2025 National Recording Registry additions: Elton John, Celine Dion, Amy Winehouse and "Hamilton"
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Elton John's "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road," Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On," Amy Winehouse's "Back to Black," albums by Miles Davis and Steve Miller Band, and Lin-Manuel Miranda's revolutionary musical "Hamilton" are just some of the latest recordings to be added to the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry, to be preserved for future generations.
On Wednesday the Library announced 25 audio recordings that are being inducted to the Registry. This year's additions, representative of America's artistic, cultural and historic heritage, encompass a vast range of genres, from jazz, rock, pop, folk, country, Latin, Broadway and rap, to radio, spoken word, and comedy.
Also selected this year: Helen Reddy's anthem "I Am Woman"; the debut albums from the rock band Chicago and singer-songwriter Tracy Chapman; "Sweet Georgia Brown" by Brother Bones & His Shadows; "Happy Trails" by singing cowboy Roy Rogers and Dale Evans; "The Kӧln Concert," a landmark recording by jazz pianist Keith Jarrett; "My Life," a heartbreaking work of musical autobiography by Mary J. Blige; music from the sandbox game Minecraft; and Don Rickles' standup comedy album, "Hello Dummy!" The oldest of this year's entries is the Hawaiian Quintette's recording of "Aloha 'Oe," dating from 1913.
