Library of Congress announces 2012 Recording Registry

http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2013/13-044.html

"From the cultural significance of Chubby Checker’s song-and-dance phenomenon and the historic moment of Van Cliburn’s triumphant Cold War performance in Moscow to the artistry of Cuban bassist Israel "Cachao" Lopez’s all-star jam sessions, the 2012 inductees to the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress reflect the diversity and creativity of the American experience. The Librarian of Congress, James H. Billington, today announced the selection of 25 sound recordings to the registry, marked for preservation because of their cultural, artistic and historic importance to the nation’s aural legacy."

And the selection is:

1. After You’ve Gone Marion Harris (1918)
2. Bacon, Beans and Limousines Will Rogers (Oct. 18, 1931)
3. Begin the Beguine Artie Shaw (1938)
4. You Are My Sunshine Jimmie Davis (1940)
5. D-Day Radio Broadcast, George Hicks (June 5-6, 1944)
6. Just Because Frank Yankovic & His Yanks (1947)
7. South Pacific Original Cast Album (1949)
8. Descargas: Cuban Jam Session in Miniature Cachao Y Su Ritmo Caliente (1957)
9. Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1, Van Cliburn (April 11, 1958)
10. President's Message Relayed from Atlas Satellite, Dwight D. Eisenhower (Dec. 19, 1958)
11. A Program of Song Leontyne Price (1959)
12. The Shape of Jazz to Come Ornette Coleman (1959)
13. Crossing Chilly Jordan The Blackwood Brothers (1960)
14. The Twist Chubby Checker (1960)
15. Old Time Music at Clarence Ashley’s Clarence Ashley, Doc Watson, et al. (1960-1962)
16. Hoodoo Man Blues Junior Wells (1965)
17. Sounds of Silence Simon and Garfunkel (1966)
18. Cheap Thrills Big Brother and the Holding Company (1968)
19. The Dark Side of the Moon Pink Floyd (1973)
20. Music Time in Africa Leo Sarkisian, host (July 29, 1973)
21. Wild Tchoupitoulas The Wild Tchoupitoulas (1976)
22. Ramones The Ramones (1976)
23. Saturday Night Fever The Bee Gees, et al (1977)
24. Einstein on the Beach Philip Glass and Robert Wilson (1979)
25. The Audience with Betty Carter Betty Carter (1980)