In the Sherlock household, Arlo Guthrie's "Alice's Restaurant Massacree" is a Thanksgiving tradition. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m57gzA2JCcM
More about this year's additions can be found on the Library of Congress page
https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-18-028?loclr=ealn
The Library is also looking for nominations for what to add this year. The nomination form and details on the process can be found here
https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-recording-preservation-board/recording-registry/nominate/
2017 National Recording Registry (Listing Titles in Chronological Order)
- “Dream Melody Intermezzo: Naughty Marietta” (single), Victor Herbert and his Orchestra (1911)
- Standing Rock Preservation Recordings, George Herzog and Members of the Yanktoni Tribe (1928)
- “Lamento Borincano” (single), Canario y Su Grupo (1930)
- “Sitting on Top of the World” (single), Mississippi Sheiks (1930)
- The Complete Beethoven Piano Sonatas (album), Artur Schnabel (1932-1935)
- “If I Didn’t Care” (single), The Ink Spots (1939)
- Proceedings of the United Nations Conference on International Organization (4/25/45-6/26/45)
- “Folk Songs of the Hills” (album), Merle Travis (1946)
- “How I Got Over” (single), Clara Ward and the Ward Singers (1950)
- “(We’re Gonna) Rock Around the Clock” (single), Bill Haley and His Comets (1954)
- “Calypso” (album), Harry Belafonte (1956)
- “I Left My Heart in San Francisco” (single), Tony Bennett (1962)
- “King Biscuit Time” (radio), Sonny Boy Williamson II and others (1965)
- “My Girl” (single), The Temptations (1964)
- “The Sound of Music” (soundtrack), Various (1965)
- “Alice’s Restaurant Massacree” (single), Arlo Guthrie (1967)
- “New Sounds in Electronic Music” (album), Steve Reich, Richard Maxfield, Pauline Oliveros (1967)
- “An Evening with Groucho” (album), Groucho Marx (1972)
- “Rumours,” (album), Fleetwood Mac (1977)
- “The Gambler” (single), Kenny Rogers (1978)
- “Le Freak” (single), Chic (1978)
- “Footloose” (single), Kenny Loggins (1984) remake released in 2011.
- “Raising Hell” (album), Run-DMC (1986)
- “Rhythm Is Gonna Get You” (single), Gloria Estefan and the Miami Sound Machine (1987)
- “Yo-Yo Ma Premieres: Concertos for Violoncello and Orchestra” (album), Various (1996)
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