Today’s night thread celebrates our favorite Muppet and what is likely our favorite Muppet song – Rainbow Connection, from 1979’s The Muppet Movie. But it also celebrates the 24 other recordings added last week to the National Recording Registry. Please check them out! And have a great night thread.
Thomas Edison – St. Louis tinfoil recording 
Hjalmar Peterson – Nikolina 
Marika Papagika – “Smyrneikos Balos” 
Louis Armstrong – “When the Saints Go Marching In” 
President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill – Christmas Eve Broadcast, 1941 
The Guiding Light – episode, November 22, 1945 
Odetta – “Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues” (album) 
Albertina Walker and the Caravans – “Lord, Keep Me Day By Day” 
Roger Maris hits his 61st home run of the 1961 season, as called for broadcast by Phil Rizzutto 
Leontyne Price – “Aida” (album) 
Connie Smith – “Once a Day” 
Albert King – “Born Under a Bad Sign” (album) 
Marlo Thomas and Friends – “Free to Be … You & Me” (album) 
Jimmy Cliff – “The Harder They Come” (album) 
Labelle – “Lady Marmelade” 
Jackson Browne – Late for the Sky (album) 
Pat Metheny – “Bright Size Life” (album) 
Kool and the Gang – “Celebration” 
Jessye Norman – “Richard Strauss – Four Last Songs” (album) 
Janet Jackson – Rhythm Nation 1814 (album) 
Flaco Jiménez – “Partners” (album) 
Israel Kamakawiwo’ole – Somewhere Over the Rainbow / What a Wonderful World 
Nas – Illmatic (album) 
This American Life – “The Giant Pile of Money” (podcast episode)
