Wednesday, March 21, 2018

Latest News: National Recording Registry Reaches 500

National Recording Registry Reaches 500

Tony Bennett's hit single, "I Left My Heart in San Francisco"; the Latin beat of Gloria Estefan and the Miami Sound Machine's 1987 "Rhythm is Gonna Get You"; the timeless soundtrack of "The Sound of Music"; Run-DMC's 1986 crossover hit album "Raising Hell"; and radio coverage of the birth of the U.N. have been honored for their cultural, historic and aesthetic importance to the American soundscape. 

Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden today named these recordings and 20 other titles to the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress as aural treasures worthy of preservation.

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