Every year the National Recording Archives adds 25 recordings to be saved for posterity. The National Recording Archive has featured everything from presidential speeches to historic moments to the very first audio recording.This year there is another diverse list, including some you might have thought had been in there for years.The 1999 single that made a former singer from Menudo a star – Living la Vida Loca by Ricky Martin – has been cited as a way other artists from Shakira to Paulina Rubio made the jump to mainstream. It joins the list this year.For every small town girl living in a lonely world... the Bay Area band founded by former members of Santana – Journey – just now made it into the archive with "Don't Stop Believing." The song is so iconic the show "The Sopranos" chose it to end their run on TV. Interestingly enough, the phrase "don't stop believing" doesn't even show up until more than three minutes into the song.One of the most historic moments in baseball – when Hank Aaron broke Babe Ruth's all-time home run record – is in there from the radio call of his historic moment.With bright red hair, an audacious blues attitude, and a bottleneck guitar, Bonnie Raitt's album "Nick of Time" was called one of the thousand and one albums you must hear before you die by Billboard Magazine. That's one reason it was added to the 2022 list.Speaking of guitar greats, when guitarist Ry Cooder and Producer Nick Gold went to Havana, Cuba, to record an all-star ensemble of musicians who paved the way for Cuban rhythms, they adopted the name the "Buena Vista Social Club." It's a name taken from a popular club in Havana where most of they had played. The documentary is in the US Film Archive, the registry felt it was only fitting to add the soundtrack.The attacks on Washington, D.C., New York and Pennsylvania on Sept. 11, 2001, are in with the public radio broadcasts by WNYC in New York.The groundbreaking group The Wu Tang Clan, whose members would go on to create a myriad of record labels, influence multiple generations of artists and become a force in the hip hop world, get in with their album "Enter the Wu Tang Clan."One you might wonder "why wasn't this in here before?" It's a tune where you've all sung along in the car and tried to do the Fandango...Queen's epic musical journey "Bohemian Rhapsody" gets its due this year as well.The entire list of recordings is below:“Harlem Strut” — James P. Johnson (1921)Franklin D. Roosevelt: Complete Presidential Speeches (1933-1945)“Walking the Floor Over You” — Ernest Tubb (1941) (single)“On a Note of Triumph” (May 8, 1945)“Jesus Gave Me Water” — The Soul Stirrers (1950) (single)“Ellington at Newport” — Duke Ellington (1956) (album)“We Insist! Max Roach’s Freedom Now Suite” — Max Roach (1960) (album)“The Christmas Song” — Nat King Cole (1961) (single)“Tonight’s the Night” — The Shirelles (1961) (album) “Moon River” — Andy Williams (1962) (single) “In C” — Terry Riley (1968) (album) “It’s a Small World” — The Disneyland Boys Choir (1964) (single) “Reach Out, I’ll Be There” — The Four Tops (1966) (single) Hank Aaron’s 715th Career Home Run (April 8, 1974) “Bohemian Rhapsody” — Queen (1975) (single) “Don’t Stop Believin’” — Journey (1981) (single) “Canciones de Mi Padre” — Linda Ronstadt (1987) (album) “Nick of Time” — Bonnie Raitt (1989) (album) “The Low End Theory” — A Tribe Called Quest (1991) (album) “Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)” — Wu-Tang Clan (1993) (album) “Buena Vista Social Club” (1997) (album) “Livin’ La Vida Loca” — Ricky Martin (1999) (single) “Songs in A Minor” — Alicia Keys (2001) (album) WNYC broadcasts for the day of 9/11 (Sept. 11, 2001) “WTF with Marc Maron” (Guest: Robin Williams) (April 26, 2010)
Every year the National Recording Archives adds 25 recordings to be saved for posterity. The National Recording Archive has featured everything from presidential speeches to historic moments to the very first audio recording.
This year there is another diverse list, including some you might have thought had been in there for years.
The 1999 single that made a former singer from Menudo a star – Living la Vida Loca by Ricky Martin – has been cited as a way other artists from Shakira to Paulina Rubio made the jump to mainstream. It joins the list this year.
For every small town girl living in a lonely world... the Bay Area band founded by former members of Santana – Journey – just now made it into the archive with "Don't Stop Believing." The song is so iconic the show "The Sopranos" chose it to end their run on TV. Interestingly enough, the phrase "don't stop believing" doesn't even show up until more than three minutes into the song.
One of the most historic moments in baseball – when Hank Aaron broke Babe Ruth's all-time home run record – is in there from the radio call of his historic moment.
With bright red hair, an audacious blues attitude, and a bottleneck guitar, Bonnie Raitt's album "Nick of Time" was called one of the thousand and one albums you must hear before you die by Billboard Magazine. That's one reason it was added to the 2022 list.
Speaking of guitar greats, when guitarist Ry Cooder and Producer Nick Gold went to Havana, Cuba, to record an all-star ensemble of musicians who paved the way for Cuban rhythms, they adopted the name the "Buena Vista Social Club." It's a name taken from a popular club in Havana where most of they had played. The documentary is in the US Film Archive, the registry felt it was only fitting to add the soundtrack.
The attacks on Washington, D.C., New York and Pennsylvania on Sept. 11, 2001, are in with the public radio broadcasts by WNYC in New York.
The groundbreaking group The Wu Tang Clan, whose members would go on to create a myriad of record labels, influence multiple generations of artists and become a force in the hip hop world, get in with their album "Enter the Wu Tang Clan."
One you might wonder "why wasn't this in here before?" It's a tune where you've all sung along in the car and tried to do the Fandango...Queen's epic musical journey "Bohemian Rhapsody" gets its due this year as well.
The entire list of recordings is below:
- “Harlem Strut” — James P. Johnson (1921)
- Franklin D. Roosevelt: Complete Presidential Speeches (1933-1945)
- “Walking the Floor Over You” — Ernest Tubb (1941) (single)
- “On a Note of Triumph” (May 8, 1945)
- “Jesus Gave Me Water” — The Soul Stirrers (1950) (single)
- “Ellington at Newport” — Duke Ellington (1956) (album)
- “We Insist! Max Roach’s Freedom Now Suite” — Max Roach (1960) (album)
- “The Christmas Song” — Nat King Cole (1961) (single)
- “Tonight’s the Night” — The Shirelles (1961) (album)
- “Moon River” — Andy Williams (1962) (single)
- “In C” — Terry Riley (1968) (album)
- “It’s a Small World” — The Disneyland Boys Choir (1964) (single)
- “Reach Out, I’ll Be There” — The Four Tops (1966) (single)
- Hank Aaron’s 715th Career Home Run (April 8, 1974)
- “Bohemian Rhapsody” — Queen (1975) (single)
- “Don’t Stop Believin’” — Journey (1981) (single)
- “Canciones de Mi Padre” — Linda Ronstadt (1987) (album)
- “Nick of Time” — Bonnie Raitt (1989) (album)
- “The Low End Theory” — A Tribe Called Quest (1991) (album)
- “Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)” — Wu-Tang Clan (1993) (album)
- “Buena Vista Social Club” (1997) (album)
- “Livin’ La Vida Loca” — Ricky Martin (1999) (single)
- “Songs in A Minor” — Alicia Keys (2001) (album)
- WNYC broadcasts for the day of 9/11 (Sept. 11, 2001)
- “WTF with Marc Maron” (Guest: Robin Williams) (April 26, 2010)
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