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Green Day, ABBA and The Chicks Are Now in the Library of Congress
The Library of Congress added albums by Green Day, Blondie, Biggie Smalls and more to the 2024 National Recording Registry
Other selections included Bobby McFerrin ’s “Don’t Worry, Be Happy,” Gene Autry ’s “Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” Perry Como ’s “Catch a Falling Star,” Bill Withers ’ “Ain’t No Sunshine,” Doug E. Fresh and Slick Rick ’s “La-Di-Da-Di” and Johnny Mathis ’ “Chances Are.” Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, Chuck Berry ’s “Roll Over Beethoven,” Patsy Cline ’s “Crazy,” Little Richard ’s “Tutti Frutti,” Johnny Cash ’s At Folsom Prison, Nirvana’s Nevermind, John Coltrane ’s Giant Steps, the Ramones’ self-titled debut album, Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention’s We’re Only in It for the Money, Tupac Shakur ’s “Dear Mama” and Public Enemy’s Fear of a Black Planet. Chris Walter/WireImageThe Registry also contains non-music recordings, like Neil Armstrong ’s broadcast from the July 1969 moon landing, Studs Terkel ’s 1962 interview with author James Baldwin, Allen Ginsberg reciting his poem “Howl” in 1969 and President Franklin D. Roosevelt ’s “Day of Infamy” speech.
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