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* ''[[AudioPlay/StanFrebergPresentsTheUnitedStatesOfAmerica Stan Freberg Presents the United states of America, Vol. 1: The Early Years]]'' by Creator/StanFreberg (1961)

* ''WesternAnimation/SchoolhouseRock'' soundtrack/box xset (1996)

* [[Music/LetsStayTogether "Let's Stay Together"]] (1971) by Al Green.

* ''Music/TheFreewheelinBobDylan'' (1963) by Bob Dylan.

* ''Music/TheVelvetUndergroundAndNico (1967)'' by Music/TheVelvetUnderground and Music/Nico.

* ''Music/TheVelvetUndergroundAndNico (1967)'' by The Velvet Underground and Nico.

* ''Aja'' (1977)[[note]]the entire album, not just its title track[[/note]] by Music/SteelyDan.

* ''Music/MothershipConnection (1975)'' by Parliament.

* ''Film/PurpleRain'' (1984), soundtrack by Music/{{Prince}}.

* ''AudioPlay/StanFrebergPresentsTheUnitedStatesOfAmerica, Vol. 1: The Early Years'' by Creator/StanFreberg (1961)

* ''WesternAnimation/SchoolhouseRock'' soundtrack (1996)

* ''The Best of WesternAnimation/SchoolhouseRock'' (1996)

* ''Radio/Gunsmoke'' Episode: "The Cabin" (1952)

* ''Theatre/Hair (Original Broadway Cast Recording)'' (1968)

* ''Yiddish Cylinders from the Standard Phonograph Company of New York and Thomas Lambert Company'' (1901-1905)
* ''Memphis Blues'' by Victor Military Band (1914)
* ''Melville Jacobs Collection of Native Americans of the American Northwest'' (1929-1939)
* ''Minnie The Moocher'' by Music/CabCalloway (1931)

* ''They Look Like Men of War'' by Deep River Boys (1941)
* ''Radio/Gunsmoke Episode: The Cabin'' (1952)
* ''Ruth Draper: Various monologues'' (1954-1956)
* ''La Bamba'' by Music/RitchieValens (1958)
* ''Long Black Veil'' by Lefty Frizzell (1959)

* ''Mississippi Goddam'' by Music/NinaSimone (1964)
* ''Soul Man'' by Sam & Dave (1967)

* ''Speech on the death of UsefulNotes/MartinLutherKingJr'' by UsefulNotes/RobertFKennedy (1968)
* ''Sweet Caroline'' by Music/NeilDiamond (1969)

* ''September'' by Music/EarthWindAndFire (1978)
* ''You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)'' by Sylvester (1978)

* ''AudioPlay/StanFrebergPresentsTheUnitedStatesOfAmerica]], Vol. 1: The Early Years'' by Creator/StanFreberg (1961)

* ''[[Stan Freberg Presents the United States of America]], Vol. 1: The Early Years'' by Creator/StanFreberg (1961)

* ''Stan Freberg Presents the United States of America, Vol. 1: The Early Years'' by Creator/StanFreberg (1961)

* Music/TheCarterFamily, Music/JimmieRodgers, Ernest Stoneman and others (1927).

* "Over the Rainbow" (1939) by Judy Garland

* "(We’re Gonna) Rock Around the Clock” (1954) by Music/BillHaley and His Comets

* ''Music/TheMessage (1982)'' by Grandmaster Flash And The Furious Five.

* "Swanee" by Music/AlJolson (1920).

* A report from the match between the [[UsefulNotes/MLBTeams New York Yankees and Brooklyn Dodgers]] (1941).

* "Sinews of Peace" (1946) by UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill.[[note]]Probably better known as the "Iron Curtain speech", as Churchill's use of that specific metaphor made it the standard term for the physical division between the Soviet and Western blocs in UsefulNotes/TheColdWar.[[/note]]

* "Stars And Stripes Forever" (A military band recording from 1897)

* ''Literature/CaseyAtTheBat'' (read in 1906 by DeWolf Hopper)

* ''Music/TheCompleteHotFiveAndHotSevenRecordings'' (1925-1928) by Louis Armstrong.

* UsefulNotes/FranklinDRoosevelt 's fireside chats radio recordings (1933-1944).

* Herbert Morrison's radio report of the Hindenburg disaster (1937).

* Bing Crosby's recording of ''[[Music/MerryChristmas "White Christmas"]] (1942)''

* ''Music/SongsForYoungLovers (1954)'' by Frank Sinatra.
* Elvis Presley's ''[[Music/TheSunSessions Sun Records sessions (1954-1955)]]''.

* UsefulNotes/MartinLutherKing 's "I Have A Dream" speech (1963).

* "Precious Lord" (1973), gospel recordings by Thomas A. Dorsey, Marion Williams, e.a.

* "You're A Grand Old Rag(Flag)" (1906) by Billy Murray.

* "Every Man A King" (1935) speech by politician Huey P. Long.
* "He's Got The Whole World In His Hands" (1936) by Marian Anderson.
* Robert Johnson's ''[[Music/RobertJohnsonTheCompleteRecordings The Complete Recordings]]'' (1936-1937).

* A report from the match between the New York Yankees and Brooklyn Dodgers (1941).

* "Othello", played with Paul Robeson, Uta Hagen, José Ferrer and others (1943).
* "B-Minor Mass" by Johann Sebastian Bach, performed by Robert Shaw (1947).

* ''Music/MingusAhUm'' (1959) by Charles Mingus

* Music/PatsyCline 's recording of "Crazy" (1961).

* Creator/JudyGarland , performing at Carnegie Hall in 1961.

* ''Music/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand (1967)'' by Music/TheBeatles.
* ''Music/AtFolsomPrison (1968)'' by Music/JohnnyCash.
* ''Music/WhatsGoingOn (1971)'' by Music/MarvinGaye.
* ''Music/{{Tapestry}} (1971)'' by Music/CaroleKing.
* "Radio/APrairieHomeCompanion" (1974) by Garrison Keillor.
* ''Music/BornToRun (1975)'' by Music/BruceSpringsteen.

* "Some Of These Days" (1911) by Sophie Tucker.

* Radio report of Charles Lindbergh's arrival in Washington D.C. (1927).

* Music/JimmieRodgers 1927 recording of "Blue Yodel".
* ''Fats Waller'''s "Ain't Misbehavin'" (1929).

* Radio/TheJackBennyProgram (1948)

* Theatre/GuysAndDolls (1950), original cast.

* Spirituals sang by the Tuskegee Institue Choir (1955).

* "King James' Bible", read by Alexander Scourby (1966).

* [[Film/ANewHope Star Wars]]: the soundtrack by Music/JohnWilliams (1977).

* Creator/OrsonWelles' narrating "The Fall of the City" (1937).

* Radio broacast of the boxing match between Joe Louis and Max Schmeling (1938).

* "Adagio For Strings" (1938) by Samuel Barber, performed by Arturo Toscanini

* "The Fred Allen Show" (1945).

* "Move On Up A Little Higher" (1948) by Mahalia Jackson.
* "Anthology of American Folk Music" by Harry Smith (1952).

* "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" (1957) by Music/JerryLewis.

* "Dancing In The Street" (1964) by Martha and the Vandellas.
* "Live At The Regal" (1965) by Music/BBKing.
* ''Music/AreYouExperienced (1967'') by Music/JimiHendrix.
* ''Music/WereOnlyInItForTheMoney (1968)'' by Music/FrankZappa.
* Wendy Carlos' ''Music/SwitchedOnBach" (1968)''.

* ''Music/TheRevolutionWillNotBeTelevised (1970)'' by Music/GilScottHeron.
* ''Music/WillTheCircleBeUnbroken (1972)'' by the Music/NittyGrittyDirtBand.

* ''Music/SongsInTheKeyOfLife (1976)'' by Music/StevieWonder.
* ''Music/DaydreamNation (1988)'' by Music/SonicYouth.

* "Pony Blues" (1929) by Music/CharleyPatton

* Radio/TheLoneRanger: A 1937 episode.

* "Peace In The Valley" by Red Foley and the Sunshine Boys (1951).

* "The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart" (1960) by Bob Newhart.

* ''Radio/FibberMcGeeAndMolly (1940)''

* UsefulNotes/HarrySTruman's 1948 speech at the Democratic National Convention (1948).

* "For The Roses" (1972) by Joni Mitchell.

* "Murmurs of Earth", disc prepared for the Voyager spacecraft (1977).
* ''Music/{{Thriller}} (1982)'' by Michael Jackson.

* "Sinews of Peace" (1946) by UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill.

* Theatre/WestSideStory (1957) with the original cast.

* ''Music/MyGeneration (1966)'' by The Who.

* "When You Wish Upon A Star" (1938) by Cliff Edwards.
* "America's Town Meeting Of The Air" (1941) by George V. Denny, Reinhold Niebuhr and John Flynn.

* AudioPlay/IStartedOutAsAChild" (1964) by Music/BillCosby.

* ''[[Music/TheBandAlbum The Band]] (1969)'' by The Band.

* ''Music/{{Horses}} (1975)'' by Patti Smith.
* "Radio Free Europe" (1981) by {{Music/REM}}

* "Take Me Out To The Ball Game" (1908) by Edward Meeker.

* "It's The Girl" (1931) by The Boswell Sisters and the Dorsey Brothers Orchestra.

* "Jazz At The Philharmonic" (1944) by Music/NatKingCole, and others.

* Series/PeterGunn: soundtrack by Henry Mancini (1958).

* "Stand By Your Man" (1968) by Tammy Wynette.
* ''Music/TroutMaskReplica (1969)'' by Captain Beefheart.

* "Aja" (1977) by Steely Dan.

* "Ten Cents A Dance" (1930) by Ruth Etting.
* "Voices From The Days Of Slavery" (1932-1975)
* "I Want To Be A Cowboy's Sweetheart" (1935) by Patsy Montana.

* Hottest Women's Band of the 1940s" by International Sweethearts of Rhythm (1944-1946).

* "Let's Go Out To The Programs" (1953) by The Dixie Hummingbirds.
* "Also Sprach Zarathustra" by Richard Strauss, conducted by Fritz Reiner (1954) (1958).
* "Bo Diddley" and "I'm A Man" (1955) by Music/BoDiddley.

* ''WesternAnimation/ACharlieBrownChristmas'' (1965): soundtrack by Vince Guaraldi Trio.

* "The Continental Harmony: The Gregg Smith Singers Perform Music of William Billings" by The Gregg Smith Singers (1969).

* "Barton Hall Concert At Cornell University" (1977) by The Grateful Dead.
* "I Feel Love" (1977) by Donna Summer.

* ''Film/PurpleRain (1984)'', soundtrack by Prince.

* "Bacons, Beans And Limousines" (1931) by Will Rogers.

* Theatre/SouthPacific (1949), with the original cast.

* UsefulNotes/DwightEisenhower's president's message relayed from Atlas satellite (1958).

* ''Music/{{Ramones}} (1976)'' by The Ramones.
* Film/SaturdayNightFever (1977): soundtrack by The Bee Gees, and others.
* "Einstein On The Beach" (1979) by Philip Glass and Robert Wilson.

* "Brother, Can You Spare A Dime?" (1932) by Bing Crosby and Rudy Vallee.

* ''Radio/TheGoldbergs (1942)''; episode "Sammy Joins the Army".

* UsefulNotes/LyndonJohnson 's presidential recordings (1963-1969).
* "Carnegie Hall Concert with Buck Owens & His Buckaroos" (1966) by Buck Owens and His Buckaroos.

* Film/{{Shaft}} (1971): soundtrack by Isaac Hayes.

* "Heart Like A Wheel" (1974) by Music/LindaRonstadt.
* ''Music/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet (1979)'': original cast recording.
* ''Music/TheJoshuaTree (1987)'' by Music/{{U2}}.

* ''[[Music/TheDoorsAlbum The Doors]]'' (1967) by The Doors

* ''A Wild and Crazy Guy'' (1978) by [[Creator/SteveMartin Steve Martin]]

* ''Music/TheMiseducationOfLaurynHill'' (1998) by Lauryn Hill

* New York Giants vs. Brooklyn Dodgers - final game commentary (September 8, 1957); Vin Scully, announcer

* "American Pie" (1971) by Music/DonMcLean

* ''[[Music/SergeiRachmaninoff Rachmaninoff]]’s Vespers (All-Night Vigil)'' (1989) by The Robert Shaw Festival Singers

* Experimental stereo recordings for Bell Laboratories by Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra (1931-1923)

[[folder:2018 inclusions]]

* ''Film/TheSoundOfMusic'' (1965) by film cast

* ''Film/The Sound of Music'' (1965) by film cast