Madonna, Daddy Yankee, Led Zepplin, more added to National Recording Registry: Full list & Playlist of 2023 inductions

Recordings by Madonna, Daddy Yankee, The Eurythmics, John Lennon, Led Zeppelin, and Queen Latifah are among the 25 added this week to the National Recording Registry of the U.S. Library of Congress.

Each year, the National Recording Registry honors creators and works that shape the nation’s musical legacy. Each recording must be at least ten years old.

This year’s class is particularly diverse, including “Gasolina” by Daddy Yankee, Christmas favorite “All I Want for Christmas is You” by Mariah Carey, the first recording added from a video game, “Super Mario Bros. Theme” by Koji Kondo and albums including All Hail the Queen by Queen Latifah, Déjà vu by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, the Very First Mariachi Recordings by Cuarteto Coculense and more.

“The National Recording Registry preserves our history through recorded sound and reflects our nation’s diverse culture,” said Librarian of Congress head Carla Hayden. “The national library is proud to help ensure these recordings are preserved for generations to come, and we welcome the public’s input on what songs, speeches, podcasts, or recorded sounds we should preserve next. We received more than 1,100 public nominations this year for recordings to add to the registry.”

Full list of the 2023 inductees to the National Recording Registry listed by release date

• The Very First Mariachi Recordings — Cuarteto Coculense (1908-1909)
• “St. Louis Blues” — [W.C.] 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)
• “Take Me Home, Country Roads” — John Denver (1971)
• “Imagine” — John Lennon (1971)
• “Stairway to Heaven” — Led Zeppelin (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 (1986)
• 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)

Bruce Houghton is the Founder and Editor of Hypebot and MusicThinkTank, a Senior Advisor at Bandsintown, President of the Skyline Artists Agency, and a professor for the Berklee College Of Music.