--- title: Library of Congress Adds Gloria Gaynor, Billy Joel Songs description: 25 recordings deemed significant works of American culture and history were added to the National Recording Registry canonical: https://time.com/4264819/library-of-congress-national-recording-registry-2016-billy-joel-metallica-gloria-gaynor/ author: Nolan Feeney article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-03-23T07:00:12.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T16:02:28.166Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Gloria Gaynor, Metallica Songs Added to Library of Congress og:description: 25 recordings were added to the National Recording Registry og:url: https://time.com/4264819/library-of-congress-national-recording-registry-2016-billy-joel-metallica-gloria-gaynor/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9051416c4eaeacca/69888bafa988ca4b886b70ec/library-of-congress-national-recording-registry-gloria-gaynor-billy-joel-metallica.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Disco Diva Gloria Gaynor og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Gloria Gaynor, Metallica Songs Added to Library of Congress twitter:description: 25 recordings were added to the National Recording Registry twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9051416c4eaeacca/69888bafa988ca4b886b70ec/library-of-congress-national-recording-registry-gloria-gaynor-billy-joel-metallica.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Library of Congress Declares Billy Joel, Gloria Gaynor, Metallica Songs Important Parts of U.S. History > Sponsored content. 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Gloria Gaynor’s disco classic is one of 25 new additions to the library’s National Recording Registry, which aims to preserve sound recordings that have great cultural and historic importance to the United States. Billy Joel’s “Piano Man,” the Supremes’ “Where Did Our Love Go” and John Coltrane’s “A Love Supreme” are also included. “‘I Will Survive’ is my mantra, the core of my God-given purpose,'” Gaynor said in a statement. “It is my privilege and honor to use it to inspire people around the world of every nationality, race, creed, color and age group to join me as I sing and live the words: ‘I Will Survive.’” The oldest addition this year is “Let Me Call You Sweetheart” by the Peerless Quartet, from 1911; the most recent is Metallica’s “Master of Puppets,” from 1986\. Non-musical recordings include George Marshall’s [“Marshall Plan” speech](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall%5FPlan#Marshall.27s%5Fspeech) from 1947 and fourth quarter radio coverage of the 1962 basketball game between the Philadelphia Warriors and New York Knicks in which Wilt Chamberlain set the record for the most points scored in a single game (100). Nominations for this year’s additions came from public submissions and from the National Recording Preservation Board, which is currently taking ideas for next year [online](https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-recording-preservation-board/about-this-program/). Recordings must be at least 10 years old to be included; there are now 450 recordings total on the registry. “This collection … helps safeguard the record of what we’ve done and who we are,” said Acting Librarian of Congress David S. 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