{"id":117519,"date":"2024-04-16T15:02:38","date_gmt":"2024-04-16T15:02:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/2024\/04\/16\/hits-by-abba-bobby-mcferrin-the-cars-inducted-into-the-library-of-congress-national-recording-registry\/"},"modified":"2024-04-16T15:02:38","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T15:02:38","slug":"hits-by-abba-bobby-mcferrin-the-cars-inducted-into-the-library-of-congress-national-recording-registry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/2024\/04\/16\/hits-by-abba-bobby-mcferrin-the-cars-inducted-into-the-library-of-congress-national-recording-registry\/","title":{"rendered":"Hits by ABBA, Bobby McFerrin, The Cars inducted into the Library of Congress’ National Recording Registry"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Michael Ochs Archives\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“Don’t Worry, Be Happy” by Bobby McFerrin<\/strong> and ABBA<\/strong>‘s classic “Dancing Queen” are among the\u00a0<\/span>25 new recordings<\/strong><\/span><\/a>\u00a0chosen by the Library of Congress to join the National Recording Registry.<\/span><\/p>\n

Albums and songs are chosen for preservation based on\u00a0\u201ccultural, historical or aesthetic importance.” Others making the cut this year include The Cars<\/strong>‘ self-titled debut album, featuring hits like “Just What I Needed,” “My Best Friend’s Girl” and “Good Times Roll,” and Blondie<\/strong>\u2019s\u00a0<\/span>Parallel Lines<\/span><\/em>, which featured their hit \u201cHeart of Glass.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Other recordings on the list include Bill Withers<\/strong>‘ “Ain\u2019t No Sunshine\u201d and “Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer\u201d by\u00a0Gene Autry<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The public can nominate recordings to be considered; this year, the Library of Congress received a record\u00a0<\/span>2,899 nominations. With the new additions, the National Recording Registry titles, now at 650, are part of a recorded sound collection of close to 4 million items.<\/p>\n

Copyright \u00a9 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Michael Ochs Archives\/Getty Images “Don’t Worry, Be Happy” by Bobby McFerrin and ABBA‘s classic “Dancing Queen” are among the\u00a025 new recordings\u00a0chosen by the Library of Congress to join the National Recording Registry. Albums and songs are chosen for preservation based on\u00a0\u201ccultural, historical or aesthetic importance.” Others making the cut thisRead More →<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[425],"tags":[701,702,227,527,700,490,528,276,703,648],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117519"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117519"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117519\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}