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Sounds that Shaped the
American Landscape
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(AP) — From rare audio inter
views of former slaves to record
ings by Donna Summer and the
Grateful Dead, 25 sounds that
shaped the American cultural land
scape are being inducted into the
National Recording Registry.
Summer's 1977 hit "I Feel Love" is T. o
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joining the Grateful Dead’s famous
Sugar Hl" Gang s 1979 release to P P e r's D eligh t,' was the
l977B artonH allconcertassounds firs t com m ercially available rap record. Recordings from the group
have been inducted into the National Recording Registry.
tional Recording Registry. Among
the new choices this year are Dolly
Parton's "Coat of Many Colors/'
Prince's "Purple Rain" and more.
Some selections are truly his
toric and rarely heard. They include
the only known audio of former
American slaves who were inter
viewed in the 1930s, including one
participant who had worked for
Confederate President Jefferson
Davis. There's also a cylinder from
a talking doll created by Thomas
Edison in 1888 that is the earliest
Donna Sum m er
known commercial sound record
of cultural significance, among 25 ing. It was considered unplayable
additions that were announced last until last year, after new digital map
week by the Library of Congress as ping tools were used to reveal its
part of its registry.
sound of a woman singing "Twinkle,
The world's largest library has Twinkle Little Star."
chosen a diverse array of songs and
T he lib ra ry a lso is saving
sounds from history to retain for Leonard Bernstein's conducting
permanent preservation in the Na debut with the New York Philhar
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monic in 1943 and "A Charlie Brown
Christmas" by the Vince Guaraldi
Trio from 1970, which introduced
millions of people to jazz through
the TV soundtrack.
"America's sound heritage is an
important part of the nation's his
tory and culture, and this year's
selections reflect the diversity and
creativity of the American experi
ence," said Librarian of Congress
James Billington, in announcing his
final selections.
"From the first time you heard it,
it was just, 'Wow, this is very differ
ent,"' Barton said. "We hadn't heard
this before. It was enormously influ
ential."
The reg istry in clu d es early
sounds from hip-hop with Sugarhill
Gang's "Rapper's Delight" from 1979
that is credited with launching a
genre and inspiring future artists.
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