Every year the Librarian of Congress chooses a variety of sound
recordings to include in the National Recording Registry. The
recordings are nominated by members of the public and a panel of music,
sound and preservation experts, the library’s National Recording
Preservation Board. The 2006 additions to the registry are:

–”Uncle Josh and the Insurance Agent,” Cal Stewart (1904).

–”Il mio tesoro,” John McCormack, orchestra conducted by Walter Rogers (1916).

–National Defense Test, September 12, 1924 (1924).

–”Black Bottom Stomp,” Jelly Roll Morton’s Red Hot Peppers (1926).

–”Wildwood Flower,” The Carter Family (1928).

–”Pony Blues,” Charley Patton (1929).

–”You’re the Top,” Cole Porter (1934).

–”The Osage Bank Robbery,” episode of ”The Lone Ranger” (Dec. 17, 1937).

–Address to Congress, Dec. 8, 1941, Roosevelt (1941)

–Native Brazilian Music, recorded under the supervision of Leopold Stokowski (1942).

–”Peace in the Valley,” Red Foley and the Sunshine Boys (1951).

–Chopin Polonaise, op. 40, no. 1 (”Polonaise militaire”), Artur Rubinstein (1952).

–”Blue Suede Shoes,” Carl Perkins (1955).

–Interviews with William ”Billy” Bell, recorded by Edward D. 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) recording of Pete Seeger’s June 8, 1963, Carnegie Hall concert.

–”(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction,” Rolling Stones. (1965)

–”A Change Is Gonna Come,” Sam Cooke (1965).

–”Velvet Underground and Nico,” Velvet Underground (1967).

–”The Eighty-Six Years of Eubie Blake,” Eubie Blake (1969).

–”The Wailers Burnin,” the Wailers (1973).

–”Live in Japan,” Sarah Vaughan (1973).

–”Graceland,” Paul Simon (1986).