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Library of Congress Selects Records by Green Day, the Chicks, the Notorious B.I.G., ABBA, Blondie for National Recording Registry
The Library of Congress has selected 25 more records for the National Registry, including ABBA, Blondie, the Cars, Patti Page and Jefferson Airplane.
Benny Goodman, Gene Autry and Perry Como are among the mid-20th-century icons making the list, which extends to ’70s and ’80s releases by ABBA, the Cars, Doug E. Fresh and Blondie, and is rounded out on the latter end by such artists as Green Day, the Chicks and the Notorious B.I.G. As part of the rollout, the Library of Congress has collected video interviews about the included recordings with Green Day’s Billie Joel Armstrong (talking about “Dookie”), Blondie’s Debbie Harry and Chris Stein (on “Parallel Lines”), Jefferson Airplane’s Grace Slick and Jorma Kaukonen Recall (“Surrealistic Pillow”), Booker T. Jones (on the late Bill Withers’ “Ain’t No Sunshine”), and Juan Gabriel’s son Ivan Gabriel Aguilera (on “Amor Eterno”). “Clarinet Marmalade” – Lt. James Reese Europe’s 369 th U.S. Infantry Band (1919) “Kauhavan Polkka” – Viola Turpeinen and John Rosendahl (1928) Wisconsin Folksong Collection (1937-1946) “Rose Room” – Benny Goodman Sextet with Charlie Christian (1939) “Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer” – Gene Autry (1949) “Tennessee Waltz” – Patti Page (1950) “Rocket ‘88’” – Jackie Brenston and His Delta Cats (1951) “Catch a Falling Star” / ”Magic Moments” – Perry Como (1957) “Chances Are” – Johnny Mathis (1957) “The Sidewinder” – Lee Morgan (1964) “Surrealistic Pillow” – Jefferson Airplane (1967) “Ain’t No Sunshine” – Bill Withers (1971) “This is a Recording” – Lily Tomlin (1971) “J.D.
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