Legends: Madonna, Mariah Carey, Queen Latifah, And Daddy Yankee Added To National Recording Registry

Ebuka NwachukwuApril 13, 2023

The National Recording Registry will protect 25 recordings, including compositions by Daddy Yankee (“Gasolina”), Queen Latifah (“All Hail the Queen”), Mariah Carey (“All I Want for Christmas Is You”), Madonna (“Like a Virgin”), and Mariah Carey (“All I Want for Valentine’s Day Is You”). According to the registry, “audio treasures” that are significant in terms of culture, history, or aesthetic value are included. In addition, the Library of Congress National Audio-Visual Conservation Center ensures the recordings are safe and accessible for future generations.

A sign that Puerto Rico could no longer contain the contagious—if unfairly maligned—dance music, Daddy Yankee’s powerful reggaetón “Gasolina” served as the genre’s turning point into popular culture. When it first came out, Carey’s Christmas song scored a minor hit, but it has since grown in popularity and spent the previous four Christmases at the top of the pop charts. With her debut album, Queen Latifah—who was just 19 years old when it was released—became the first female rapper to be listed. The majority of Madonna’s most memorable iconography can be found on her 1983 sophomore album, which was produced with the aid of Nile Rodgers. Nearly half of its nine songs also reached the top 10 on the singles chart.

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Along with “The First Ever Mariachi Recordings,” “Imagine,” the gothic pop hymn by John Lennon and Yoko Ono, “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This),” and the Super Mario Bros. theme by Koji Kondo, which is the first video game music to be added to the registry, these songs have just been entered. The registry now has 625 recordings with the most recent additions.

National Recording Registry, 2023 Selections:

“The Very First Mariachi Recordings” — Cuarteto Coculense (1908-1909)
“St. Louis Blues” — Handy’s Memphis Blues Band (1922)
“Sugar Foot Stomp” — Fletcher Henderson (1926)
Dorothy Thompson: Commentary and Analysis of the European Situation for NBC Radio (Aug. 23-Sept. 6, 1939)
“Don’t Let Nobody Turn You Around” — The Fairfield Four (1947)
“Sherry” — The Four Seasons (1962)
“What the World Needs Now is Love” — Jackie DeShannon (1965)
“Wang Dang Doodle” — Koko Taylor (1966)
“Ode to Billie Joe” — Bobbie Gentry (1967)
“Déjà Vu” — Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young (1970)
“Imagine” — John Lennon (1971)
“Stairway to Heaven” — Led Zeppelin (1971)
“Take Me Home, Country Roads” — John Denver (1971)
“Margaritaville” — Jimmy Buffett (1977)
“Flashdance…What a Feeling” — Irene Cara (1983)
“Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)” — Eurythmics (1983)
“Synchronicity” — The Police (1983)
“Like a Virgin” — Madonna (1984)
“Black Codes (From the Underground)” — Wynton Marsalis (1985)
Super Mario Bros. theme — Koji Kondo, composer (1985)
“All Hail the Queen” — Queen Latifah (1989)
“All I Want for Christmas is You” — Mariah Carey (1994)
“Pale Blue Dot” — Carl Sagan (1994)
“Gasolina” — Daddy Yankee (2004)
“Concerto for Clarinet and Chamber Orchestra” — Northwest Chamber Orchestra, Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, composer (2012)