By Andrew Dalton, Pittsburgh Post Gazette | LOS ANGELES (AP) — Recently added to America’s audio canon are albums from Elton John, Miles Davis, Mary J. Blige, the cast of “Hamilton” and the radio broadcast of Game 7 of the 1960 World Series in which the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the New York Yankees.
New inductees into the National Recording Registry at the Library of Congress include Davis’ groundbreaking 1970 merger of jazz and rock, “Bitches Brew,” John’s loaded-with-hits “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” from 1973, Tracy Chapman’s self-titled 1988 album that included “Fast Car,” Blige’s deeply introspective 1994 “My Life,” and the 2015 original Broadway cast album of “Hamilton.”
They were among the 25 recordings entering the archive in the class of 2025, Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden announced earlier this month. The recordings were chosen for their “cultural, historical or aesthetic importance in the nation’s recorded sound heritage.”
“These are the sounds of America — our wide-ranging history and culture,” Hayden said in a statement. “The National Recording Registry is our evolving nation’s playlist.”
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Photo: Tracy Chapman