25 recordings added to the Library of Congress archives

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Under the terms of the National Recording Preservation Act of 2000, the Librarian, with advice from the Library’s National Recording Preservation Board (NRPB), is tasked with annually selecting 25 recordings that are "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" and are at least 10 years old. The selections for the 2014 registry bring the total number of recordings on the registry to 425, a small part of the Library’s vast recorded-sound collection of nearly 3 million items.

Vernacular Wax Cylinder Recordings at University of California, Santa Barbara Library (c.1890-1910)

The Benjamin Ives Gilman Collection, recorded at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition at Chicago (1893)

"The Boys of the Lough"/"The Humours of Ennistymon" (single)—Michael Coleman (1922)

"Black Snake Moan" / "Match Box Blues"(single)—Blind Lemon Jefferson (1927)

"Sorry, Wrong Number" (episode of "Suspense" radio series, May 25, 1943)

"Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive" (single)—Johnny Mercer (1944)
Radio Coverage of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Funeral—Arthur Godfrey, et al. (April 14, 1945)

"Kiss Me, Kate" (original cast album) (1949)

"John Brown’s Body" (album)—Tyrone Power, Judith Anderson, and Raymond Massey; directed by Charles Laughton (1953)

"My Funny Valentine" (single)—The Gerry Mulligan Quartet featuring Chet Baker (1953)

"Sixteen Tons" (single)—Tennessee Ernie Ford (1955)

"Mary Don’t You Weep" (single)—The Swan Silvertones (1959)

"Joan Baez" (album)—Joan Baez (1960)

"Stand by Me" (single)—Ben E. King (1961)

"New Orleans’ Sweet Emma Barrett and her Preservation Hall Jazz Band" (album)—Sweet Emma and her Preservation Hall Jazz Band (1964)

"You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’" (single)—The Righteous Brothers (1964)

"The Doors" (album)—The Doors (1967)

"Stand!" (album)—Sly and the Family Stone (1969)

"Lincoln Mayorga and Distinguished Colleagues" (album)—Lincoln Mayorga (1968)

"A Wild and Crazy Guy" (album)—Steve Martin (1978)

"Sesame Street: All-Time Platinum Favorites" (album)—Various (1995)

"OK Computer" (album)—Radiohead (1997)

"Old Regular Baptists: Lined-Out Hymnody from Southeastern Kentucky" (album)—Indian Bottom Association (1997)

"The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill" (album)—Lauryn Hill (1998)

"Fanfares for the Uncommon Woman" (album)—Colorado Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop, conductor; Joan Tower, composer (1999)
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