Each year, the Library of Congress selects 25 recordings for the registry to preserve sound recordings that are “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant” to American life.
Twenty-five recordings were added this year to the Library of Congress’s National Recording Registry.
The 2025 selection spans 102 years, from 1913 (a recording of “Aloha ‘Oe” by the Hawaiian Quintette) to 2015 (the cast album of the sensational Broadway show, Hamilton: An American Musical).
These are this year’s 25 additions to the Library of Congress’s National Recording Registry:
“Aloha ‘Oe” – Hawaiian Quintet (1913, Victor)
“Sweet Georgia Brown” – Brother Bones & His Shadows (1949, Tempo)
“Happy Trails” – Roy Rogers and Dale Evans (1952, RCA Victor)
1960 World Series Game 7 Radio Broadcast – Chuck Thompson (1960)
Harry Urata Field Recordings (1960-1980)
Hello, Fool! – Don Rickles (1968, Warner Bros.)
Chicago Transit Authority – Chicago (1969, Columbia)
Bitches Brew – Miles Davis (1970, Columbia)
“Kiss Me an Angel” – Charley Pride (1971, RCA Victor)
“I Am a Woman” – Helen Reddy (1972, Capitol)
“El Rey” – Vicente Fernández (1973, CBS)
“Before the Next Teardrop Falls” – Freddy Fender (1975, ABC/Dot)
Goodbye, Yellow Brick Road – Elton John (1973, MCA)
I’ve Got the Music in Me – Thelma Houston & Pressure Cooker (1975, Sheffield) Lab)
The Köln Concert – Keith Jarrett (1975, ECM)
Fly Like an Eagle – Steve Miller Band (1976, Capitol)
Nimrod Workman Collection (1973-1994)
Tracy Chapman – Tracy Chapman (1988, Elektra)
My Life – Mary J. Blige (1994, Uptown/MCA)
My Microsoft Windows restart chime – Brian Eno (1995)
“My Heart Will Go On” – Celine Dion (1997, 550 Music/Epic)
Our American Journey – Chanticleer (2002) (album, Warner Classics International)
Back to Black – Amy Winehouse (2006 album, Republic/Universal Music)
Minecraft: Alpha Volume – Daniel Rosenfeld (2011 album, self-released)
Hamilton: An American Musical – Original Broadway Cast Album (2015 album, Atlantic)
