Steve Martin, Sesame Street Albums Added to National Recording Registry

Andreas Rentz/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Albums from Steve Martin and Sesame Street are among the latest recordings to be added to the Library of Congress’ National Recording Registry.

Martin’s second stand-up comedy album, 1978’s A Wild and Crazy Guy, is being included, as is 1995’s Sesame Street: All-Time Platinum Favorites.

Twenty-five recordings in all are being added to the registry. They range from one of the earliest wax cylinder recordings from over 100 years ago, to 1945 radio coverage of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s funeral, to Great American Songbook classics like “Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive” by Johnny Mercer, and the 1953 recording of “My Funny Valentine” by The Gerry Mulligan Quartet featuring Chet Baker.

More contemporary artists and recordings include debut albums by folk great Joan Baez and rock legends The Doors; “Sixteen Tons,” the 1955 hit by country singer Tennessee Ernie Ford; “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’,” by the Righteous Brothers; and albums by Sly and the Family Stone, R&B singer Lauryn Hill, and British rock innovators Radiohead.

Each year, the National Recording Registry selects songs they determine are “culturally, historically or aesthetically significant” for inclusion in the Registry.