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Beyoncé, Taylor Swift, and Weezer Records Added to National Recording Registry

Pitchfork·Jazz Monroe·18 days ago
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The Library of Congress has announced this year’s batch of “defining sounds of history” to be preserved in its National Recording Registry. Among the inductees are songs and albums by Beyoncé (“ Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) ”), Taylor Swift ( 1989 ), Weezer ( Blue Album ), Chaka Khan (her version of Prince’s “I Feel For You”), the Go-Go’s ( Beauty and the Beat ), Jamie Principle and Frankie Knuckles (“Your Love” remix), and Gladys Knight and the Pips (“Midnight Train to Georgia”). Check out the full list below. Robert R. Newlen, the acting Librarian of Congress, unveiled the selection of “audio treasures worthy of preservation for all time.” Recordings are chosen for their “cultural, historical or aesthetic importance in the nation’s recorded sound heritage.” In a statement, Belinda Carlisle of the Go-Go’s said , “It’ll be great 100 years from now when someone is doing their research and they see The Go-Go’s in there.” The band’s Jane Wiedlin was more forthright: “I don’t know that there is a better…

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