“‘All I Want for Christmas’ is sort of in its own little category, and I’m very thankful for it.” “I’m most proud of the arrangements, the background vocal arrangements,” she said. 1 on pop charts the last four years, setting Carey’s pop-culture image as the Queen of Christmas. A modest hit upon release, it’s grown over time to hit No. She brought the melody and lyrics to her then-songwriting partner and producer Walter Afanasieff, and the pair worked together to create its retro “wall of sound” production, as if it might have been a recorded in the 1960s. “I wanted it to be a love song because that’s kind of what people relate to, but also a Christmas song that made you feel happy.” “I tried to tap into my childhood self, my little girl self, and say, ‘What are all the things I wanted when I was a kid?’” she said. So, when she was a 22-year-old sensation in the music business, the first Christmas song she wrote was about her own wish for the holiday. But Carey’s childhood was turbulent, beset by her parents’ divorce and difficult family relations. The delighted pop star told the Library it’s a perfect fit for a little girl from Long Island who grew up wanting a perfect Christmas. “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” the seasonal juggernaut that now sells more records than its 1994 release, is Mariah Carey’s first song to make the National Recording Registry. Her album showed rap could cross genres including reggae, hip-hop, house and jazz - while also opening opportunities for other female rappers. The legendary Queen Latifah becomes the earliest female rapper to join the National Recording Registry with her debut album “All Hail the Queen” from 1989 when she was just 19 years old. Of the nine songs originally on the album, four became top 10 hits. Madonna’s 1984 smash hit album “Like a Virgin” would fuel her ascent in the music world as she took greater control of her music and her image. This year’s selections include the voices of women whose recordings have helped define and redefine their genres. The Digital Media Association, a member of the National Recording Preservation Board, has compiled a list of some streaming services with National Recording Registry playlists, available here: /national-recording-registry-class-of-2023/ Listen to many of the recordings on your favorite streaming service. Follow the conversation about the registry on Twitter and Instagram and #NatRecRegistry. NPR’s “1A” will host several features in the series, “ The Sounds of America ,” on this year’s selections for the National Recording Registry, including interviews with Hayden and several featured artists in the weeks ahead. They range from the first recordings of Mariachi music and early sounds of the Blues to radio journalism leading up to World War II, and iconic sounds from pop, country, rock, R&B, jazz, rap, and classical music. The latest selections named to the registry span from 1908 to 2012. The recordings selected for the National Recording Registry bring the number of titles on the registry to 625, representing a small portion of the national library’s vast recorded sound collection of nearly 4 million items. We received more than 1,100 public nominations this year for recordings to add to the registry.” “The national library is proud to help ensure these recordings are preserved for generations to come, and we welcome the public’s input on what songs, speeches, podcasts or recorded sounds we should preserve next. “The National Recording Registry preserves our history through recorded sound and reflects our nation’s diverse culture,” Hayden said.
Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden today named 25 recordings as audio treasures worthy of preservation for all time based on their cultural, historical or aesthetic importance in the nation’s recorded sound heritage. theme, powerful voices of women, important inductions of Latin music, and classic sounds of rock and pop from the 1960s to the ‘80s. The 2023 class also includes the first sounds of a video game to join the registry with the Super Mario Bros.
1 Christmas hit, Queen Latifah’s groundbreaking “All Hail the Queen” and Daddy Yankee’s reggaeton explosion with “Gasolina” are some of the defining sounds of the nation’s history and culture that will now join the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress. Madonna’s cultural ascent with “Like a Virgin,” Mariah Carey’s perennial No. Recordings from Jimmy Buffett, Eurythmics, John Lennon, John Denver, The Police, Led Zeppelin and Super Mario Also Among 25 Selected for Preservation
National Recording Registry Inducts Music from Madonna, Mariah Carey, Queen Latifah, Daddy Yankee
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