De la importancia cultural del fenómeno Chubby Checker a Israel “Cachao” López (foto via Wikipedia), Simon & Garfunkel, a Janis Joplin y Pink Floyd, el Salón de la Fama de la National Recording Register de la Biblioteca del Congreso de EUA refleja la diversidad y la creatividad de la experiencia americana.
El bibliotecario del James H. Billington, anunció hoy la selección de 25 grabaciones nuevas para el registro, marcado para su conservación por su importancia cultural, artístico e histórico legado sonoro de EUA.
Abarcan el periodo 1918-1980.
Aquí está la lista completa en orden cronológico. Más información sobre cada artista, aquí.
2012 National Recording Registry (Listing in Chronological Order)
- “After You’ve Gone,” Marion Harris (1918)
- “Bacon, Beans and Limousines,” Will Rogers (Oct. 18, 1931)
- “Begin the Beguine,” Artie Shaw (1938)
- “You Are My Sunshine,” Jimmie Davis (1940)
- D-Day Radio Broadcast, George Hicks (June 5-6, 1944)
- “Just Because,” Frank Yankovic & His Yanks (1947)
- “South Pacific,” Original Cast Album (1949)
- “Descargas: Cuban Jam Session in Miniature,” Cachao Y Su Ritmo Caliente (1957)
- Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1, Van Cliburn (April 11, 1958)
- President’s Message Relayed from Atlas Satellite, Dwight D. Eisenhower (Dec. 19, 1958)
- “A Program of Song,” Leontyne Price (1959)
- “The Shape of Jazz to Come,” Ornette Coleman (1959)
- “Crossing Chilly Jordan,” The Blackwood Brothers (1960)
- “The Twist,” Chubby Checker (1960)
- “Old Time Music at Clarence Ashley’s,” Clarence Ashley, Doc Watson, et al. (1960-1962)
- “Hoodoo Man Blues,” Junior Wells (1965)
- “Sounds of Silence,” Simon and Garfunkel (1966)
- “Cheap Thrills,” Big Brother and the Holding Company (1968)
- “The Dark Side of the Moon,” Pink Floyd (1973)
- “Music Time in Africa,” Leo Sarkisian, host (July 29, 1973)
- “Wild Tchoupitoulas,” The Wild Tchoupitoulas (1976)
- “Ramones,” The Ramones (1976)
- “Saturday Night Fever,” The Bee Gees, et al (1977)
- “Einstein on the Beach,” Philip Glass and Robert Wilson (1979)
- “The Audience with Betty Carter,” Betty Carter (1980)
