NATIONAL RECORDING REGISTRY
The National Recording Registry is a list of sound recordings that “are culturally, historically, or aesthetically important, and/or inform or reflect life in the United States”. The recordings preserved in the United States National Recording Registry form a registry of recordings selected yearly by the National Recording Preservation Board for preservation in the Library of Congress. Beginning in 2002, the National Recording Preservation Board began selecting nominated recordings each year to be preserved. (More from Wikipedia)
Link Wray has other accolades to his credit. He is a member of the Rockabilly Hall of Fame and the Native American Music Awards Hall of Fame. In 2009, the U. S. Library of Congress added “Rumble” to its National Recording Registry.
(February 2013)
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In 2007, a panel of established recording artists voted on “The Top 100 Records That Changed The World”; as published in Mojo magazine, “Tutti Frutti” was voted #1 on the list, and the accompanying article lauded the record as “the sound of the birth of rock and roll”. The song was added by the U. S. Library of Congress to its National Recording Registry in 2010, noting that the “unique vocalizing over the irresistible beat announced a new era in music”.
(June 2013/1)
