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Recordings selected for the National Recording Registry are "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant", and/or inform or reflect culture in the United States.Recordings will not be considered for inclusion in the National Recording Registry if no copy of the recording exists.No recording is eligible for inclusion in the National Recording Registry until ten years after the recording's creation.A lista mostra itens sobrepostos e se o Arquivo Nacional tem uma cópia original ou uma cópia da gravação.
Recording or collectionPerformer or agentRelease yearInductionyearNationalArchivesEdison exhibition recordings (Group of three cylinders): "Around the World on the Phonograph""The Pattison Waltz""Fifth Regiment March"Thomas Edison1888–18892002 Passamaquoddy Indians field recordingsRecorded by Jesse Walter Fewkes18902002"The Stars and Stripes Forever" Berliner Gramophone disc recordingMilitary Band18972002Metropolitan Opera cylinder recordings (the Mapleson Cylinders)Lionel Mapleson and the Metropolitan Opera1900–19032002"Casey at the Bat"DeWolf Hopper19062002"Vesti la giubba" from PagliacciEnrico Caruso190720021895 Atlanta Exposition speechBooker T. Washington1908 recreation2002copy"Swing Low, Sweet Chariot"Fisk Jubilee Singers19092002Lovey's Trinidad String Band recordings for Columbia RecordsLovey's Trinidad String Band19122002Ragtime compositions piano rollsScott Joplin1916 2002"Tiger Rag"Original Dixieland Jazz Band19182002"Arkansas Traveler" and "Sallie Gooden"Eck Robertson19222002"Downhearted Blues"Bessie Smith19232002Rhapsody in BlueGeorge Gershwin, piano; Paul Whiteman Orchestra19242002Louis Armstrong's Hot Five and Hot Seven recordingsLouis Armstrong's Hot Five and Hot Seven1925–19282002Victor Talking Machine Company sessions in Bristol, TennesseeCarter Family, Jimmie Rodgers, Ernest Stoneman, and others19272002Highlander Center Field Recordings CollectionRosa Parks, Esau Jenkins and others1930s–1980s2002Bell Laboratories experimental stereo recordingsPhiladelphia Orchestra; Leopold Stokowski, conductor1931–19322002"Fireside chats" radio broadcasts Franklin D. Roosevelt1933–19442002originalHarvard Vocarium record seriesT. S. Eliot, W. H. Auden and others1933–19562002"New Music Quarterly" recordings seriesHenry Cowell, producer1934–19492002Description of the crash of the HindenburgHerbert MorrisonMay 16, 19372002originalThe Cradle Will RockMarc Blitzstein and the original cast of The Cradle Will Rock19382002"Who's on First?" Earliest existing radio broadcast versionAbbott and CostelloOctober 6, 19382002The War of the WorldsOrson Welles and The Mercury Theatre on the AirOctober 30, 19382002copy"God Bless America" Radio broadcast premiereKate SmithNovember 11, 19382002The John and Ruby Lomax Southern States Recording TripJohn and Ruby Lomax19392002"Strange Fruit"Billie Holiday19392002Grand Ole OpryFirst network radio broadcastUncle Dave Macon, Roy Acuff, and othersOctober 14, 19392002Béla Bartók and Joseph Szigeti in Concert at the Library of CongressBéla Bartók, piano; Joseph Szigeti, violin19402002The Rite of SpringIgor Stravinsky conducting the New York Philharmonic19402002Blanton-Webster era recordingsDuke Ellington Orchestra1940–19422002"White Christmas"original 1942 singleBing Crosby19422002"This Land Is Your Land"Woody Guthrie19442002D-Day radio address tothe Allied Nations (June 6, 1944, order of the day and People of Western Europe speech) Dwight D. EisenhowerJune 6, 19442002original"Ko Ko"Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, and others19452002"Blue Moon of Kentucky"Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys19472002"How High the Moon"Les Paul and Mary Ford19512002Songs for Young LoversFrank Sinatra19542002Sun Records sessionsElvis Presley1954–19552002Dance ManiaTito Puente19582002Kind of BlueMiles Davis19592002"What'd I Say", Parts 1 and 2Ray Charles19592002The Freewheelin' Bob DylanBob Dylan19632002"I Have a Dream" speechDr. Martin Luther King Jr.August 28, 19632002copy"Respect" Aretha Franklin19672002Philomel: For Soprano (Milton Babbitt)Bethany Beardslee, recorded soprano, and synthesized sound19712002Precious Lord: New Recordings of the Great Gospel Songs of Thomas A. DorseyThomas A. Dorsey, Marion Williams, and others19732002Crescent City Living Legends Collection(New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation Archive/WWOZ New Orleans)Clifton Chenier, Professor Longhair, Queen Ida, and other performers1973–19902002"The Message"Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five19822002"The Lord's Prayer" and "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star"Emile Berlinerc. 18902003 "Honolulu Cake Walk"Vess Ossman18982003Victor ReleasesBert Williams and George Walker19012003"You're a Grand Old Rag [Flag]"Billy Murray19062003Chippewa/Ojibwe Cylinder CollectionFrances Densmore1907–19102003The Bubble Book (the first Bubble Book)19172003Cylinder recordings of African-American musicGuy B. Johnson1920s2003"Cross of Gold" speech Speech re-enactmentWilliam Jennings Bryan19212003"The OKeh Laughing Record"Lucie Bernardo and Otto Rathke19222003"Adeste Fideles"Associated Glee Clubs of America19252003Cajun-Creole Columbia releasesAmédé Ardoin and Dennis McGee19292003"Goodnight, Irene"Lead Belly19332003"Every Man a King" speechHuey P. LongFebruary 23, 19342003copy"He's Got the Whole World in His Hands"Marian Anderson19362003The Complete RecordingsRobert Johnson1936–19372003Interviews conducted by Alan LomaxJelly Roll Morton, Alan Lomax19382003Carnegie Hall Jazz ConcertBenny Goodman19382003Complete day of radio broadcasting, WJSV (Washington, D.C.)WJSV, Washington, D.C.September 21, 19392003original"New San Antonio Rose"Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys19402003Selections from George Gershwin's Folk Opera Porgy and BessGeorge Gershwin and the original Broadway cast of Porgy and Bess1940, 19422003Beethoven String QuartetsBudapest Quartet1940–19502003World Series - Game FourNew York Yankees vs. Brooklyn DodgersRed Barber, Bob Elson and Bill CorumOctober 5, 19412003Oklahoma!Original Broadway cast recordingThe original Broadway cast of Oklahoma!19432003OthelloPaul Robeson, Uta Hagen, José Ferrer, and others19432003Bach B-Minor MassRobert Shaw Chorale19472003The Four Seasons (Vivaldi)Louis Kaufman and the Concert Hall String Orchestra19472003Piano Sonata No. 2, "Concord" (Ives)John Kirkpatrick19482003Pictures at an Exhibition (Modest Mussorgsky)Rafael Kubelík conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra19512003"Problems of the American Home"Billy Graham19542003Goldberg Variations (Bach)Glenn Gould19552003Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song BookElla Fitzgerald19562003"Roll Over Beethoven"Chuck Berry19562003Brilliant CornersThelonious Monk19562003Steam locomotive recordings, 6 vol.O. Winston Link 1957–19772003Complete Ring Cycle (Richard Wagner) Louis Kaufman and the Concert Hall String Orchestra, Georg Solti and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra1958–1965 2003Winds in Hi-FiEastman Wind Ensemble with Frederick Fennell1958 2003Mingus Ah UmCharles Mingus19592003New York Taxi DriverTony Schwartz19592003Ali Akbar College of Music,Archive Selections1960s–1970s2003"Crazy"Patsy Cline19612003Kennedy Inauguration CeremonyJohn Fitzgerald Kennedy, Robert Frost, and othersJanuary 20, 19612003originalJudy at Carnegie HallJudy Garland19612003"I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now)"Otis Redding19652003Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club BandThe Beatles19672003At Folsom PrisonJohnny Cash19682003What's Going OnMarvin Gaye19712003TapestryCarole King19712003A Prairie Home Companion First broadcastGarrison KeillorJuly 6, 19742003Born to RunBruce Springsteen19752003Live at Yankee StadiumFania All-Stars19752003"Gypsy Love Song"Eugene Cowles18982004 "Some of These Days"Sophie Tucker19112004"The Castles in Europe One-Step (Castle House Rag)"Europe's Society Orchestra19142004"Swanee"Al Jolson19202004Armistice Day radio broadcastWoodrow WilsonNovember 10, 19232004original"See See Rider"Gertrude "Ma" Rainey19242004"Charleston" Representative of the Edison Disc Master Mold Collection at the Edison National Historic SiteGolden Gate Orchestra19252004"Fascinating Rhythm"Fred and Adele Astaire; George Gershwin, piano19262004NBC radio coverage of Charles A. Lindbergh's arrival and reception in Washington, D.C.June 11, 19272004copy"Stardust"Hoagy Carmichael19272004"Blue Yodel No. 1 (T for Texas)"Jimmie Rodgers19272004"Ain't Misbehavin'"Thomas "Fats" Waller19292004"Gregorio Cortez" Representative of the Arhoolie Foundation's Strachwitz Frontera Collection, University of California Trovadores Regionales19292004Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minorSergei Rachmaninoff, piano; Leopold Stokowski conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra19292004"The Suncook Town Tragedy"Mabel Wilson TatroJuly 19302004Oral narrative from the Lorenzo D. Turner CollectionRosina Cohen19322004"Stormy Weather"Ethel Waters19332004"Body and Soul"Coleman Hawkins19392004Peter and the Wolf(Sergey Prokofiev)Serge Koussevitzky, conductor; Richard Hale, narrator; Boston Symphony Orchestra19392004"In the Mood"Glenn Miller and His Orchestra19392004Broadcast from LondonEdward R. MurrowSeptember 21, 19402004copyKing James version of the BibleAlexander Scourby1940-1944, released 19662004We Hold These TruthsNorman CorwinDecember 15, 19412004originalPiano Concerto No. 1, op. 23, Bb minor (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky)Vladimir Horowitz, piano; Arturo Toscanini, conductor; NBC Symphony OrchestraApril 25, 19432004"Down by the Riverside"Sister Rosetta Tharpe19442004U.S. Highball (A Musical Account of a Transcontinental Hobo Trip)Harry Partch, Gate 5 Ensemble1946 2004Four Saints in Three ActsBroadway cast recordingVirgil Thomson and members of the original Broadway cast of Four Saints in Three Acts19472004"Manteca"Dizzy Gillespie Big Band with Chano Pozo19472004The Jack Benny ProgramJack BennyMarch 28, 19482004"Foggy Mountain Breakdown" Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs19492004"Lovesick Blues"Hank Williams19492004Guys and DollsOriginal Broadway cast recordingThe original Broadway cast of Guys and Dolls19502004"Old Soldiers Never Die"(Farewell Address to the United States Congress)General Douglas MacArthurApril 19, 19512004copySongs by Tom LehrerTom Lehrer19532004"Hoochie Coochie Man"Muddy Waters19542004"Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine)"The Penguins19542004Tuskegee Institute Choir Sings SpiritualsTuskegee Institute Choir, directed by William L. Dawson19552004Giant StepsJohn Coltrane19592004MessiahEugene Ormandy, conductor; Richard P. Condie, choir director; Mormon Tabernacle Choir; Philadelphia Orchestra19592004Drums of PassionMichael Babatunde Olatunji19602004Peace Be StillJames Cleveland19622004"The Girl from Ipanema" (Garota de Ipanema)Stan Getz, João Gilberto, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Astrud Gilberto19632004Live at the ApolloJames Brown and The Famous Flames19632004Pet SoundsThe Beach Boys19662004Remarks broadcast from the moonApollo 11 astronaut Neil ArmstrongJuly 21, 19692004originalAt Fillmore EastThe Allman Brothers Band19712004Star Wars (Soundtrack) John Williams19772004Recordings of Asian elephantsKatharine B. Payne19842004Fear of a Black Planet Public Enemy19902004NevermindNirvana19912004"Canzone del Porter"from Martha by von Flotow Representative of the Columbia Grand Opera SeriesEdouard de Reszke19032005 "Listen to the Lambs" Representative of the Hampton Quartet Collection, Hampton University Hampton Quartette; recorded by Natalie Curtis Burlin19172005"Over There"Nora Bayes19172005"Crazy Blues" Mamie Smith19202005"My Man" and "Second Hand Rose"Fanny Brice19212005"Ory's Creole Trombone"Kid OryJune 19222005Second inauguration of Calvin CoolidgeCalvin CoolidgeMarch 4, 19252005"Tanec Pid Werbamy (Dance Under the Willows)"Pawlo Humeniuk19262005"Singin' the Blues"Frankie Trumbauer and His Orchestra with Bix Beiderbecke19272005First official transatlantic telephone conversationW.S. Gifford and Sir Evelyn P. MurrayJanuary 27, 19272005original"El manisero (The Peanut Vendor)" (Two versions)Rita Montaner, vocal with orchestra and Don Azpiazú and His Havana Casino Orchestra1927 and 19302005Light's Golden Jubilee Celebration (Thomas Edison, honoree)Graham McNamee, host;speeches by Herbert Hoover, Marie Curie, Henry Ford, Albert EinsteinOctober 21, 19292005copyBeethoven's Egmont Overture, Op. 84Modesto High School Band19302005Show BoatHelen Morgan, Paul Robeson, James Melton and others; Victor Young, conductor; Louis Alter, piano19322005"Wabash Cannonball"Roy Acuff19362005"One O'Clock Jump"Count Basie and His Orchestra19372005Columbia WorkshopEpisode: The Fall of the CityOrson Welles, narrator; Burgess Meredith, Paul StewartApril 11, 19372005copyThe Adventures of Robin Hood radio broadcastErich Wolfgang Korngold, composer;Basil Rathbone, narratorMay 11, 19382005Joe Louis-Max Schmeling fightClem McCarthy, announcerJune 22, 19382005"John the Revelator"Golden Gate Quartet19382005"Adagio for Strings" (Samuel Barber)Arturo Toscanini conducting the NBC Symphony November 5, 19382005Command PerformanceEpisode: No. 21Bob Hope, master of ceremonies; Lena Horne; Ginny Simms; Les Baxter & His Orchestra; Rosalind RussellJuly 7, 19422005copy"Straighten Up and Fly Right"Nat "King" Cole19432005The Fred Allen Showdebut of Senator ClaghornFred Allen, Kenny DelmarOctober 7, 19452005"Jole Blon (Jolie Blonde)"Harry Choates19462005Tubby the TubaVictor Jory & Léon Barzin19462005"Move On Up a Little Higher"Mahalia Jackson19482005Anthology of American Folk MusicEdited by Harry Smith19522005Damnation of Faust (Hector Berlioz)Boston Symphony Orchestra with the Harvard Glee Club and Radcliffe Choral Society19542005"Blueberry Hill"Fats Domino19562005Variations for Orchestra by Elliott CarterLouisville Orchestra First Edition Recordings seriesLouisville Orchestra conducted by Robert S. Whitney19562005"Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On"Jerry Lee Lewis19572005"That'll Be the Day" Buddy Holly and The Crickets19572005Poème électroniqueEdgard Varèse19582005Time OutThe Dave Brubeck Quartet19592005"Schooner Bradley" and/or "Clifton's Crew" Representative of the Ivan Walton Collection at Bentley Library, University of Michigan Pat BonnerJune 1960 2005United States Military Academy addressWilliam FaulknerApril 19–20, 19622005Studs Terkel interview with James Baldwin Representative of the Studs Terkel Collection at the Chicago History Museum (formerly the Chicago Historical Society) Studs Terkel, James BaldwinSeptember 29, 1962 2005"Dancing in the Street" Martha and the Vandellas19642005Live at the RegalB.B. King19652005Are You ExperiencedThe Jimi Hendrix Experience19672005We're Only in It for the MoneyFrank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention19682005Switched-On BachWendy Carlos19682005"Oh Happy Day"Edwin Hawkins Singers19692005Don't Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me the PliersFiresign Theatre19702005"The Revolution Will Not Be Televised"Gil Scott-Heron19712005Will the Circle Be UnbrokenNitty Gritty Dirt Band19722005The old foghorn, Kewaunee, WisconsinRecorded by James A. Lipsky19722005Songs in the Key of LifeStevie Wonder19762005Daydream NationSonic Youth19882005"Uncle Josh and the Insurance Agent"Cal Stewart19042006 "Il Mio Tesoro"John McCormack; orchestra conducted by Walter Rogers19162006National Defense TestGeneral John J. PershingSeptember 12, 19242006copy"Black Bottom Stomp"Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers19262006"Wildwood Flower"Carter Family19282006"Pony Blues"Charley Patton19292006"You're the Top"Cole Porter19342006The Lone Ranger Episode: "The Osage Bank Robbery"Earle Graser, John ToddDecember 17, 19372006Native Brazilian MusicPixinguinha, Donga, Cartola, José Espinguela and others; recording supervised by Leopold Stokowski1940 (released 1942)2006"Day of Infamy" speech to CongressFranklin D. RooseveltDecember 8, 19412006copy"Peace in the Valley"Red Foley and the Sunshine Boys19512006"Polonaise in A Major" ("Polonaise militaire"), Op. 40, No. 1, by Frédéric ChopinArtur Rubinstein19522006"Blue Suede Shoes"Carl Perkins19552006Interviews 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" Ives19562006HowlAllen Ginsberg19592006The Button-Down Mind of Bob NewhartBob Newhart19602006"Be My Baby" The Ronettes19632006We Shall OvercomePete Seeger19632006"A Change Is Gonna Come" Sam Cooke19642006"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" The Rolling Stones19652006The Velvet Underground & NicoThe Velvet Underground and Nico19672006The Eighty-Six Years of Eubie BlakeEubie Blake19692006Burnin'The Wailers19732006Live in JapanSarah Vaughan19732006GracelandPaul Simon19862006The first transatlantic broadcastMarch 14, 19252007 "Allons à Lafayette"Joe Falcon19282007"Casta Diva" from Bellini's NormaRosa Ponselle and the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, conducted by Giulio SettiDecember 31, 1928 and January 30, 19292007"If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again"Thomas A. Dorsey19342007"Sweet Lorraine"Art Tatum19402007Fibber McGee and MollyFibber's closet opens for the first timeJim Jordan, Marian JordanMarch 4, 19402007Wings Over JordanMay 10, 19422007Fiorello H. La Guardia reading the comicsFiorello H. La Guardia1945 2007"Call It Stormy Monday (But Tuesday Is Just as Bad)"T-Bone Walker19472007Speech at the 1948 Democratic National ConventionHarry S. TrumanJuly 15, 19482007The Jazz SceneVarious artists, produced by Norman Granz19492007"It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels"Kitty Wells19522007My Fair LadyOriginal Broadway cast recordingRex Harrison, Julie Andrews, and the original Broadway cast of My Fair Lady19562007Navajo Shootingway ceremony field recordings Representative of the David McAllester Collection at Wesleyan University Recorded by David McAllesterRay Winnie and Diné Tsosi, singers 1957–19582007"Freight Train" and Other North Carolina Folk Songs and TunesElizabeth Cotten19592007United States Marine Band Recordings for the National Cultural Center19632007"Oh, Pretty Woman"Roy Orbison19642007"The Tracks of My Tears"Smokey Robinson and the Miracles19652007You'll Sing a Song and I'll Sing a SongElla Jenkins19662007Music from the Morning of the WorldVarious artists, recorded by David Lewiston19662007For the RosesJoni Mitchell19722007Head HuntersHerbie Hancock19732007Ronald Reagan radio broadcastsRonald Reagan1975–792007Murmurs of Earth Disc prepared for the Voyager spacecraftcompilation produced by Carl Sagan19772007Thriller Michael Jackson19822007"No News, or What Killed the Dog"Nat M. Wills19082008 Acoustic recordings for Victor Talking Machine CompanyJascha Heifetz1917–19242008"Night Life"Mary Lou Williams19302008Sounds of the ivory-billed woodpeckerRecorded by Arthur Allen and Peter Paul Kellogg19352008Gang BustersFirst episode, broadcast under the title G-MenJuly 20, 19352008"Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen"The Andrews Sisters19382008"O Que É Que A Baiana Tem?"Carmen Miranda19392008NBC Radio coverage of Marian Anderson's recital at the Lincoln Memorial Marian AndersonApril 9, 19392008"Tom Dooley"Frank Proffitt19402008Mary Margaret McBrideMary Margaret McBride and Zora Neale HurstonJanuary 25, 19432008"Uncle Sam Blues" (V-Disc)Oran "Hot Lips" Page, accompanied by Eddie Condon's Jazz Band19442008"Sinews of Peace" (Iron Curtain) Speech at Westminster College, Fulton, MissouriWinston ChurchillMarch 5, 19462008The ChurkendooseRay Bolger19472008"Boogie Chillen'"John Lee Hooker19482008A Child's Christmas in WalesDylan Thomas19522008A Festival of Lessons and Carols as Sung on Christmas Eve in King's College Chapel, Cambridge.King's College Choir; Boris Ord, director19542008West Side StoryOriginal Broadway cast recordingThe original Broadway cast of West Side Story and the New York Philharmonic conducted by Leonard Bernstein19572008"Tom Dooley"The Kingston Trio19582008"Rumble"Link Wray19582008The Play of Daniel: A Twelfth-Century DramaNew York Pro Musica under the direction of Noah Greenberg19582008"Rank Stranger"The Stanley Brothers19602008"At Last"Etta James196120082000 Years with Carl Reiner and Mel BrooksCarl Reiner and Mel Brooks19612008The Who Sings My GenerationThe Who19662008"He Stopped Loving Her Today"George Jones19802008"Fon der Choope (From the Wedding)"Abe Elenkrig's Yidishe OrchestraApril 4, 19132009 "Canal Street Blues"King Oliver's Creole Jazz BandApril 5, 19232009Tristan und Isolde, NBC broadcastMetropolitan Opera, featuring Kirsten Flagstad and Lauritz MelchiorMarch 9, 19352009"When You Wish Upon a Star" Cliff Edwards1938 (recorded) / 1940 (released)2009America'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, 19412009The Library of Congress Marine Corps Combat Field Recording Collection, Second Battle of GuamAlvin M. Josephy Jr., et. al July 20-August 11, 19442009"Evangeline Special" and "Love Bridge Waltz"Iry LeJeune19482009The Little Engine That CouldPaul Wing, narrator19492009Leon Metcalf Collection of recordings of the First People of western Washington StateLeon Metcalf1950–19542009"Tutti Frutti"Little Richard19552009"Smokestack Lightning"Howlin' Wolf19562009GypsyOriginal Broadway cast recordingEthel Merman and the original Broadway cast of Gypsy19592009"Daisy Bell (Bicycle Built for Two)"Max Mathews19612009The Complete Village Vanguard RecordingsBill Evans TrioJune 25, 19612009I Started Out as a ChildBill Cosby19642009Azucar Pa' TiEddie Palmieri19652009Today!Mississippi John Hurt19662009Silver Apples of the MoonMorton Subotnick19672009Soul Folk in ActionThe Staple Singers19682009The BandThe Band19692009"Coal Miner's Daughter"Loretta Lynn19702009Red Headed StrangerWillie Nelson19752009HorsesPatti Smith19752009"Radio Free Europe"original Hib-Tone single R.E.M.19812009"Dear Mama"2Pac19952009Phonautograms Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinvilleca. 1853–18612010 "Take Me Out to the Ball Game"Edward Meeker, accompanied by the Edison Orchestra19082010Yahi language cylinder recordingsIshi, last surviving member of the Yahi tribe1911–19142010"Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground"Blind Willie Johnson19272010"It's the Girl"The Boswell Sisters with the Dorsey Brothers Orchestra19312010"Mal Hombre"Lydia Mendoza19342010"Tumbling Tumbleweeds"The Sons of the Pioneers19342010Talking UnionThe Almanac Singers19412010Jazz at the PhilharmonicNat "King" Cole, Les Paul, Buddy Rich, othersJuly 2, 19442010Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina's "Pope Marcellus Mass"Roger Wagner Chorale19512010"The Eagle Stirreth Her Nest"Reverend C. L. Franklin19532010"Tipitina"Professor Longhair19532010At SunsetMort Sahl19552010Interviews with jazz musicians for the Voice of AmericaWillis Conover1955–562010The Music from Peter GunnHenry Mancini19582010United Sacred Harp Musical Convention in Fyffe, Alabamafield recordings by Alan Lomax and Shirley Collins19592010Blind Joe DeathJohn Fahey1959, 1964, 19672010"Stand by Your Man" Tammy Wynette19682010Trout Mask ReplicaCaptain Beefheart and His Magic Band19692010Songs of the Humpback WhaleFrank Watlington, Roger Payne, and others19702010"Let's Stay Together" Al Green19712010Black Angels (Thirteen Images from the Dark Land) (George Crumb)New York Strings Quartet19722010AjaSteely Dan19772010GOPAC Strategy and Instructional TapesNewt Gingrich, others1986–199420103 Feet High and Rising De La Soul19892010Edison Talking Doll cylinder18882011 "Come Down Ma Evenin' Star"Lillian Russell19122011"Ten Cents a Dance"Ruth Etting19302011Voices from the Days of SlaveryVarious1932–19752011"I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart"Patsy Montana19352011"Fascinating Rhythm"Sol Hoʻopiʻi19382011Artistry in RhythmStan Kenton19432011New York Philharmonic debut of Leonard BernsteinLeonard BernsteinNovember 14, 19432011Hottest Women's Band of the 1940sInternational Sweethearts of Rhythm1944–1946 (released 1984)2011"Hula Medley" Gabby Pahinui19472011Indians for Indians (Hour)Don WhistlerMarch 25, 19472011I Can Hear It Now: 1933-1945Edward R. Murrow and Fred W. Friendly19482011"Let's Go Out to the Programs"The Dixie Hummingbirds19532011Also Sprach ZarathustraFritz Reiner and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra1954, 19582011"Bo Diddley"/ "I'm a Man"Bo Diddley19552011"Green Onions" Booker T. & the M.G.'s19622011A Charlie Brown Christmas Vince Guaraldi Trio19652011Forever ChangesLove19672011The Continental Harmony: The Gregg Smith Singers Perform Music of William BillingsThe Gregg Smith Singers19692011"Coat of Many Colors"Dolly Parton19712011Mothership ConnectionParliament19752011Barton Hall Concert at Cornell University Grateful DeadMay 8, 19772011"I Feel Love"Donna Summer19772011"Rapper's Delight" Sugarhill Gang19792011Purple Rain Prince and The Revolution19842011"After You've Gone"Marion Harris19182012 "Bacon, Beans and Limousines" Will RogersOctober 18, 19312012"Begin the Beguine"Artie Shaw19382012"You Are My Sunshine"Jimmie Davis19402012D-Day Radio BroadcastGeorge HicksJune 5–6, 19442012"Just Because"Frank Yankovic & His Yanks19472012South PacificOriginal Broadway cast recordingMary Martin, Ezio Pinza, and the original Broadway cast of South Pacific19492012Descargas: Cuban Jam Sessions in MiniatureCachao19572012Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1Van Cliburn April 11, 19582012President's Message Relayed from Atlas SatelliteDwight D. EisenhowerDecember 19, 19582012A Program of Song Leontyne Price19592012The Shape of Jazz to ComeOrnette Coleman19592012"Crossing Chilly Jordan"Blackwood Brothers19602012"The Twist"Chubby Checker19602012Old Time Music at Clarence Ashley'sClarence Ashley, Doc Watson, others1960–19622012Hoodoo Man BluesJunior Wells' Chicago Blues Band feat. Buddy Guy19652012Sounds of Silence Simon & Garfunkel19662012Cheap ThrillsBig Brother and the Holding Company19682012The Dark Side of the MoonPink Floyd19732012Music Time In AfricaEpisode: "Mauritania" (premiere episode)Leo SarkisianJuly 29, 19732012The Wild TchoupitoulasThe Wild Tchoupitoulas19762012RamonesRamones19762012Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack The Bee Gees, et al.19772012Einstein on the Beach Philip Glass and Robert Wilson19792012The Audience with Betty CarterBetty Carter19802012"The Laughing Song"George W. Johnsonc.18962013 "They Didn't Believe Me"Harry Macdonough and Alice Green19152013"Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?"(Two Versions)Bing Crosby and Rudy Vallee19322013Recordings of Kwakwaka’wakw Chief Dan CranmerFranz Boas and George Herzog19382013"Were You There"Roland Hayes19402013The GoldbergsEpisode: "Sammy Goes to the Army"Gertrude Berg and castJuly 9, 19422013"Caldonia"Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five19452013"Dust My Broom"Elmore James19512013A Night at Birdland (Vols. 1 & 2)Art Blakey19542013"When I Stop Dreaming"The Louvin Brothers19552013"Cathy's Clown"The Everly Brothers19602013Texas Sharecropper and SongsterMance Lipscomb19602013The First FamilyVaughn Meader1962 2013Lawrence Ritter's Interviews with Baseball Pioneers of the Late 19th and Early 20th CenturyLawrence Ritter1962-19662013Presidential Recordings of Lyndon B. JohnsonLyndon B. Johnson1963-19692013Carnegie Hall Concert with Buck Owens and His BuckaroosBuck Owens and His Buckaroos19662013"Fortunate Son" Creedence Clearwater Revival19692013Shaft Isaac Hayes19712013Only Visiting This PlanetLarry Norman1972 2013Celia & Johnny Celia Cruz and Johnny Pacheco19742013Copland Conducts Copland: Appalachian SpringAaron Copland19742013Heart Like a WheelLinda Ronstadt19742013Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet StreetOriginal Broadway cast recordingThe original Broadway cast of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street19792013The Joshua TreeU219872013"Hallelujah"Jeff Buckley19942013The Vernacular Wax Cylinder Recordings at University of California, Santa Barbara LibraryUniversity of California, Santa Barbara1890-19102014 The Benjamin Ives Gilman Collection, recorded at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition at ChicagoBenjamin Ives Gilman18932014"The Boys of the Lough"/"The Humours of Ennistymon" Michael Coleman19222014"That Black Snake Moan"/ "Matchbox Blues"Blind Lemon Jefferson19282014SuspenseEpisode: "Sorry, Wrong Number" Agnes MooreheadMay 25, 19432014"Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive"Johnny Mercer19442014Radio Coverage of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's FuneralArthur Godfrey, et al.April 14, 19452014Kiss Me, KateOriginal Broadway cast recordingCole Porter, Alfred Drake, Patricia Morison, and the original Broadway cast of Kiss Me Kate19492014John Brown's BodyTyrone Power, Judith Anderson, and Raymond Massey; directed by Charles Laughton19532014"My Funny Valentine"May 20, 1953 live recordingThe Gerry Mulligan Quartet featuring Chet Baker19532014"Sixteen Tons"Tennessee Ernie Ford19552014"Mary Don't You Weep"The Swan Silvertones19592014Joan BaezJoan Baez19602014"Stand By Me"Ben E. King19612014New Orleans’ Sweet Emma Barrett and her Preservation Hall Jazz BandSweet Emma Barrett and her Preservation Hall Jazz Band19642014"You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" The Righteous Brothers19642014The Doors The Doors19672014Lincoln Mayorga and Distinguished Colleagues (formerly known as Sheffield S9) Lincoln Mayorga1968 2014Stand!Sly and the Family Stone19692014A Wild and Crazy GuySteve Martin19782014Sesame Street: Platinum All-Time FavoritesVarious19952014OK ComputerRadiohead19972014Old Regular Baptists: Lined-Out Hymnody from Southeastern KentuckyIndian Bottom Association19972014The Miseducation of Lauryn HillLauryn Hill19982014Fanfare for the Uncommon WomanColorado Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop, conductor; Joan Tower, composer1999 2014"Let Me Call You Sweetheart"Peerless Quartet19112015 "Wild Cat Blues"Clarence Williams' Blue Five19232015"Statesboro Blues"Blind Willie McTell19282015"Bonaparte's Retreat" Representative of Alan and Elizabeth Lomax's 1937 Kentucky recordings W.H. Stepp19372015Vic and SadeEpisode: "Decoration Day Parade" May 28, 1937 2015Mahler: Symphony No. 9Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Bruno Walter, conductor19382015Carousel of American MusicGeorge M. Cohan, Irving Berlin, Johnny Mercer, Arthur Freed, Shelton Brooks, Hoagy Carmichael, othersSeptember 24, 19402015The Marshall Plan SpeechGeorge C. MarshallJune 5, 19472015copyDestination FreedomEpisodes: "A Garage in Gainesville" and "Execution Awaited"September 25 and October 2, 19492015A Streetcar Named Desire soundtrack Alex North19512015"Cry Me a River"Julie London19552015"Mack the Knife" (Two Versions)Louis Armstrong and Bobby Darin1956 and 19592015Fourth-quarter radio coverage of Wilt Chamberlain's 100-point gameBill Campbell, announcerMarch 2, 19622015A Love SupremeJohn Coltrane19642015It's My Way!Buffy Sainte-Marie19642015"Where Did Our Love Go"The Supremes19642015"People Get Ready"The Impressions19652015"Mama Tried"Merle Haggard19682015Abraxas Santana19702015Class ClownGeorge Carlin19722015Robert and Clara Schumann Complete Piano Trios Beaux Arts Trio19722015"Piano Man"Billy Joel19732015Bogalusa Boogie Clifton Chenier19762015"I Will Survive"Gloria Gaynor19782015Master of PuppetsMetallica198620151888 London cylinder recordings of Col. George GouraudGeorge Gouraud18882016 "Lift Every Voice and Sing" (Two Versions)Manhattan Harmony Four and Melba Moore & Friends1923 and 19902016"Puttin' On the Ritz"Harry Richman19292016"Over the Rainbow" Judy Garland19392016"I'll Fly Away"The Chuck Wagon Gang19482016"Hound Dog"Big Mama Thornton19522016Saxophone ColossusSonny Rollins19562016New York Giants vs. Brooklyn Dodgers final game commentaryVin ScullySeptember 8, 19572016Gunfighter Ballads and Trail SongsMarty Robbins19592016The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes MontgomeryWes Montgomery19602016PeopleBarbra Streisand19642016"In the Midnight Hour"Wilson Pickett1965 2016"Amazing Grace"Judy Collins19702016All Things Considered first broadcastNational Public RadioMay 3, 19712016"American Pie"Don McLean1971 2016The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from MarsDavid Bowie19722016The Wiz Original Broadway cast recordingThe original Broadway cast of The Wiz19752016Their Greatest Hits (1971–1975)Eagles19762016Scott Joplin's TreemonishaGunther Schuller, arr.19762016Wanted: Live in ConcertRichard Pryor1978 2016"We Are Family"Sister Sledge19792016Remain in LightTalking Heads19802016Straight Outta ComptonN.W.A19882016Rachmaninoff’s Vespers (All-Night Vigil)The Robert Shaw Festival Singers19902016SignaturesRenée Fleming1997 2016“Dream Melody Intermezzo: Naughty Marietta"Victor Herbert and his Orchestra19112017 Standing Rock Preservation RecordingsGeorge Herzog and Members of the Yanktoni Tribe19282017"Lamento Borincano"written by Rafael Hernández Marín performed by Canario y Su Grupo (including Davilita on lead vocals)19302017"Sitting on Top of the World"Mississippi Sheiks19302017The Complete Beethoven Piano SonatasArtur Schnabel1932-19352017"If I Didn't Care"The Ink Spots19392017Proceedings of the United Nations Conference on International OrganizationApril 25-June 26, 19452017Folk Songs of the HillsMerle Travis19462017"How I Got Over"Clara Ward and the Ward Singers19502017"(We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock" Bill Haley & His Comets19542017CalypsoHarry Belafonte19562017"I Left My Heart in San Francisco"Tony Bennett19622017"My Girl" The Temptations19642017King Biscuit TimeSonny Boy Williamson II and others19652017The Sound of Music soundtrack Various19652017"Alice's Restaurant Massacree"Arlo Guthrie19672017New Sounds in Electronic MusicSteve Reich, Richard Maxfield, Pauline Oliveros19672017An Evening with GrouchoGroucho Marx19722017Rumours Fleetwood Mac19772017"The Gambler"Kenny Rogers19782017"Le Freak"Chic19782017"Footloose"Kenny Loggins19842017Raising HellRun-DMC19862017"Rhythm Is Gonna Get You"Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine19872017Yo-Yo Ma Premieres: Concertos for Violoncello and OrchestraYo-Yo Ma & the Philadelphia Orchestra performing Christopher Rouse, Leon Kirchner, and Richard Danielpour19962017Yiddish Cylinders from the Standard Phonograph Company of New York and the Thomas Lambert Companyc.1901-19052018 "The Memphis Blues"Victor Military Band19142018Melville Jacobs Collection of Native Americans of the American NorthwestMelville Jacobs1929-19392018"Minnie the Moocher"Cab Calloway19312018Bach Six Cello SuitesPablo Casals1936–19392018"They Look Like Men of War"Deep River Boys19412018GunsmokeEpisode: "The Cabin"William Conrad and castDecember 27, 19522018Complete Recorded MonologuesRuth Draper1954-19562018"La Bamba"Ritchie Valens19582018"Long Black Veil"Lefty Frizzell19592018Stan Freberg Presents the United States of America Volume One: The Early YearsStan Freberg1961 2018GoDexter Gordon19622018War RequiemBenjamin Britten19632018"Mississippi Goddam"Nina Simone1964 2018"Soul Man"Sam & Dave19672018HairOriginal Broadway cast recordingThe original Broadway cast of Hair19682018Robert F. Kennedy's speech on the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.Robert F. KennedyApril 4, 19682018"Sweet Caroline"Neil Diamond19692018Super FlyCurtis Mayfield19722018Ola Belle ReedOla Belle Reed19732018"September"Earth, Wind & Fire19782018"You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)" Sylvester19782018She's So UnusualCyndi Lauper19832018Schoolhouse Rock!: The Box SetVarious1996 2018The BlueprintJay-Z2001 2018"Whispering"Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra19202019 "Protesta per Sacco e Vanzetti"/"Sacco e Vanzetti"Compagnia Columbia; Raoul Romito19272019"La Chicharronera"Narciso Martínez and Santiago Almeida19362019Arch Oboler's PlaysEpisode: "The Bathysphere"November 18, 19392019"Me and My Chauffeur Blues"Memphis Minnie19412019The 1951 National League Tiebreaker: New York Giants vs. Brooklyn DodgersRuss Hodges, announcerOctober 31, 19512019Tosca (Puccini)Victor de Sabata, conductor, with Maria Callas, Giuseppe Di Stefano and others19532019"Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah"Allan Sherman19632019WGBH broadcast of the Boston Symphony on the day of the John F. Kennedy assassinationBoston Symphony OrchestraNov. 22, 19632019Fiddler on the RoofOriginal Broadway Cast recordingZero Mostel and the original Broadway cast of Fiddler on the Roof19642019"Make the World Go Away"Eddy Arnold19652019Hiromi Lorraine Sakata collection of Afghan traditional musicRecorded by Hiromi Lorraine Sakata1966–67, 1971–732019"Wichita Lineman"Glen Campbell19682019Dusty in Memphis Dusty Springfield19692019Mister Rogers Sings 21 Favorite Songs from "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood"Fred Rogers1973 2019Cheap Trick at BudokanCheap Trick19782019Suite No. 1 in E flat, Suite No. 2 in F (Holst) / Music for the Royal Fireworks (Handel) / Fantasia in G (Bach)Special edition audiophile pressingFrederick Fennell and the Cleveland Symphonic Winds19782019"Y.M.C.A."Village People19782019A Feather on the Breath of GodGothic Voices; Christopher Page, conductor; Hildegard von Bingen, composer1981/2 (released 1985) 2019Private DancerTina Turner19842019Ven ConmigoSelena1990 2019The ChronicDr. Dre1992 2019"I Will Always Love You"Whitney Houston19922019Concert in the GardenMaria Schneider Orchestra20042019Percussion Concerto (Higdon)Colin Currie2008 2019"St. Louis tinfoil" recordingThomas Edison18782020 "Nikolina"Hjalmar Peterson19172020"Smyrneikos Balos"Marika Papagika19282020"When the Saints Go Marching In"Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra19382020Christmas Eve broadcastFranklin D. Roosevelt and Winston ChurchillDecember 24, 19412020The Guiding LightEpisode: November 22, 1945November 22, 19452020Odetta Sings Ballads and BluesOdetta19572020"Lord, Keep Me Day by Day"Albertina Walker and the Caravans19592020Roger Maris hits his 61st home runPhil Rizzuto October 1, 19612020AidaLeontyne Price, et al.19622020"Once a Day"Connie Smith19642020Born Under a Bad SignAlbert King19672020Free to Be ... You & MeMarlo Thomas and Friends19722020The Harder They ComeJimmy Cliff1972 2020"Lady Marmalade"Labelle19742020Late for the Sky Jackson Browne1974 2020Bright Size LifePat Metheny19762020"Rainbow Connection" Kermit the Frog (Jim Henson) 1979 2020"Celebration"Kool & the Gang19802020Richard Strauss: Four Last SongsJessye Norman1983 2020Rhythm Nation 1814Janet Jackson19892020Partners Flaco Jiménez 1992 2020"Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World"Israel Kamakawiwo'ole1993 2020IllmaticNas19942020This American Life: "The Giant Pool of Money"Ira Glass, Adam Davidson & Alex Blumberg May 9, 20082020"Harlem Strut"James P. Johnson19212022 Complete presidential speechesFranklin D. Roosevelt1933–19452022 "Walking the Floor Over You"Ernest Tubb19412022 On a Note of TriumphNorman CorwinMay 8, 19452022 "Jesus Gave Me Water"The Soul Stirrers19502022 Ellington at NewportDuke Ellington19562022 We Insist!Max Roach19602022 "The Christmas Song"1961 stereo recordingNat King Cole19612022 Tonight's the NightThe Shirelles19612022 "Moon River"Andy Williams19622022 "It's a Small World (After All)"Disneyland Boys Choir 19642022 "Reach Out I'll Be There" Four Tops19662022 In CTerry Riley19682022 Hank Aaron's 715th career home runMilo Hamilton April 18, 19742022 "Bohemian Rhapsody"Queen19752022 "Don't Stop Believin'"Journey1981 2022 Canciones de Mi Padre Linda Ronstadt19872022 Nick of TimeBonnie Raitt19892022 The Low End TheoryA Tribe Called Quest19912022 Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)Wu-Tang Clan1993 2022 Buena Vista Social Club Buena Vista Social Club1997 2022 "Livin' la Vida Loca"Ricky Martin19992022 Songs in A MinorAlicia Keys2001 2022 Broadcasts for the day of 9/11 WNYC September 11, 20012022 WTF with Marc Maron Episode: "Robin Williams"Marc Maron and Robin WilliamsApril 26, 20102022A partir de 2022 [Update], a gravação mais antiga da lista é os phonautogramas de Edouard-Leon-Leon Scott de Martinville, que datam da década de 1850. O mais recente é o episódio de Robin Williams da WTF com Marc Maron a partir de 2010.
As seleções variam amplamente em duração. As primeiras gravações de Edison e o instrumental "Rumble", de Link Wray, bem como "Rock Rock Touthings", de Bill Haley, e seus cometas relógios em menos de três minutos. O cilindro de "boneca falante" de Edison tem apenas 17 segundos de duração e alguns dos fotoautogramas de Scott de Martinville são igualmente breves. Enquanto isso, a gravação de Georg Solti do ciclo completo do anel de Wagner é de aproximadamente 15 horas de duração, a recitação de Alexander Scourby da Bíblia do King James tem mais de 80 horas e as gravações de Lyndon B. Johnson têm quase 850 horas de duração.