Madonna, Mariah Carey, John Denver Music Added To National Recording Registry; ‘Imagine’, ‘Stairway To Heaven’ Also Make 2023 Cut
deadline.comLed Zeppelin’s classic-rock standard “Stairway To Heaven,” John Lennon’s peace anthem “Imagine,” Madonna’s 1984 breakthrough album Like A Virgin and John Denver’s signature tune “Take Me Home, Country Roads” are among the works added today to the U.S.
National Recording Registry. The Library of Congress announced the newcomers, a roster that also includes Mariah Carey’s modern holiday classic “All I Want For Christmas Is You” and the original 1985 theme from the Super Mario Bros.
video game. The latter becomes the first music from a video game to enter the registry. In all, 25 albums, singles and other recordings were added to the roster, representing a time span of more than a century.
See the complete list below. From the 1920s, Handy’s Memphis Blues Band’s recording of “St. Louis Blues” and Fletcher Henderson’s “Sugar Foot Stomp” made the list, as did The Fairfield Four’s “Don’t Let Nobody Turn You Around” from 1947.
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