WASHINGTON — The Mardi Gras Indian album by the Wild Tchoupitoulas and “You Are My Sunshine,” the song popularized by former Louisiana Gov. Jimmie Davis and later adopted as the state’s anthem, were among the songs and recordings added to the Library of Congress’ National Recording Registry on Thursday.
Other songs to make the list of historically and culturally significant recordings include the “Saturday Night Fever” soundtrack, a 1931 Will Rogers broadcast and recordings from Simon & Garfunkel, Janis Joplin’s Big Brother and the Holding Company, Pink Floyd, Chubby Checker and The Ramones.
“You Are My Sunshine,” recorded by Davis in 1940 and used in his 1944 campaign for governor, is one of the most oft-recorded songs in America.
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