The Library of Congress adds titles from Mario, Madonna and others for preservation of their cultural and historic importance to the American soundscape.
Mariah Carey performs a benefit for the Fresh Air Fund at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York on Dec. 8, 1994, left, and Madonna performs as she opened her Virgin tour in Seattle, on April 10, 1985. Madonna's star-making 1984 album "Like a Virgin," Mariah Carey's 1994 holiday perennial "All I Want For Christmas Is You" and the original 1985 theme from Super Mario Bros. are now in the U.S.
The Super Mario Bros. music, officially known as the "Ground Theme," written by young Nintendo composer Koji Kondo, becomes the first music from a video game to enter the registry, which called it in a news release "the most recognizable video game theme in history." The tune has appeared in countless Mario-related incarnations, including in the new megahit " Super Mario Bros. Movie.
Other full albums getting recognition include 1970's "Deja Vu" by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, 1983's "Synchronicity" by the Police, and 1985's "Black Codes " by jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis. Those recordings are joined by a pair of 1980s standards: "Flashdance...What a Feeling" by Irene Cara and "Sweet Dreams " by Eurythmics .
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