{"id":484559,"date":"2026-05-14T16:19:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T16:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/484559\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T16:19:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T16:19:13","slug":"beyonce-taylor-swift-and-weezer-records-added-to-national-recording-registry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/484559\/","title":{"rendered":"Beyonc\u00e9, Taylor Swift, and Weezer Records Added to National Recording Registry"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Library of Congress<\/a> has announced this year\u2019s batch of \u201cdefining sounds of history\u201d to be preserved in its National Recording Registry. Among the inductees are songs and albums by Beyonc\u00e9 (\u201cSingle Ladies (Put a Ring on It)<\/a>\u201d), Taylor Swift (1989<\/a>), Weezer (Blue Album<\/a>), Chaka Khan<\/a> (her version of Prince\u2019s \u201cI Feel For You\u201d), the Go-Go\u2019s (Beauty and the Beat<\/a>), Jamie Principle and Frankie Knuckles<\/a> (\u201cYour Love\u201d remix), and Gladys Knight and the Pips (\u201cMidnight Train to Georgia\u201d). Check out the full list below.<\/p>\n

Robert R. Newlen, the acting Librarian of Congress, unveiled the selection of \u201caudio treasures worthy of preservation for all time.\u201d Recordings are chosen for their \u201ccultural, historical or aesthetic importance in the nation\u2019s recorded sound heritage.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a statement, Belinda Carlisle of the Go-Go\u2019s said<\/a>, \u201cIt\u2019ll be great 100 years from now when someone is doing their research and they see The Go-Go\u2019s in there.\u201d The band\u2019s Jane Wiedlin was more forthright: \u201cI don\u2019t know that there is a better feeling than knowing that women are raising their daughters and playing them The Go-Go\u2019s. As far as The Go-Go\u2019s legacy, the biggest accomplishment is that we broke the glass ceiling. I get in a lot of arguments over this, but there is literally no other all-female band that went No. 1 on the charts, play their own instruments and write their own songs. None.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chaka Khan, meanwhile, said her version of \u201cI Feel for You\u201d represented \u201ca moment where everything converged: Prince\u2019s genius, Stevie\u2019s harmonica, Grandmaster Melle Mel\u2019s rap, and whatever God put in me that day.\u00a0For the Library of Congress to say this recording belongs in the permanent collection of American sound heritage, that means it wasn\u2019t just a hit, it was history. And I am so very grateful to have been part of it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Recordings Selected for the National Recording Registry in 2026<\/strong>:
Spike Jones and His City Slickers: \u201cCocktails for Two\u201d (1944)
P\u00e9rez Prado and His Orchestra: \u201cMambo No. 5\u201d (1950)
Ruth Brown: \u201cTeardrops From My Eyes\u201d (1950)
Kaye Ballard: \u201cFly Me to the Moon (In Other Words)\u201d (1954)
Paul Anka: \u201cPut Your Head on My Shoulder\u201d (1959)
Oliver Nelson: The Blues and the Abstract Truth (1961)
Ray Charles: Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music (1962)
The Byrds: \u201cTurn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season)\u201d (1965)
The Winstons: \u201cAmen, Brother\u201d (1969)
Jos\u00e9 Feliciano: \u201cFeliz Navidad\u201d (1970)
\u201cThe Fight of the Century: Ali vs. Frazier\u201d (March 8, 1971)
Gladys Knight and the Pips: \u201cMidnight Train to Georgia\u201d (1973)
Chicago Original Cast Album (1975)
The Charlie Daniels Band: \u201cThe Devil Went Down to Georgia\u201d (1979)
The Go-Go\u2019s: Beauty and the Beat (1981)
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble: Texas Flood (1983)
Chaka Khan: \u201cI Feel for You\u201d (1984)
Jamie Principle: \u201cYour Love\u201d (1986) \/ Jamie Principle and Frankie Knuckles (1987)
Reba McEntire: Rumor Has It (1990)
Rosanne Cash: The Wheel (1993)
Bobby Prince: Doom Soundtrack (1993)
Vince Gill: \u201cGo Rest High on That Mountain\u201d (1994)
Weezer: Weezer (The Blue Album) (1994)
Beyonc\u00e9: \u201cSingle Ladies (Put a Ring on It)\u201d (2008)
Taylor Swift: 1989 (2014)<\/p>\n

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