed the Dog" |
Nat M. Wills |
1908 |
2008[33] |
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Acoustic recordings for Victor Talking Machine Company |
Jascha Heifetz |
1917–1924 |
|
"Night Life" |
Mary Lou Williams |
1930 |
|
Sounds of the ivory-billed woodpecker |
Recorded by Arthur Allen and Peter Paul Kellogg |
1935 |
|
Gang Busters First episode, broadcast under the title G-Men |
|
July 20, 1935 |
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"Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen" |
The Andrews Sisters |
1938 |
|
"O Que É Que A Baiana Tem?" |
Carmen Miranda |
1939 |
|
NBC Radio coverage of Marian Anderson's recital at the Lincoln Memorial |
Marian Anderson |
April 9, 1939 |
|
"Tom Dooley" |
Frank Proffitt |
1940 |
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Mary Margaret McBride |
Mary Margaret McBride and Zora Neale Hurston |
January 25, 1943 |
|
"Uncle Sam Blues" (V-Disc) |
Oran "Hot Lips" Page, accompanied by Eddie Condon's Jazz Band |
1944 |
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"Sinews of Peace" (Iron Curtain) Speech at Westminster College, Fulton, Missouri |
Winston Churchill |
March 5, 1946 |
|
The Churkendoose |
Ray Bolger |
1947 |
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"Boogie Chillen'" |
John Lee Hooker |
1948 |
|
A Child's Christmas in Wales |
Dylan Thomas |
1952 |
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A Festival of Lessons and Carols as Sung on Christmas Eve in King's College Chapel, Cambridge. |
King's College Choir; Boris Ord, director |
1954 |
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West Side Story Original Broadway cast recording |
The original Broadway cast of West Side Story and the New York Philharmonic conducted by Leonard Bernstein |
1957 |
|
"Tom Dooley" |
The Kingston Trio |
1958 |
|
"Rumble" |
Link Wray |
1958 |
|
The Play of Daniel: A Twelfth-Century Drama |
New York Pro Musica under the direction of Noah Greenberg |
1958 |
|
"Rank Stranger" |
The Stanley Brothers |
1960 |
|
"At Last" |
Etta James |
1961 |
|
2000 Years with Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks |
Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks |
1961 |
|
The Who Sings My Generation |
The Who |
1966 |
|
"He Stopped Loving Her Today" |
George Jones |
1980 |
|
"Fon der Choope (From the Wedding)" |
Abe Elenkrig's Yidishe Orchestra |
April 4, 1913 |
2009[34] |
|
"Canal Street Blues" |
King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band |
April 5, 1923 |
|
Tristan und Isolde, NBC broadcast |
Metropolitan Opera, featuring Kirsten Flagstad and Lauritz Melchior |
March 9, 1935 |
|
"When You Wish Upon a Star"[lower-greek 3] |
Cliff Edwards |
1938 (recorded) / 1940 (released) |
|
America's Town Meeting of the Air: "Should Our Ships Convoy Materials to England?" |
George V. Denny Jr. (host); Reinhold Niebuhr, John Flynn (guests) |
May 8, 1941 |
|
The Library of Congress Marine Corps Combat Field Recording Collection, Second Battle of Guam |
Alvin M. Josephy Jr., et al. |
July 20 – August 11, 1944 |
|
"Evangeline Special" and "Love Bridge Waltz" |
Iry LeJeune |
1948 |
|
The Little Engine That Could |
Paul Wing, narrator |
1949 |
|
Leon Metcalf Collection of recordings of the First People of western Washington State |
Leon Metcalf |
1950–1954 |
|
"Tutti Frutti" |
Little Richard |
1955 |
|
"Smokestack Lightning" |
Howlin' Wolf |
1956 |
|
Gypsy Original Broadway cast recording |
Ethel Merman and the original Broadway cast of Gypsy |
1959 |
|
"Daisy Bell (Bicycle Built for Two)" |
Max Mathews |
1961 |
|
The Complete Village Vanguard Recordings |
Bill Evans Trio |
June 25, 1961 |
|
I Started Out as a Child |
Bill Cosby |
1964 |
|
Azucar Pa' Ti |
Eddie Palmieri |
1965 |
|
Today! |
Mississippi John Hurt |
1966 |
|
Silver Apples of the Moon |
Morton Subotnick |
1967 |
|
Soul Folk in Action |
The Staple Singers |
1968 |
|
The Band |
The Band |
1969 |
|
"Coal Miner's Daughter" |
Loretta Lynn |
1970 |
|
Red Headed Stranger |
Willie Nelson |
1975 |
|
Horses |
Patti Smith |
1975 |
|
"Radio Free Europe" original Hib-Tone single[35] |
R.E.M. |
1981 |
|
"Dear Mama" |
2Pac |
1995 |
|
Phonautograms[36] |
Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville |
ca. 1853–1861 |
2010[37] |
|
"Take Me Out to the Ball Game" |
Edward Meeker, accompanied by the Edison Orchestra |
1908 |
|
Yahi language cylinder recordings |
Ishi, last surviving member of the Yahi tribe |
1911–1914 |
|
"Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground" |
Blind Willie Johnson |
1927 |
|
"It's the Girl" |
The Boswell Sisters with the Dorsey Brothers Orchestra |
1931 |
|
"Mal Hombre" |
Lydia Mendoza |
1934 |
|
"Tumbling Tumbleweeds" |
Sons of the Pioneers |
1934 |
|
Talking Union |
The Almanac Singers |
1941 |
|
Jazz at the Philharmonic |
Nat King Cole, Les Paul, Buddy Rich, others |
July 2, 1944 |
|
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina's "Pope Marcellus Mass" |
Roger Wagner Chorale |
1951 |
|
"The Eagle Stirreth Her Nest" |
Reverend C. L. Franklin |
1953 |
|
"Tipitina" |
Professor Longhair |
1953 |
|
At Sunset |
Mort Sahl |
1955 |
|
Interviews with jazz musicians for the Voice of America |
Willis Conover |
1955–56 |
|
The Music from Peter Gunn |
Henry Mancini |
1958 |
|
United Sacred Harp Musical Convention in Fyffe, Alabama |
field recordings by Alan Lomax and Shirley Collins |
1959 |
|
Blind Joe Death |
John Fahey |
1959, 1964, 1967 |
|
"Stand by Your Man" |
Tammy Wynette |
1968 |
|
Trout Mask Replica |
Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band |
1969 |
|
Songs of the Humpback Whale |
Frank Watlington, Roger Payne, and others |
1970 |
|
"Let's Stay Together" |
Al Green |
1971 |
|
Black Angels (Thirteen Images from the Dark Land) (George Crumb) |
New York Strings Quartet |
1972 |
|
Aja |
Steely Dan |
1977 |
|
GOPAC Strategy and Instructional Tapes |
Newt Gingrich, others |
1986–1994 |
|
3 Feet High and Rising[38] |
De La Soul |
1989 |
|
Edison Talking Doll cylinder |
|
1888 |
2011[39] |
|
"Come Down Ma Evenin' Star" |
Lillian Russell |
1912 |
|
"Ten Cents a Dance" |
Ruth Etting |
1930 |
|
Voices from the Days of Slavery |
Various |
1932–1975 |
|
"I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart" |
Patsy Montana |
1935 |
|
"Fascinating Rhythm" |
Sol Hoʻopiʻi |
1938 |
|
"Artistry in Rhythm" |
Stan Kenton |
1943 |
|
New York Philharmonic debut of Leonard Bernstein |
Leonard Bernstein |
November 14, 1943 |
|
Hottest Women's Band of the 1940s |
International Sweethearts of Rhythm |
1944–1946 (released 1984) |
|
"Hula Medley"[40] |
Gabby Pahinui |
1947 |
|
Indians for Indians (Hour) |
Don Whistler |
March 25, 1947 |
|
I Can Hear It Now: 1933–1945 |
Edward R. Murrow and Fred W. Friendly |
1948 |
|
"Let's Go Out to the Programs" |
The Dixie Hummingbirds |
1953 |
|
Also Sprach Zarathustra |
Fritz Reiner and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra |
1954, 1958 |
|
"Bo Diddley"/ "I'm a Man" |
Bo Diddley |
1955 |
|
"Green Onions" |
Booker T. & the M.G.'s |
1962 |
|
A Charlie Brown Christmas |
Vince Guaraldi Trio |
1965 |
|
Forever Changes |
Love |
1967 |
|
The Continental Harmony: The Gregg Smith Singers Perform Music of William Billings |
Gregg Smith Singers |
1969 |
|
"Coat of Many Colors" |
Dolly Parton |
1971 |
|
Mothership Connection |
Parliament |
1975 |
|
Barton Hall Concert at Cornell University[41] |
Grateful Dead |
May 8, 1977 |
|
"I Feel Love" |
Donna Summer |
1977 |
|
"Rapper's Delight"[42] |
The Sugarhill Gang |
1979 |
|
Purple Rain[lower-greek 3] |
Prince and The Revolution |
1984 |
|
"After You've Gone" |
Marion Harris |
1918 |
2012[43] |
|
"Bacon, Beans and Limousines"[44] |
Will Rogers |
October 18, 1931 |
|
"Begin the Beguine" |
Artie Shaw |
1938 |
|
"You Are My Sunshine" |
Jimmie Davis |
1940 |
|
D-Day Radio Broadcast |
George Hicks |
June 5–6, 1944 |
|
"Just Because" |
Frank Yankovic & His Yanks |
1947 |
|
South Pacific Original Broadway cast recording |
Mary Martin, Ezio Pinza, and the original Broadway cast of South Pacific |
1949 |
|
Descargas: Cuban Jam Sessions in Miniature |
Cachao |
1957 |
|
Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 |
Van Cliburn[45] |
April 11, 1958 |
|
President's Message Relayed from Atlas Satellite |
Dwight D. Eisenhower |
December 19, 1958 |
|
A Program of Song[46][47] |
Leontyne Price |
1959 |
|
The Shape of Jazz to Come |
Ornette Coleman |
1959 |
|
"Crossing Chilly Jordan" |
Blackwood Brothers |
1960 |
|
"The Twist" |
Chubby Checker |
1960 |
|
Old Time Music at Clarence Ashley's |
Clarence Ashley, Doc Watson, others |
1960–1962 |
|
Hoodoo Man Blues |
Junior Wells' Chicago Blues Band feat. Buddy Guy |
1965 |
|
Sounds of Silence |
Simon & Garfunkel |
1966 |
|
Cheap Thrills |
Big Brother and the Holding Company |
1968 |
|
The Dark Side of the Moon |
Pink Floyd |
1973 |
|
Music Time In Africa Episode: "Mauritania" (premiere episode) |
Leo Sarkisian |
July 29, 1973 |
|
The Wild Tchoupitoulas |
The Wild Tchoupitoulas |
1976 |
|
Ramones |
Ramones |
1976 |
|
Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack[lower-greek 3] |
Bee Gees, et al. |
1977 |
|
Einstein on the Beach |
Philip Glass and Robert Wilson |
1979 |
|
The Audience with Betty Carter |
Betty Carter |
1980 |
|
"The Laughing Song" |
George W. Johnson |
c. 1896 |
2013[48][49] |
|
"They Didn't Believe Me" |
Harry Macdonough and Alice Green |
1915 |
|
"Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" (Two Versions) |
Bing Crosby and Rudy Vallée |
1932 |
|
Recordings of Kwakwaka'wakw Chief Dan Cranmer |
Franz Boas and George Herzog |
1938 |
|
"Were You There" |
Roland Hayes |
1940 |
|
The Goldbergs Episode: "Sammy Goes to the Army" |
Gertrude Berg and cast |
July 9, 1942 |
|
"Caldonia" |
Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five |
1945 |
|
"Dust My Broom" |
Elmore James |
1951 |
|
A Night at Birdland (Vols. 1 & 2) |
Art Blakey |
1954 |
|
"When I Stop Dreaming" |
The Louvin Brothers |
1955 |
|
"Cathy's Clown" |
The Everly Brothers |
1960 |
|
Texas Sharecropper and Songster |
Mance Lipscomb |
1960 |
|
The First Family |
Vaughn Meader |
1962[50] |
|
Lawrence Ritter's Interviews with Baseball Pioneers of the Late 19th and Early 20th Century |
Lawrence Ritter |
1962–1966 |
|
Presidential Recordings of Lyndon B. Johnson |
Lyndon B. Johnson |
1963–1969 |
|
Carnegie Hall Concert with Buck Owens and His Buckaroos |
Buck Owens and His Buckaroos |
1966 |
|
"Fortunate Son" |
Creedence Clearwater Revival |
1969 |
|
Shaft[lower-greek 3] |
Isaac Hayes |
1971 |
|
Only Visiting This Planet |
Larry Norman |
1972[51] |
|
Celia & Johnny[52] |
Celia Cruz and Johnny Pacheco |
1974 |
|
Copland Conducts Copland: Appalachian Spring |
Aaron Copland |
1974 |
|
Heart Like a Wheel |
Linda Ronstadt |
1974 |
|
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Original Broadway cast recording |
The original Broadway cast of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street |
1979 |
|
The Joshua Tree |
U2 |
1987 |
|
"Hallelujah" |
Jeff Buckley |
1994 |
|
The Vernacular Wax Cylinder Recordings at University of California, Santa Barbara Library |
University of California, Santa Barbara |
1890–1910 |
2014[53] |
|
The Benjamin Ives Gilman Collection, recorded at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition at Chicago |
Benjamin Ives Gilman |
1893 |
|
"The Boys of the Lough"/"The Humours of Ennistymon"[54] |
Michael Coleman |
1922 |
|
"That Black Snake Moan"/ "Matchbox Blues" |
Blind Lemon Jefferson |
1928 |
|
Suspense Episode: "Sorry, Wrong Number"[55] |
Agnes Moorehead |
May 25, 1943 |
|
"Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive" |
Johnny Mercer |
1944 |
|
Radio Coverage of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Funeral |
Arthur Godfrey, et al. |
April 14, 1945 |
|
Kiss Me, Kate Original Broadway cast recording |
Cole Porter, Alfred Drake, Patricia Morison, and the original Broadway cast of Kiss Me Kate |
1949 |
|
John Brown's Body |
Tyrone Power, Judith Anderson, and Raymond Massey; directed by Charles Laughton |
1953 |
|
"My Funny Valentine" May 20, 1953, live recording |
The Gerry Mulligan Quartet featuring Chet Baker |
1953 |
|
"Sixteen Tons" |
Tennessee Ernie Ford |
1955 |
|
"Mary Don't You Weep" |
Swan Silvertones |
1959 |
|
Joan Baez |
Joan Baez |
1960 |
|
"Stand By Me" |
Ben E. King |
1961 |
|
New Orleans' Sweet Emma Barrett and her Preservation Hall Jazz Band |
Sweet Emma Barrett and her Preservation Hall Jazz Band |
1964 |
|
"You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" |
The Righteous Brothers |
1964 |
|
The Doors |
The Doors |
1967 |
|
Lincoln Mayorga and Distinguished Colleagues (formerly known as Sheffield S9)[56] |
Lincoln Mayorga |
1968[57] |
|
Stand! |
Sly and the Family Stone |
1969 |
|
A Wild and Crazy Guy |
Steve Martin |
1978 |
|
Sesame Street: Platinum All-Time Favorites |
Various |
1995 |
|
OK Computer |
Radiohead |
1997 |
|
Old Regular Baptists: Lined-Out Hymnody from Southeastern Kentucky |
Indian Bottom Association |
1997 |
|
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill |
Lauryn Hill |
1998 |
|
Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman |
Colorado Symphony, Marin Alsop, conductor; Joan Tower, composer |
1999[58] |
|
"Let Me Call You Sweetheart" |
Peerless Quartet |
1911 |
2015[59][60] |
|
"Wild Cat Blues" |
Clarence Williams' Blue Five |
1923 |
|
"Statesboro Blues" |
Blind Willie McTell |
1928 |
|
"Bonaparte's Retreat" Representative of Alan and Elizabeth Lomax's 1937 Kentucky recordings |
W.H. Stepp |
1937 |
|
Vic and Sade Episode: "Decoration Day Parade"[24] |
|
May 28, 1937[24] |
|
Mahler: Symphony No. 9 |
Vienna Philharmonic; Bruno Walter, conductor |
1938 |
|
Carousel of American Music |
George M. Cohan, Irving Berlin, Johnny Mercer, Arthur Freed, Shelton Brooks, Hoagy Carmichael, others |
September 24, 1940 |
|
The Marshall Plan Speech |
George C. Marshall |
June 5, 1947 |
copy |
Destination Freedom Episodes: "A Garage in Gainesville" and "Execution Awaited" |
Richard Durham |
September 25 and October 2, 1949[61] |
|
A Streetcar Named Desire soundtrack[lower-greek 3] |
Alex North |
1951 |
|
"Cry Me a River" |
Julie London |
1955 |
|
"Mack the Knife" (Two Versions) |
Louis Armstrong and Bobby Darin |
1956 and 1959 |
|
Fourth-quarter radio coverage of Wilt Chamberlain's 100-point game |
Bill Campbell, announcer |
March 2, 1962 |
|
A Love Supreme |
John Coltrane |
1964 |
|
It's My Way! |
Buffy Sainte-Marie |
1964 |
|
"Where Did Our Love Go" |
The Supremes |
1964 |
|
"People Get Ready" |
The Impressions |
1965 |
|
"Mama Tried" |
Merle Haggard |
1968 |
|
Abraxas |
Santana |
1970 |
|
Class Clown |
George Carlin |
1972 |
|
Robert and Clara Schumann Complete Piano Trios[62] |
Beaux Arts Trio |
1972 |
|
"Piano Man" |
Billy Joel |
1973 |
|
Bogalusa Boogie[63] |
Clifton Chenier |
1976 |
|
"I Will Survive" |
Gloria Gaynor |
1978 |
|
Master of Puppets |
Metallica |
1986 |
|
1888 London cylinder recordings of Col. George Gouraud |
George Gouraud |
1888 |
2016[64] |
|
"Lift Every Voice and Sing" (Two Versions) |
Manhattan Harmony Four and Melba Moore & Friends |
1923 and 1990 |
|
"Puttin' On the Ritz" |
Harry Richman |
1929 |
|
"Over the Rainbow"[lower-greek 3] |
Judy Garland |
1939 |
|
"I'll Fly Away" |
The Chuck Wagon Gang |
1948 |
|
"Hound Dog" |
Big Mama Thornton |
1952 |
|
Saxophone Colossus |
Sonny Rollins |
1956 |
|
New York Giants vs. Brooklyn Dodgers final game commentary |
Vin Scully |
September 8, 1957 |
|
Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs |
Marty Robbins |
1959 |
|
The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery |
Wes Montgomery |
1960 |
|
People |
Barbra Streisand |
1964 |
|
"In the Midnight Hour" |
Wilson Pickett |
1965[65] |
|
"Amazing Grace" |
Judy Collins |
1970 |
|
All Things Considered first broadcast |
National Public Radio |
May 3, 1971 |
|
"American Pie" |
Don McLean |
1971[66] |
|
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars |
David Bowie |
1972 |
|
The Wiz Original Broadway cast recording |
The original Broadway cast of The Wiz |
1975 |
|
Their Greatest Hits (1971–1975) |
Eagles |
1976 |
|
Scott Joplin's Treemonisha |
Gunther Schuller, arr. |
1976 |
|
Wanted: Live in Concert |
Richard Pryor |
1978[67] |
|
"We Are Family" |
Sister Sledge |
1979 |
|
Remain in Light |
Talking Heads |
1980 |
|
Straight Outta Compton |
N.W.A |
1988 |
|
Rachmaninoff's Vespers (All-Night Vigil) |
The Robert Shaw Festival Singers |
1990 |
|
Signatures |
Renée Fleming |
1997[68] |
|
"Dream Melody Intermezzo: Naughty Marietta" |
Victor Herbert and his Orchestra |
1911 |
2017[69] |
|
Standing Rock Preservation Recordings |
George Herzog and Members of the Yanktoni Tribe |
1928 |
|
"Lamento Borincano" |
written by Rafael Hernández Marín performed by Canario y Su Grupo (including Davilita on lead vocals) |
1930 |
|
"Sitting on Top of the World" |
Mississippi Sheiks |
1930 |
|
The Complete Beethoven Piano Sonatas |
Artur Schnabel |
1932–1935 |
|
"If I Didn't Care" |
The Ink Spots |
1939 |
|
Proceedings of the United Nations Conference on International Organization |
|
April 25 – June 26, 1945 |
|
Folk Songs of the Hills |
Merle Travis |
1946 |
|
"How I Got Over" |
Clara Ward and the Ward Singers |
1950 |
|
"(We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock" |
Bill Haley & His Comets |
1954 |
|
Calypso |
Harry Belafonte |
1956 |
|
"I Left My Heart in San Francisco" |
Tony Bennett |
1962 |
|
"My Girl" |
The Temptations |
1964 |
|
King Biscuit Time |
Sonny Boy Williamson II and others |
1965 |
|
The Sound of Music soundtrack[lower-greek 3] |
Various |
1965 |
|
"Alice's Restaurant Massacree" |
Arlo Guthrie |
1967 |
|
New Sounds in Electronic Music |
Steve Reich, Richard Maxfield, Pauline Oliveros |
1967 |
|
An Evening with Groucho |
Groucho Marx |
1972 |
|
Rumours |
Fleetwood Mac |
1977 |
|
"The Gambler" |
Kenny Rogers |
1978 |
|
"Le Freak" |
Chic |
1978 |
|
"Footloose" |
Kenny Loggins |
1984 |
|
Raising Hell |
Run-DMC |
1986 |
|
"Rhythm Is Gonna Get You" |
Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine |
1987 |
|
Yo-Yo Ma Premieres: Concertos for Violoncello and Orchestra |
Yo-Yo Ma & the Philadelphia Orchestra performing Christopher Rouse, Leon Kirchner, and Richard Danielpour |
1996 |
|
Yiddish Cylinders from the Standard Phonograph Company of New York and the Thomas Lambert Company |
|
c. 1901–1905 |
2018[70] |
|
"The Memphis Blues" |
Victor Military Band |
1914 |
|
Melville Jacobs Collection of Native Americans of the American Northwest |
Melville Jacobs |
1929–1939 |
|
"Minnie the Moocher" |
Cab Calloway |
1931 |
|
Bach Six Cello Suites |
Pablo Casals |
1936–1939 |
|
"They Look Like Men of War" |
Deep River Boys |
1941 |
|
Gunsmoke Episode: "The Cabin" |
William Conrad and cast |
December 27, 1952 |
|
Complete Recorded Monologues |
Ruth Draper |
1954–1956 |
|
"La Bamba" |
Ritchie Valens |
1958 |
|
"Long Black Veil" |
Lefty Frizzell |
1959 |
|
Stan Freberg Presents the United States of America Volume One: The Early Years |
Stan Freberg |
1961[71] |
|
Go |
Dexter Gordon |
1962 |
|
War Requiem |
Benjamin Britten |
1963 |
|
"Mississippi Goddam" |
Nina Simone |
1964[72] |
|
"Soul Man" |
Sam & Dave |
1967 |
|
Hair Original Broadway cast recording |
The original Broadway cast of Hair |
1968 |
|
Robert F. Kennedy's speech on the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. |
Robert F. Kennedy |
April 4, 1968 |
|
"Sweet Caroline" |
Neil Diamond |
1969 |
|
Super Fly[lower-greek 3] |
Curtis Mayfield |
1972 |
|
Ola Belle Reed |
Ola Belle Reed |
1973 |
|
"September" |
Earth, Wind & Fire |
1978 |
|
"You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)" |
Sylvester |
1978 |
|
She's So Unusual |
Cyndi Lauper |
1983 |
|
Schoolhouse Rock!: The Box Set |
Various |
1996[73] |
|
The Blueprint |
Jay-Z |
2001[74] |
|
"Whispering" |
Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra |
1920 |
2019[75][76] |
|
"Protesta per Sacco e Vanzetti"/"Sacco e Vanzetti" |
Compagnia Columbia; Raoul Romito |
1927 |
|
"La Chicharronera" |
Narciso Martínez and Santiago Almeida |
1936 |
|
Arch Oboler's Plays Episode: "The Bathysphere" |
|
November 18, 1939 |
|
"Me and My Chauffeur Blues" |
Memphis Minnie |
1941 |
|
The 1951 National League Tiebreaker: New York Giants vs. Brooklyn Dodgers |
Russ Hodges, announcer |
October 3, 1951 |
|
Tosca (Puccini) |
Victor de Sabata, conductor, with Maria Callas, Giuseppe Di Stefano and others |
1953 |
|
"Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah" |
Allan Sherman |
1963 |
|
WGBH broadcast of the Boston Symphony on the day of the John F. Kennedy assassination |
Boston Symphony Orchestra |
November 22, 1963 |
|
Fiddler on the Roof Original Broadway Cast recording |
Zero Mostel and the original Broadway cast of Fiddler on the Roof |
1964 |
|
"Make the World Go Away" |
Eddy Arnold |
1965 |
|
Hiromi Lorraine Sakata collection of Afghan traditional music |
Recorded by Hiromi Lorraine Sakata |
1966–67, 1971–73 |
|
"Wichita Lineman" |
Glen Campbell |
1968 |
|
Dusty in Memphis |
Dusty Springfield |
1969 |
|
Mister Rogers Sings 21 Favorite Songs from "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" |
Fred Rogers |
1973[77] |
|
Cheap Trick at Budokan |
Cheap Trick |
1978 |
|
Suite No. 1 in E flat, Suite No. 2 in F (Holst) / Music for the Royal Fireworks (Handel) / Fantasia in G (Bach) Special edition audiophile pressing |
Frederick Fennell and the Cleveland Symphonic Winds |
1978 |
|
"Y.M.C.A." |
Village People |
1978 |
|
A Feather on the Breath of God |
Gothic Voices; Christopher Page, conductor; Hildegard von Bingen, composer |
1981/2 (released 1985)[78] |
|
Private Dancer |
Tina Turner |
1984 |
|
Ven Conmigo |
Selena |
1990[79] |
|
The Chronic |
Dr. Dre |
1992[80] |
|
"I Will Always Love You" |
Whitney Houston |
1992 |
|
Concert in the Garden |
Maria Schneider Orchestra |
2004 |
|
Percussion Concerto (Higdon) |
Colin Currie |
2008[81] |
|
"St. Louis tinfoil" recording |
Thomas Edison |
1878 |
2020[82] |
|
"Nikolina" |
Hjalmar Peterson |
1917 |
|
"Smyrneikos Balos" |
Marika Papagika |
1928 |
|
"When the Saints Go Marching In" |
Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra |
1938 |
|
Christmas Eve broadcast |
Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill |
December 24, 1941 |
|
The Guiding Light Episode: November 22, 1945 |
|
November 22, 1945 |
|
Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues |
Odetta |
1957 |
|
"Lord, Keep Me Day by Day" |
Albertina Walker and the Caravans |
1959 |
|
Roger Maris hits his 61st home run |
Phil Rizzuto[83] |
October 1, 1961 |
|
Aida |
Leontyne Price, et al. |
1962 |
|
"Once a Day" |
Connie Smith |
1964 |
|
Born Under a Bad Sign |
Albert King |
1967 |
|
Free to Be ... You & Me |
Marlo Thomas and Friends |
1972 |
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The Harder They Come |
Jimmy Cliff |
1972[84] |
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"Lady Marmalade" |
Labelle |
1974 |
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Late for the Sky |
Jackson Browne |
1974[85] |
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Bright Size Life |
Pat Metheny |
1976 |
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"Rainbow Connection"[lower-greek 3] |
Kermit the Frog (Jim Henson)[86] |
1979[87] |
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"Celebration" |
Kool & the Gang |
1980 |
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Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs |
Jessye Norman |
1983[88] |
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"Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World" |
Israel Kamakawiwo'ole |
1988, released 1993[89] |
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Rhythm Nation 1814 |
Janet Jackson |
1989 |
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Partners[90] |
Flaco Jiménez[91] |
1992[92][93] |
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Illmatic |
Nas |
1994 |
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This American Life: "The Giant Pool of Money" |
Ira Glass, Adam Davidson & Alex Blumberg[94] |
May 9, 2008 |
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"Harlem Strut" |
James P. Johnson |
1921 |
2022[lower-greek 6][96] |
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Complete presidential speeches |
Franklin D. Roosevelt |
1933–1945 |
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"Walking the Floor Over You" |
Ernest Tubb |
1941 |
|
On a Note of Triumph |
Norman Corwin |
May 8, 1945 |
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"Jesus Gave Me Water" |
The Soul Stirrers |
1950 |
|
Ellington at Newport |
Duke Ellington |
1956 |
|
We Insist! |
Max Roach |
1960 |
|
"The Christmas Song" 1961 stereo recording |
Nat "King" Cole |
1961 |
|
Tonight's the Night |
The Shirelles |
1961 |
|
"Moon River" |
Andy Williams |
1962 |
|
"It's a Small World (After All)" |
Disneyland Boys Choir[97] |
1964 |
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"Reach Out I'll Be There" |
Four Tops |
1966 |
|
In C |
Terry Riley |
1968 |
|
Hank Aaron's 715th career home run |
Milo Hamilton[98] |
April 8, 1974 |
|
"Bohemian Rhapsody" |
Queen |
1975 |
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"Don't Stop Believin'" |
Journey |
1981[99] |
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Canciones de Mi Padre[100] |
Linda Ronstadt |
1987 |
|
Nick of Time |
Bonnie Raitt |
1989 |
|
The Low End Theory |
A Tribe Called Quest |
1991 |
|
Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) |
Wu-Tang Clan |
1993[101] |
|
Buena Vista Social Club |
Buena Vista Social Club |
1997 |
|
"Livin' la Vida Loca" |
Ricky Martin |
1999 |
|
Songs in A Minor |
Alicia Keys |
2001[102] |
|
Broadcasts for the day of 9/11[103] |
WNYC[104] |
September 11, 2001 |
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WTF with Marc Maron Episode 67: "Robin Williams"[105] |
Marc Maron and Robin Williams |
April 26, 2010 |
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The Very First Mariachi Recordings |
Cuarteto Coculense |
1907-1909 (reissued 1998) |
2023[106] |
|
"St. Louis Blues" |
Handy's Memphis Blues Band |
1922 |
|
"Sugar Foot Stomp" |
Fletcher Henderson |
1925 |
|
Commentary and analysis of the European situation for NBC Radio |
Dorothy Thompson |
Aug. 23 – September 6, 1939 |
|
"Don't Let Nobody Turn You Around" |
The Fairfield Four |
1947 |
|
"Sherry" |
The Four Seasons |
1962 |
|
"What the World Needs Now is Love" |
Jackie DeShannon |
1965 |
|
"Wang Dang Doodle" |
Koko Taylor |
1966 |
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"Ode to Billie Joe" |
Bobbie Gentry |
1967 |
|
Déjà Vu |
Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young |
1970 |
|
"Imagine" |
John Lennon |
1971 |
|
"Stairway to Heaven" |
Led Zeppelin |
1971 |
|
"Take Me Home, Country Roads" |
John Denver |
1971 |
|
"Margaritaville" |
Jimmy Buffett |
1977 |
|
"Flashdance…What a Feeling" |
Irene Cara |
1983 |
|
"Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" |
Eurythmics |
1983 |
|
Synchronicity |
The Police |
1983 |
|
Like a Virgin |
Madonna |
1984; 1985 reissue[24] |
|
Black Codes (From the Underground) |
Wynton Marsalis |
1985 |
|
Super Mario Bros. theme |
Koji Kondo |
1985 |
|
All Hail the Queen |
Queen Latifah |
1989 |
|
"All I Want for Christmas is You" |
Mariah Carey |
1994 |
|
Pale Blue Dot Audiobook |
Carl Sagan |
1994[107] |
|
"Gasolina" |
Daddy Yankee[108] |
2004[109] |
|
Concerto for Clarinet and Chamber Orchestra (Zwilich) |
Chamber Music Northwest[110] |
2012[111] |
|
"Clarinet Marmalade" |
Lt. James Reese Europe's 369th U.S. Infantry Band |
1919 |
2024[112] |
|
"Kauhavan Polkka" |
Viola Turpeinen and John Rosendahl |
1928 |
|
Wisconsin Folksong Collection |
|
1937–1946 |
|
"Rose Room" |
Benny Goodman Sextet with Charlie Christian |
1939 |
|
"Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" |
Gene Autry |
1949 |
|
"Tennessee Waltz" |
Patti Page |
1950 |
|
"Rocket 88" |
Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats |
1951 |
|
"Catch a Falling Star"/"Magic Moments" |
Perry Como |
1957 |
|
"Chances Are" |
Johnny Mathis |
1957 |
|
The Sidewinder |
Lee Morgan |
1964 |
|
Surrealistic Pillow |
Jefferson Airplane |
1967 |
|
"Ain't No Sunshine" |
Bill Withers |
1971 |
|
This Is a Recording |
Lily Tomlin |
1971 |
|
J. D. Crowe & The New South |
J. D. Crowe and The New South |
1975 |
|
Arrival |
ABBA |
1976 |
|
"El Cantante" |
Héctor Lavoe |
1978 |
|
The Cars |
The Cars |
1978 |
|
Parallel Lines |
Blondie |
1978 |
|
"La Di Da Di" |
Doug E. Fresh and MC Ricky D |
1985 |
|
"Don't Worry, Be Happy" |
Bobby McFerrin |
1988 |
|
"Amor eterno" |
Juan Gabriel |
1990 |
|
Pieces of Africa |
Kronos Quartet |
1992 |
|
Dookie |
Green Day |
1994 |
|
Ready to Die |
The Notorious B.I.G. |
1994 |
|
Wide Open Spaces |
The Chicks |
1998 |
|