Pink Floyd's legendary album "Dark Side Of The Moon" has secured its place in the US Library of Congress as part of its national registry of recordings of extraordinary importance to human civilization.
The largest number of public nominations were won by Pink Floyd for their album "Dark Side Of The Moon" from 1973.
Together with the album "Dark Side Of The Moon", the hit of Čabi Checker from 1960 "The Twist" and the song "Sounds Of Silence" by the group Simon And Garfunkel will become part of the National Register of Sound Recordings, and the album by Pink Floyd received the most public nominations. .
Each year, 25 "culturally" or "historically significant" recordings are added to the registry, which was established in 2000.
On the occasion of the selection of the song "Sounds of Silence", Art Garfunkel stated that he was excited and flattered by the decision to permanently preserve the song.
His song "Sounds Of Silence", written after the assassination of US President Kennedy in 1963, was initially a failure, and only became a hit on a worldwide scale when it underwent some changes and was re-released.
The unexpected success of this song prompted the duo to reunite and record another album called "Sounds Of Silence" in 1966, which Garfunkel says changed their lives.
An innovative way of producing music
The largest number of public nominations were won by Pink Floyd for their album "Dark Side Of The Moon" from 1973, which the Library said represented a "brilliant, innovative way of producing music."
This year, the music from the film "Saturday Night Fever" from 1977 will also be included in the register.
The recordings included in the Notable Audio Recordings Registry were made between 1918 and 1980, and Pink Floyd will thus find themselves in the company of Jimmy Davis' 1940 song "You Are My Sunshine", which was a campaign track. of President Herbert Hoover on the occasion of his candidacy for governor of Louisiana.
This song later became one of the most popular country songs of all time and the state anthem of Louisiana in 1977.
In addition to those already mentioned, this year the music from the film "Saturday Night Fever" from 1977 and the famous performance of pianist Van Cliburn from the piano competition in Moscow in 1958, when he won the "Tchaikovsky" award, will be included in the register.
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