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What do President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, legendary performer and songwriter Eubie Blake, Gershwin Prize-winning musician Paul Simon and The Rolling Stones have in common? Today, Librarian of Congress James H. Billington named sound recordings made by them and 21 others to the National Recording Registry to be preserved for all time.

"Selecting 25 recordings from our extraordinary rich and varied sonic history is a difficult task, but we take this charge seriously because it showcases the diverse beauty, humanity and artistry found in the nation's sound heritage," said the Librarian in announcing the registry selections. "Our challenge and duty to history remain, however, finding collaborative and creative ways to preserve and make available this unmatched legacy for modern and future generations."

The Library of Congress is the nation's oldest federal cultural institution and the world's largest library with more than 134 million items, which includes more than 2.8 million sound recordings. The Library's Recorded Sound Section holds the largest number of radio broadcasts in the United States - more than 500,000.

2006 National Recording Registry (in chronological order):

1. "Uncle Josh and the Insurance Agent," Cal Stewart (1904)
2. "Il mio tesoro," John McCormack, orchestra conducted by Walter Rogers (1916)
3. National Defense Test, September 12, 1924 (1924)
4. "Black Bottom Stomp," Jelly Roll Morton�s Red Hot Peppers (1926)
5. "Wildwood Flower," The Carter Family (1928)
6. "Pony Blues," Charley Patton (1929)
7. "You're the Top," Cole Porter (1934)
8. "The Osage Bank Robbery," episode of "The Lone Ranger" (December 17, 1937)
9. Address to Congress, December 8, 1941, Franklin D. Roosevelt (1941)
10. Native Brazilian Music, recorded under the supervision of Leopold Stokowski (1942)
11. "Peace in the Valley," Red Foley and the Sunshine Boys (1951)
12. Chopin Polonaise, op. 40, no. 1 ("Polonaise militaire"), Artur Rubinstein (1952)
13. "Blue Suede Shoes," Carl Perkins (1955)
14. Interviews with William "Billy" Bell, recorded by Edward D. Ives (1956), representing the Edward D. Ives Collection held at the Maine Folklife Center, University of Maine, Orono, Maine and the Archives of Traditional Music at Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
15. "Howl," Allen Ginsberg (1959)
16. "The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart," Bob Newhart (1960)
17. "Be My Baby," The Ronettes (1963)
18. "We Shall Overcome," Pete Seeger (1963) recording of Pete Seeger's June 8, 1963, Carnegie Hall concert
19. "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction," Rolling Stones. (1965)
20. "A Change is Gonna Come," Sam Cooke (1965)
21. "Velvet Underground and Nico," Velvet Underground (1967)
22. "The Eighty-Six Years of Eubie Blake," Eubie Blake (1969)
23. "The Wailers Burnin'," The Wailers (1973)
24. "Live in Japan," Sarah Vaughan (1973)
25. "Graceland," Paul Simon (1986)

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Nominations for the registry were gathered from members of the public, who submitted suggestions online and from the National Recording Preservation Board, which comprises leaders in the fields of music, recorded sound and preservation. The board also assisted the Librarian with the review of nominations. The Library is currently accepting nominations for the 2007 National Recording Registry at the National Recording Preservation Board Web site.

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