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    Run-DMC, Pauline Oliveros, 'Rumours,' Chic And Beethoven Added To Library Of Congress

    This year's batch of inductees bring the Recording Registry up to 500 entries.
    by Sidney Madden Mar 21, 2018 2 minutes
    Run-D.M.C. backstage at the Grammy Awards in March 1987. The hip-hop group's 1986 album <em>Raising Hell</em> is one of 25 new inductees to the Library of Congress Recording Registry.

    The National Library of Congress has shared its latest batch of musical inductees to the National Recording Registry. The 25 works — a mix of singles, field recordings, albums and soundtracks — represent myriad genres and time periods, and bring the Registry's overall catalog up to 500 entries.

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