Madonna, Daddy Yankee, Mariah Carey & More Named to National Recording Registry: Full List of 2023 Inductions Here’s a complete list of the 2023 selections for the National Recording Registry. They are listed in chronological order 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)