Tuesday, April 11, 2006

ABC News: Library of Congress Picks 50 Recordings

ABC News: Library of Congress Picks 50 Recordings: "A high school band plays Beethoven. President Calvin Coolidge delivers his inaugural address. Fats Domino turns 'Blueberry Hill,' which had been a hit for Glenn Miller, into a rock 'n' roll classic.

They're among the 50 records that the Library of Congress has deemed worthy of preservation this year.

'The National Recording Registry represents a stunning array of the diversity, humanity and creativity found in our sound heritage, nothing less than a flood of noise and sound pulsating into the American bloodstream,' Librarian of Congress James H. Billington said in announcing the choices for 2006..."

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