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Featured article: June 4, 2008 The Funerary Monument to Sir John Hawkwood is a fresco by Paolo Uccello, commemorating English condottiero John Hawkwood, commissioned in 1436 for the Florence Cathedral. The fresco is an important example of art commemorating a soldier-for-hire in the Italian peninsula and is a seminal work in the development of perspective. The politics of the commissioning and recommissioning of the fresco have been analyzed and debated by historians. The fresco is often cited as a form of "Florentine propaganda" for its appropriation of a foreign soldier of fortune as a Florentine hero and for its implied promise to other condottieri of the potential rewards of serving Florence. The fresco has also been interpreted as a product of internal political competition between the Albizzi and Medici factions in Renaissance Florence, due to the latter's modification of the work's symbolism and iconography during its recommissioning. The fresco is the oldest extant and authenticated work of Uccello, and from a relatively well-known aspect of his career compared to the periods before and after its creation. The fresco has been restored (once by Lorenzo di Credi, who added the frame) and is now detached from the wall; it has been repositioned twice in modern times. (more...) Recently featured: Confederate government of Kentucky – Harold Innis – Ran

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Featured picture: June 23, 2008 The Australian painted lady (Vanessa kershawi) butterfly is found in both Australia and New Zealand. It is similar to the near-cosmopolitan Painted Lady V. cardui and is sometimes considered a subspecies of that butterfly. Photo credit: Fir0002 Recently featured: Lilium 'Citronella' – Upernavik, Greenland – Nataliya Gotsiy

Featured list: List of recordings preserved in the United States National Recording Registry

==Selection criteria== The criteria for selection are as follows: Recordings selected for the National Recording Registry are those that are culturally, historically or aesthetically important, and/or inform or reflect life in the United States. For the purposes of recording selection, "sound recordings" are defined as works that result from the fixation of a series of musical, spoken, or other sounds, but not including the sound component of a moving image work, unless it is available as an autonomous sound recording or is the only extant component of the work. Recordings may be a single item or group of related items; published or unpublished; and may contain music, non-music, spoken word, or broadcast sound. Recordings will not be considered for inclusion into the National Recording Registry if no copy of the recording exists. No recording should be denied inclusion into the National Recording Registry because that recording has already been preserved. No recording is eligible for inclusion into the National Recording Registry until ten years after the recording's creation. 2002 On January 27, 2003, the following 50 selections were announced by the National Recording Preservation Board. Selected exhibitions recording for the phonograph were added in 2002. Recording or collection Performer or agent Year National Archives Edison exhibition recordings (Group of three cylinders): "Around the World on the Phonograph" "The Pattison Waltz" "Fifth Regiment March" Thomas Edison 1888–1889 Passamaquoddy Indians field recordings Recorded by Jesse Walter Fewkes 1890 "Stars and Stripes Forever" (Berliner Gramophone disc recording) Military Band 1897 Metropolitan Opera cylinder recordings (the Mapleson Cylinders) Lionel Mapleson and the Metropolitan Opera 1900–1903 Ragtime compositions piano rolls Scott Joplin 1900s 1895 Atlanta Exposition speech Booker T. Washington 1906 recreation copy "Casey at the Bat" DeWolf Hopper 1906 "Vesti la giubba" from Pagliacci Enrico Caruso 1907 "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" Fisk Jubilee Singers 1909 Lovey's Trinidad String Band Lovey's Trinidad String Band 1912 "Tiger Rag" Original Dixieland Jazz Band 1918 "Arkansas Traveler" and "Sallie Gooden" Eck Robertson 1922 "Downhearted Blues" Bessie Smith 1923 Rhapsody in Blue George Gershwin, piano; Paul Whiteman Orchestra 1924 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 Franklin D. Roosevelt 1933–1944 original Harvard Vocarium record series T. S. Eliot, W. H. Auden and others 1933–1956 "New Music Quarterly" recordings series Henry Cowell, producer 1934–1949 Description of the crash of the Hindenburg Herbert Morrison May 6, 1937 original The Cradle Will Rock (Marc Blitzstein) Original cast 1938 "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 The John and Ruby Lomax Southern States Recording Trip John and Ruby Lomax 1939 "Strange Fruit" Billie Holiday 1939 Grand Ole Opry First network radio broadcast Uncle Dave Macon, Roy Acuff, and others October 14, 1939 Béla Bartók and Joseph Szigeti in Concert at the Library of Congress Béla Bartók, piano; Joseph Szigeti, violin 1940 The Rite of Spring Igor Stravinsky conducting the New York Philharmonic 1940 Blanton-Webster era recordings Duke Ellington Orchestra 1940–1942 "White Christmas" Bing Crosby 1942 "This Land is Your Land" Woody Guthrie 1944 D-Day radio address to the Allied Nations Dwight D. Eisenhower June 6, 1944 original "Ko Ko" Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, and others 1945 "Blue Moon of Kentucky" Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys 1947 "How High the Moon" Les Paul and Mary Ford 1951 Songs for Young Lovers Frank Sinatra 1954 Sun Records sessions Elvis Presley 1954–1955 Dance Mania Tito Puente 1958 Kind of Blue Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Cannonball Adderley, Bill Evans, and others 1959 "What'd I Say", Parts 1 and 2 Ray Charles 1959 The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan Bob Dylan 1963 "I Have a Dream" speech Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. August 28, 1963 copy "Respect" Aretha Franklin 1967 Philomel: For Soprano Bethany Beardslee, recorded soprano, and synthesized sound 1971 Precious Lord: New Recordings of the Great Gospel Songs of Thomas A. Dorsey Thomas A. Dorsey, Marion Williams, and others 1973 Crescent City Living Legends Collection (New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation Archive/WWOZ New Orleans) 1973–1990 "The Message" Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five 1982 2003 "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands" was one of Marian Anderson's favorite spirituals, and she often performed it at the conclusion of her recitals. O. Winston Link's recordings of the sounds produced by a variety of locomotive models capture "the unique and now-lost sounds of the engines which united the United States." The Cole Porter Songbook was the first of Ella Fitzgerald's many anthologies. Chuck Berry- widely considered to have "laid the groundwork for not only a rock and roll sound but a rock and roll stance". Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is arguably one of the most important albums in popular music. In March 2004, the following 50 selections were made by the National Recording Preservation Board. Recording or collection Performer or agent Year National Archives "The Lord's Prayer" and "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" Emile Berliner c. 1890 "Honolulu Cake Walk" Vess Ossman 1898 Victor Releases Bert Williams and George Walker 1901 "You're a Grand Old Rag [Flag]" Billy Murray 1906 Chippewa/Ojibwe Cylinder Collection Frances Densmore 1907–1910 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 "OKeh Laughing Record" Lucie Bernardo and Otto Rathke 1922 "Adeste Fideles" Associated Glee Clubs of America 1925 Cajun-Creole Columbia releases Amédé Ardoin and Dennis McGee 1929 "Goodnight, Irene" Lead Belly 1933 "Every Man a King" speech Huey P. Long February 23, 1935 copy "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands" Marian Anderson 1936 The Complete Recordings Robert Johnson 1936–1937 Interviews conducted by Alan Lomax Jelly Roll Morton, Alan Lomax 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert Benny Goodman 1938 Complete day of radio broadcasting, WJSV (Washington, D.C.) WJSV, Washington, D.C. September 21, 1939 original "New San Antonio Rose" Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys 1940 Porgy and Bess (George Gershwin) Original cast 1940, 1942 Beethoven String Quartets Budapest Quartet 1940–1950 World Series-Game Four New York Yankees vs. Brooklyn Dodgers October 5, 1941 Oklahoma! (Rodgers and Hammerstein) Original cast 1943 Othello Paul Robeson, Uta Hagen, José Ferrer, and others 1943 Bach B-Minor Mass Robert Shaw Chorale 1947 The Four Seasons (Vivaldi) Louis Kaufman and the Concert Hall String Orchestra 1947 Piano Sonata No. 2, "Concord" (Ives) John Kirkpatrick 1948 Pictures at an Exhibition (Modest Mussorgsky) Rafael Kubelík conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra 1951 "Problems of the American Home" Billy Graham 1954 Goldberg Variations (Bach) Glenn Gould 1955 Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Songbook Ella Fitzgerald 1956 "Roll Over Beethoven" Chuck Berry 1956 Brilliant Corners Thelonious Monk 1956 Steam locomotive recordings, 6 vol. O. Winston Link 1957–1977 Complete Ring Cycle (Richard Wagner) Georg Solti and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra 1958–1965 Winds in Hi-Fi Eastman Wind Ensemble with Frederick Fennell 1958 Mingus Ah Um Charles Mingus 1959 New York Taxi Driver Tony Schwartz 1959 Ali Akbar College of Music, Archive Selections 1960s–1970s "Crazy" Patsy Cline 1961 Kennedy Inauguration Ceremony John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Robert Frost, and others January 20, 1961 original Judy at Carnegie Hall Judy Garland 1961 "I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now)" Otis Redding 1965 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band The Beatles 1967 At Folsom Prison Johnny Cash 1968 What's Going On Marvin Gaye 1971 Tapestry Carole King 1971 A Prairie Home Companion First broadcast Garrison Keillor July 6, 1974 Born to Run Bruce Springsteen 1975 Live at Yankee Stadium Fania All-Stars 1975 2004 In April 2005, the following 50 selections were made by the National Recording Preservation Board. The traditional pop music song "Fascinating Rhythm," sung by Fred and Adele Astaire in Lady, Be Good, was preserved in 2004. The NBC's coverage of Colonel Lindbergh in Washington was an important achievement for the network, and involved reporters in three locations in the city. In spite of the controversy surrounding MacArthur at the time, his farewell speech to congress is noted for its eloquence and effectiveness. Among those to have claimed musical satirist Tom Lehrer as an influence are Lenny Bruce and Weird Al Yankovic. "Houston. Tranquility base here. The Eagle has landed.... I’m going to step off the LEM now. That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind." Neil Armstrong's words upon landing on the moon "have become some of the most recognizable and memorable sentences spoken in United States history." Recording or collection Performer or agent Year National Archives "Gypsy Love Song" Eugene Cowles 1898 "Some of These Days" Sophie Tucker 1911 "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 1923 "Charleston" Golden Gate Orchestra 1925 "Fascinating Rhythm" Fred and Adele Astaire; George Gershwin, piano 1926 NBC radio coverage of Charles A. Lindbergh's arrival and reception in Washington, D.C. June 11, 1927 copy "Stardust" Hoagy Carmichael 1927 "Blue Yodel (T for Texas)" Jimmie Rodgers 1927 "Ain't Misbehavin'" Thomas "Fats" Waller 1929 "Gregorio Cortez" Trovadores Regionales 1929 Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor Sergei Rachmaninoff, piano; Leopold Stokowski, conductor; Philadelphia Orchestra 1929 "The Suncook Town Tragedy" Mabel Wilson Tatro July 1930 Oral narrative from the Lorenzo D. Turner Collection Rosina Cohen 1932 "Stormy Weather" Ethel Waters 1933 "Body and Soul" Coleman Hawkins 1939 Peter and the Wolf (Sergey Prokofiev) Serge Koussevitzky, conductor; Richard Hale, narrator; Boston Symphony Orchestra 1939 "In the Mood" Glenn Miller and His Orchestra 1939 Broadcasts from London Edward R. Murrow 1940 copy We Hold These Truths (Norman Corwin) December 15, 1941 original Piano Concerto No. 1, op. 23, Bb minor (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky) Vladimir Horowitz, piano; Arturo Toscanini, conductor; NBC Symphony Orchestra 1943 "Down by the Riverside" Sister Rosetta Tharpe 1944 U.S. Highball (A Musical Account of a Transcontinental Hobo Trip) Harry Partch, Gate 5 Ensemble 1946 Four Saints in Three Acts (Virgil Thomson) Original cast 1947 "Manteca" Dizzy Gillespie Big Band with Chano Pozo 1947 The Jack Benny Program Jack Benny March 28, 1948 "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs 1949 "Lovesick Blues" Hank Williams 1949 Guys & Dolls Original cast 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 "Hoochie Coochie Man" Muddy Waters 1954 "Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine)" The Penguins 1954 Tuskegee Institute Choir Sings Spirituals Tuskegee Institute Choir, directed by William L. Dawson 1955 Messiah Eugene Ormandy, conductor; Richard P. Condie, choir director; Mormon Tabernacle Choir; Philadelphia Orchestra 1958 Giant Steps John Coltrane 1959 Drums of Passion Michael Babatunde Olatunji 1960 Peace Be Still James Cleveland 1962 "The Girl from Ipanema" (Garota de Ipanema) Stan Getz, João Gilberto, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Astrud Gilberto 1963 Live at the Apollo James Brown 1963 Pet Sounds The Beach Boys 1966 King James version of the Bible Alexander Scourby 1966 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) John Williams 1977 Recordings of Asian elephants Katharine B. Payne 1984 Fear of a Black Planet Public Enemy 1990 Nevermind Nirvana 1991 2005 In April 2006, the following 50 selections were made by the National Recording Preservation Board. An athlete, a gentleman and a scholar, Robeson used his diverse talents to pave a successful career as a performer and become active in sociopolitical affairs. Count Basie, prominent band leader during the big band era, influenced many musicians of his day. Archibald MacLeish, Librarian of Congress and Pulitzer Prize-winning poet. Former champion Max Schmeling handed Joe Louis his first loss. B. B. King and his guitar Lucille. Don't Crush That Dwarf... was the first comedy album to utilize such prodcution techniques including 16-track recording and Dolby noise reduction. Stevie Wonder has been awarded over 20 Grammy Awards. His 1976 album Songs in the Key of Life won the Grammy that year for Album of the Year. Recording or collection Performer or agent Year National Archives "Canzone del Porter" from Martha (von Flotow) Edouard de Reszke 1903 "Listen to the Lambs" Hampton Quartette; recorded by Natalie Curtis Burlin 1917 "Over There" Nora Bayes 1917 "Crazy Blues" Mamie Smith 1920 "My Man" and "Second Hand Rose" Fanny Brice 1921 "Ory's Creole Trombone" Kid Ory June 1922 Second inauguration of Calvin Coolidge Calvin Coolidge March 4, 1925 "Tanec Pid Werbamy/ Dance Under the Willows" Pawlo Humeniuk 1926 "Singin' the Blues" Frankie Trumbauer and His Orchestra with Bix Beiderbecke 1927 First official transatlantic telephone conversation W.S. Gifford and Sir Evelyn P. Murray January 7, 1927 original "El Manisero" ("The Peanut Vendor") (Two versions) Rita Montaner, vocal with orchestra; Don Azpiazu and His Havana Casino orchestra 1927; 1930 Light's Golden Jubilee Celebration October 21, 1929 copy Beethoven's Egmont Overture, Op. 84 Modesto High School Band 1930 Show Boat Helen Morgan, Paul Robeson, James Melton and others; Victor Young, conductor; Louis Alter, piano 1932 "Wabash Cannonball" Roy Acuff 1936 "One O'Clock Jump" Count Basie and His Orchestra 1937 The Fall of the City (Columbia Workshop) Orson Welles, narrator; Burgess Meredith, Paul Stewart April 11, 1937 copy The Adventures of Robin Hood (Erich Wolfgang Korngold) May 11, 1938 Joe Louis-Max Schmeling fight Clem McCarthy, announcer June 22, 1938 John the Revelator Golden Gate Quartet 1938 "Adagio for Strings" Arturo Toscanini, conductor; NBC Symphony November 5, 1938 Command Performance, show No. 21 Bob Hope, master of ceremonies July 7, 1942 copy "Straighten Up and Fly Right" Nat “King” Cole 1943 The Fred Allen Show Fred Allen October 7, 1945 "Jole Blon (Jolie Blonde)" Harry Choates 1946 Tubby the Tuba Victor Jory 1946 "Move On Up a Little Higher" Mahalia Jackson 1948 Anthology of American Folk Music Edited by Harry Smith 1952 "Schooner Bradley" Pat Bonner 1952–60 Damnation of Faust Boston Symphony Orchestra with the Harvard Glee Club and Radcliffe Choral Society 1954 "Blueberry Hill" Fats Domino 1956 Variations for Orchestra Representative of the Louisville Orchestra First Edition Recordings series Louisville Orchestra 1956 "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin On" Jerry Lee Lewis 1957 "That'll Be the Day" The Crickets 1957 Poeme Electronique Edgard Varèse 1958 Time Out The Dave Brubeck Quartet 1959 Studs Terkel interview with James Baldwin Representative of the Studs Terkel Collection at the Chicago History Museum (formerly the Chicago Historical Society) Studs Terkel, James Baldwin September 29, 1962 United States Military Academy address William Faulkner April 19–20, 1962 "Dancing in the Street" Martha and the Vandellas 1964 Live at the Regal B.B. King 1965 Are You Experienced The Jimi Hendrix Experience 1967 We're Only in It for the Money Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention 1968 Switched-On Bach Wendy Carlos 1968 "Oh Happy Day" Edwin Hawkins Singers 1969 Don't Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me the Pliers Firesign Theatre 1970 "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" Gil Scott-Heron 1970 Will the Circle Be Unbroken Nitty Gritty Dirt Band 1972 The old foghorn, Kewaunee, Wisconsin Recorded by James A. Lipsky 1972 Songs in the Key of Life Stevie Wonder 1976 Daydream Nation Sonic Youth 1988 2006 On March 6, 2007, the following 25 selections were made by the National Recording Preservation Board. Cal Stewart was among the most prolific and popular recording artists of the first 20 years of commercial recording. President Roosevelt signs the declaration of war against Japan after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the "date which will live in infamy". Folk singer Pete Seeger adapted a gospel song, "I Shall Overcome", by changing "I" to "We", and it became a standard for the civil rights movement. Recording or collection Performer or agent Year National Archives "Uncle Josh and the Insurance Agent" Cal Stewart 1904 "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 "Day of Infamy" speech to Congress Franklin D. Roosevelt December 8, 1941 copy Native Brazilian music recorded under the supervision of Leopold Stokowski Pixinguinha, Donga, Cartola, Jararaca, Ratinho and José Espinguela 1942 "Peace in the Valley" Red Foley and the Sunshine Boys 1951 "Polonaise in A Major" ("Polonaise militaire"), Op. 40, No. 1, by Frédéric Chopin Artur Rubinstein 1952 "Blue Suede Shoes" Carl Perkins 1955 Interviews with William "Billy" Bell (Canadian-Irish northwoods work songs) 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 "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" The Rolling Stones 1965 "A Change Is Gonna Come" Sam Cooke 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 2007 "Allons à Lafayette" was the best-known recording by Cajun accordionist Joe Falcon. Fiorella LaGuardia read the comics on WNYC radio during the 1945 newspaper delivery strike. Murmurs of Earth is an eclectic 90-minute record of life and culture, sent into space by NASA. On May 14, 2008, the following 25 selections were made by the National Recording Preservation Board. Recording or collection Performer or agent Year National Archives The first transatlantic broadcast March 14, 1925 "Allons a 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 "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 Wings Over Jordan May 10, 1942 Fiorello H. La Guardia reading the comics Fiorello H. La Guardia 1945 "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 "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels" Kitty Wells 1952 My Fair Lady Original cast 1956 Navajo Shootingway Ceremony Field Recordings Recorded by David McAllester 1957–1958 "Freight Train" and Other North Carolina Folk Songs and Tunes Elizabeth Cotten 1959 United States Marine Band Recordings for the National Cultural Center 1963 "Oh, Pretty Woman" Roy Orbison 1964 "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 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 1976–79 Murmurs of Earth Disc prepared for the Voyager spacecraft 1977 Thriller Michael Jackson 1982 2008 Shortly after his Carnegie Hall debut on November 7, 1917, violinist Jascha Heifetz made his first recordings for Victor. Marian Anderson performed for more than 75,000 people at the Lincoln Memorial, opening with "My Country, 'Tis of Thee." Winston Churchill's "Sinews of Peace" address originated the term "Iron Curtain." On June 10, 2009, the following 25 selections were made by the National Recording Preservation Board. Recording or collection Performer or agent Year National Archives "No News, or What Killed the Dog" Nat M. Wills 1908 Acoustic recordings for Victor Talking Machine Company Jascha Heifetz 1917–1924 "Night Life" Mary Lou Williams 1930 Sounds of the ivory-billed woodpecker 1935 Gang Busters 1935–1957 "Bei Mir Bistu Shein" The Andrews Sisters 1938 "O Que é que a Bahiana 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 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 "Sinews of Peace" (Iron Curtain) Speech at Westminster College, Fulton, Missouri Winston Churchill March 5, 1946 "The Churkendoose" Ray Bolger 1947 "Boogie Chillen'" John Lee Hooker 1948 A Child's Christmas in Wales Dylan Thomas 1952 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 West Side Story Original cast 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 2009 On June 23, 2010, the following 25 selections were made by the National Recording Preservation Board. Bill Cosby Little Richard Mississippi John Hurt Willie Nelson R.E.M. Recording or collection Performer or agent Year National Archives "Fon der Choope (From the Wedding)" Abe Elenkrig's Yidishe Orchestra April 4, 1913 "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" Cliff Edwards 1938 (recorded) / 1940 (released) America's Town Meeting of the Air: "Should Our Ships Convoy Materials to England?" George V. Denny (host); Reinhold Niebuhr, John Flynn (guests) May 8, 1941 The Library of Congress Marine Corps Combat Field Recording Collection, Second Battle of Guam. 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 cast recording 1959 The Complete Village Vanguard Recordings Bill Evans Trio June 25, 1961 "Daisy Bell (Bicycle Built for Two)" Max Mathews 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 R.E.M. 1981 "Dear Mama" 2Pac 1995 2010 Ishi, last surviving member of the Yahi tribe Willis Conover, broadcaster with the Voice of America Don Van Vliet, better known by the stage name Captain Beefheart A humpback whale, known for producing whale songs On April 6, 2011, the following 25 selections were announced. Recording or collection Performer or agent Year National Archives Phonautograms Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville ca. 1853–1861 "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" The 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 1956 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)" New York Strings Quartet 1972 Aja Steely Dan 1977 GOPAC Strategy and Instructional Tapes Newt Gingrich, others 1986–1994 3 Feet High and Rising De La Soul 1989 2011 On May 23, 2012, the following 25 selections were made by the National Recording Preservation Board. Lillian Russell Leonard Bernstein Bo Diddley Dolly Parton Grateful Dead Recording or collection Performer or agent Year National Archives Edison Talking Doll cylinder November 1888 "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 Hoopii 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" 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" with "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 The Gregg Smith Singers 1969 "Coat of Many Colors" Dolly Parton 1971 Mothership Connection Parliament 1975 Barton Hall Concert at Cornell University Grateful Dead 1977 "I Feel Love" Donna Summer 1977 "Rapper's Delight" Sugarhill Gang 1979 Purple Rain Prince and The Revolution 1984 Trivia As of 2011, the oldest recording on the list is Edouard-Leon Scott de Martinville's Phonautograms which date back to 1853. The most recent is the song "Dear Mama" by 2Pac which came out in 1995 on his album Me Against the World. Selections vary widely in duration. Both the early Edison recordings and the instrumental "Rumble" by Link Wray clock in at under three minutes; the Edison Talking Doll cylinder is only 17 seconds long. Meanwhile Georg Solti's recording of Wagner's complete Ring Cycle is approximately 15 hours in duration and Alexander Scourby's recitation of the King James Bible is over 80 hours in length. As of 2011, there are nine cast show recordings on the Registry, including Oklahoma!, Show Boat, Gypsy and The Cradle Will Rock. As of 2011, rap songs on the Registry include "Rapper's Delight" by the Sugarhill Gang, "The Message" by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, and "Dear Mama" by Tupac. The rap album 3 Feet High and Rising by De La Soul was also added in 2010. As of 2011, some of the film and TV soundtracks included on the Registry are Star Wars, and Purple Rain. As of 2011, there is one TV theme on the list, Henry Mancini's music for Peter Gunn. As of 2011, excluding radio series, there are 10 comedy recordings on the Registry, including The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart by Bob Newhart, 2000 Years with Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks, I Started Out as a Child by Bill Cosby, At Sunset by Mort Sahl and “No News, or What Killed the Dog” by Nat M. Wills. As of 2011, there are 37 solo female musical artists represented on the list, including Sophie Tucker, Carole King, Dolly Parton, Donna Summer, Ruth Etting, Tammy Wynette, Lydia Mendoza, Judy Garland, Joni Mitchell, Fanny Brice, Ella Fitzgerald, Patti Smith, Loretta Lynn and Patsy Cline. (Women are also represented as members of groups, for example: the Velvet Underground and Nico with Maureen Tucker and Nico; the Carter Family with “Mother” Maybelle Carter and Sara Carter, and Sonic Youth featuring Kim Gordon). Some of the country music titles on the list include: “Crazy” by Patsy Cline, “He Stopped Loving Her Today” by George Jones, “Wildwood Flower” by the Carter Family, "Coal Miner's Daughter" by Loretta Lynn, "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" by The Sons of the Pioneers, "Coat of Many Colors" by Dolly Parton, "I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart" by Patsy Montana and “Blue Moon of Kentucky” by Bill Monroe. Some of the radio series or broadcasts so far included on the list include: Gang Busters; Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds broadcast; A Prairie Home Companion; America's Town Meeting of the Air; The Fred Allen Show; and Norman Corwin's We Hold These Truths. As of 2011, the spoken words of seven U.S. Presidents are represented on the Registry, including Woodrow Wilson, Harry S. Truman, and John F. Kennedy. Franklin D. Roosevelt is featured twice—for his Fireside Chats and his December 8, 1941 address to Congress. Registry items by some Presidents—Dwight D. 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