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MIJAC'S 'THRILLER' PRESERVED BY LIBRARY OF CONGRESS: Album among 25 recordings selected, including material from Smokey and T-Bone Walker.
*Michael Jackson's record-setting 1983 album "Thriller" was announced Wednesday as one of 25 recordings selected for preservation by the Library of Congress.
The all-time bestselling LP, featuring the classic singles "Beat It" and "Billie Jean," has been added to the National Recording Registry along with Herbie Hancock's 1973 fusion smash "Headhunters, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles' 1965 hit "Tracks of My Tears" and T-Bone Walker's 1947 blues standard "Call it Stormy Monday but Tuesday is Just As Bad."
The Library of Congress chooses 25 recordings each year to add to its registry and preserve. Nominations come from a Library of Congress preservation board and online suggestions from the public. The selections for 2007 bring the registry's total to 250.
Below is the full list:
1. The first trans-Atlantic broadcast (March 14, 1925)
2. "Allons a Lafayette," Joseph Falcon (1928)
3. "Casta Diva," from Bellini's "Norma"; Rosa Ponselle, accompanied by the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, conducted by Giulio Setti. (recorded December 31, 1928, and January 30, 1929)
4. "If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again," Thomas A. Dorsey (1934)
5. "Sweet Lorraine," Art Tatum (February 22, 1940)
6. Fibber's Closet Opens for the First Time, "Fibber McGee and Molly" radio program (March 4, 1940)
7. Wings Over Jordan, Wings Over Jordan (1941)
8. Fiorello LaGuardia reading the comics (1945)
9. "Call it Stormy Monday but Tuesday is Just As Bad," T-Bone Walker (1947)
10. Harry S. Truman speech at the 1948 Democratic National Convention (July 15, 1948)
11. "The Jazz Scene," various artists (1949)
12. "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels," Kitty Wells (May 30, 1952)
13. "My Fair Lady," original cast recording (1956)
14. Navajo Shootingway Ceremony Field Recordings, recorded by David McAllester (1957-1958)
15. "'Freight Train,' and Other North Carolina Folk Songs and Tunes," Elizabeth Cotten (1959)
16. Marine Band Concert Album to Help Benefit the National Cultural Center (1963)
17. "Oh, Pretty Woman," Roy Orbison (1964)
18. "Tracks of My Tears," Smokey Robinson and the Miracles (1965)
19. "You'll Sing a Song and I'll Sing a Song," Ella Jenkins (1966)
20. "Music from the Morning of the World," various artists; recorded by David Lewiston (1966)
21. "For the Roses," Joni Mitchell (1972)
22. "Headhunters," Herbie Hancock (1973)
23. Ronald Reagan Radio Broadcasts (1976-1979)
24. "The Sounds of Earth," disc prepared for the Voyager spacecraft (1977)
25. "Thriller," Michael Jackson (1982)
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