Following are the list of sound recordings in the 2005 National Recording Registry, in chronological order. Descriptive paragraphs may be viewed in a news release at www.loc.gov/today/pr/2006/06-083.html. The Library is accepting nominations for the 2006 National Recording Registry at the National Recording Preservation Board Web site, www.loc.gov/nrpb/.
From Left: announcer Clem McCarthy, poster from the Louis v. Schmeling fight, Fred Allen.
- "Canzone del Porter" from "Martha (von Flotow)," Edouard de Reszke (1903)
- "Listen to the Lambs," Hampton Quartette; transcribed by Natalie Curtis Burlin (1917)
- "Over There," Nora Bayes (1917)
- "Crazy Blues," Mamie Smith (1920)
- "My Man" and "Second Hand Rose," Fanny Brice (1921)
- "Ory's Creole Trombone," Kid Ory (June 1922)
- Inauguration of Calvin Coolidge (March 4, 1925)
- "Tanec pid werbamy/Dance Under the Willows," Pawlo Huemiuk (1926)
- "Singin' the Blues," Frankie Trumbauer and his Orchestra with Bix Beiderbecke (1927)
- First official transatlantic telephone conversation (Jan. 7, 1927)
- "El Manisero" ("The Peanut Vendor"), Rita Montaner, vocal with orchestra (1927); "El Manisero," Don Azpiazu and his Havana Casino Orchestra (1930)
From left: Bob Hope with troops, Nat King Cole and Orson Welles.
- Light's Golden Jubilee Celebration (Oct. 21, 1929)
- Beethoven's Egmont Overture, Op. 84, Modesto High School Band (1930)
- "Show Boat," Helen Morgan, Paul Robeson, James Melton and others; Victor Young, conductor; Louis Alter, piano (1932)
- "Wabash Cannonball," Roy Acuff (1936)
- "One o'Clock Jump," Count Basie and his Orchestra (1937)
- Archibald MacLeish's "Fall of the City," Orson Welles, narrator, Burgess Meredith, Paul Stewart (April 11, 1937)
- "The Adventures of Robin Hood" radio broadcast of May 11, 1938
- Joe Louis-Max Schmeling fight, Clem McCarthy, announcer (June 22,1938)
- "John the Revelator," Golden Gate Quartet (1938)
- "Adagio for Strings," Arturo Toscanini, conductor; NBC Symphony (1938)
- "Command Performance" show No.21, Bob Hope, master of ceremonies (July 7, 1942)
- "Straighten Up and Fly Right," Nat "King" Cole (1943)
- "The Fred Allen Show"(radio broadcast of Oct. 7, 1945)
- "Jole Blon," Harry Choates (1946)
- "Tubby the Tuba," Paul Tripp (words) & George Kleinsinger (music) (1946)
- "Move on up a Little Higher," Mahalia Jackson (1948)
- "Anthology of American Folk Music," edited by Harry Smith (1952)
- "Schooner Bradley," performed by Pat Bonner (??1952-60)
- "Damnation of Faust," Boston Symphony Orchestra with the Harvard Glee Club and Radcliffe Choral Society (1954)
- "Blueberry Hill," Fats Domino (1956)
From left: Mahalia Jackson, Fats Domino and Jerry Lee Lewis.
- "Variations for Orchestra," Louisville Orchestra (1956)
- "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On," Jerry Lee Lewis (1957)
- "That'll Be the Day," The Crickets (1957)
- "Poeme Electronique," Edgard Varese (1958)
- "Time Out," The Dave Brubeck Quartet (1959)
- Studs Terkel interview with James Baldwin (Sept. 29, 1962)
- William Faulkner address at West Point Military Academy (1962)
- "Dancing in the Street," Martha and the Vandellas (1964)
- "Live at the Regal," B.B. King (1965)
- "Are You Experienced?" Jimi Hendrix Exerience (1967)
- "We're Only in It for the Money," Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention (1968)
- "Switched-On Bach," Wendy Carlos (1968)
- "Oh Happy Day," Edwin Hawkins Singers (1969)
- "Don't Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me the Pliers," Firesign Theatre (1970)
- "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised," Gil Scott-Heron (1970)
- "Will the Circle Be Unbroken," Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (1972)
- The old foghorn, Kewaunee, Wis., recorded by James A. Lipsky (1972)
- "Songs in the Key of Life," Stevie Wonder (1976)
- "Daydream Nation," Sonic Youth (1988)
From left: band Sonic Youth, Buddy Holly & the Crickets,and Lester Young
