May 18, 2013

Donna Summer, Prince, Ex-Slaves Join Recording Registry

1977 Billboard Music Awards

*Rare audio interviews of former slaves and iconic recordings by Donna Summer, Prince, Parliament and the Sugarhill Gang are among the 25 works chosen by the Library of Congress this year as sounds of cultural significance to be preserved permanently in the National Recording Registry. Though Summer died last week of cancer, her 1977 disco [...]