2011 National Recording Registry
By CBSNews.com producer David Morgan
'Take Me Out to the Ball Game' - Edward Meeker
Excerpt: "Take Me Out to the Ball Game"
"Mal Hombre" - Lydia Mendoza
Excerpt: "Mal Hombre"
Phonautograms - ca. 1853-1861
Excerpt: 1860 recording of "Au Clair de la Lune"
"The Music From 'Peter Gunn'" - Henry Mancini
Excerpt: "Theme from 'Peter Gunn'"
'Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground' - Blind Willie Johnson
Excerpt: "Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground"
'It's the Girl' - The Boswell Sisters
Excerpt: "It's the Girl"
"Songs of the Humpback Whale"
Excerpt: Humpback Whales
"Tumbling Tumbleweeds" - Sons of the Pioneers
Excerpt: "Tumbling Tumbleweeds"
Wax Cylinders of Ishi
Excerpt: Recording of Yahi language
"Talking Union" - The Almanac Singers
Audio: From "Talking Union"
"Stand By Your Man" - Tammy Wynette
Excerpt: "Stand By Your Man"
"The Eagle Stirreth Her Nest" - Rev. C.L. Franklin
Excerpt: "The Eagle Stirreth Her Nest"
"Blind Joe Death" - John Fahey
Excerpt: "Blind Joe Death"
"Trout Mask Replica" - Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band
Excerpt: "Trout Mask Replica"
"Aja" - Steely Dan
GOPAC Strategy and Instructional Tapes
Excerpt: GOPAC lecture on debates
"3 Feet High and Rising" - De La Soul
Excerpt: "3 Feet High and Rising"
2011 National Recording Registry additions