(FROM VARIETY) — Michael Jackson's 1982 album Thriller headlined a group of 25 inductees that were added to the National Recording Registry on Wednesday. Overseen by the Library of Congress, the registry preserves sound recordings considered ''culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.'' Thriller is said to be the best-selling album of all time, with worldwide sales in excess of 108 million copies. Also among Wednesday's inductees: the first trans-Atlantic radio broadcast, from 1925; a 1945 recording of New York City mayor Fiorello LaGuardia reading the comics; the 1956 original cast recording of My Fair Lady; Roy Orbison's 1964 song ''Oh, Pretty Woman''; and Smokey Robinson and the Miracles' 1965 ditty ''Tracks of My Tears.'' (Variety)
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'Thriller' Added to National Recording Registry
Michael Jackson's 1982 album led a slate of 25 recordings that joined the Library of Congress' prestigious list on Wednesday
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