Jackson's "Rhythm Nation 1814" and Kermit's rendition of "The Rainbow Connection" were among 900 audio recordings nominated to be added to the registry this year.<br />The composer of "The Rainbow Connection," Paul Williams, spoke with Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden.<br />"It’s a line about the immense power of faith — faith in someone or something, or a big idea. Sometimes the questions are more beautiful than the answers." Paul Williams, "The Rainbow Connection" Composer, via 'The New York Times'.<br />Other 2021 inductees include Louis Armstrong's "When the Saints Go Marching In" from 1938 and a recording done by Thomas Edison from 1878.<br />The Edison recording was not listenable for decades until 2013 when a way was devised to recover the audio.<br />The Library of Congress' registry was initiated in 2000 as a means of preserving "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant" recordings.<br />Among its collection of three million sound recordings, to date the Library of Congress has added only 575 to the registry.
