Judy Garland’s 1939 recording of “Over the Rainbow,” the Eagles’ “Their Greatest Hits” album, N.W.A’s “Straight Outta Compton” and David Bowie’s “The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars” are among the latest batch of sound recordings headed for the Library of Congress’ National Recording Registry, library officials announced Wednesday. Also included: a Vin Scully broadcast from 1957 of the Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Giants, as well as two versions of “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” often referred to as the black national anthem. The library is tasked annually with identifying 25 historical sound recordings — music, spoken word, TV or radio broadcasts — that are deemed “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant” for preservation in the Library of Congress. “Popular music is one of this country’s finest exports,” Eagles founding member Don Henley told The Times on Wednesday via email. “We excel at it.

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