National Recording Registry Inducts Classics by Dr. Dre, Mister Rogers and Cheap Trick

Kenny Rogers left an indelible mark on the entertainment industry. In a new clip of Biography: Kenny Rogers, longtime friend and collaborator Dolly Parton pays tribute to the late legend who passed away in March.

On April 9, 1983, Kenny Rogers and Sheena Easton's "We've Got Tonight" rose 2-1 on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart, leading the list for a week.Rocker Bob Seger wrote the ballad and his original reached No. 13 on the all-genre Billboard Hot 100 in 1979.

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The family of Kenny Rogers are finding the perfect way to honour his memory.

With the nation largely hunkered down amid the spread of the novel coronavirus, the Library of Congress hopes the Wednesday (March 25) arrival of the 2020 National Recording Registry -- which includes Tina Turner’s Private Dancer, Cheap Trick at Budokan, Whitney Houston’s rendition of Dolly Parton’s “I Will Always Love You,” Dr.

Dr. Dre’s 1992 gangsta rap classic, The Chronic, leads this year’s inductees into the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry. Each year, the National Recording Registry selects 25 titles deemed “worthy of preservation because of their cultural, historical, and aesthetic importance” to the American soundscape.

Dr. Dre’s The Chronic is among the new batch of records to be archived in the Library of Congress, the National Recording Registry announced today. Other records deemed “worthy of preservation because of their cultural, historical and aesthetic importance” include Cheap Trick at Budokan, Tina Turner’s Private Dancer, Dusty Springfield’s Dusty in Memphis, the Whitney Houston song “I Will Always Love You,” and Village People’s “Y.M.C.A.”

Dr. Dre and his legendary 1992 album The Chronic are being immortalized.

With the coronavirus going around, it's not the best idea to stay at the Y.M.C.A., but that didn't prevent the Library of Congress from inducting the signature tune from Village People into the National Recording Registry. Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden has named "Y.M.C.A." and 24 other aural treasures as worthy of preservation this year, picked because of their cultural, historical and aesthetic importance to the USA's recorded sound heritage, it was announced Wednesday.

With the coronavirus going around, it's not the best idea to stay at the Y.M.C.A., but that didn't prevent the Library of Congress from inducting the signature tune from Village People into the National Recording Registry.

With the coronavirus going around, it's not the best idea to stay at the Y.M.C.A., but that didn't prevent the Library of Congress from inducting the signature tune from Village People into the National Recording Registry.

Whitney Houston, The Notorious B.I.G., Nine Inch Nails, and more will be inducted this year

The 2020 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony has moved from spring to fall. The event, which was postponed due to the worries about the spread of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, will now take place Nov.

The 2020 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony has moved from spring to fall.The event, which was postponed due to the worries about the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus, will now take place on Nov. 7; it was originally scheduled for May 2.The annual ceremony will still take place in Cleveland and honor Nine Inch Nails, Depeche Mode, the Doobie Brothers, T-Rex, Notorious B.I.G.

There is a new date for the 2020 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. The event will take place on Saturday, November 7 at Cleveland’s Public Auditorium. It will broadcast live on HBO, starting at 8 p.m. Eastern. The ceremony was originally set to take place on May 2, but was postponed due to coronavirus (COVID-19) concerns.

Lionel Richie's heart is "broken" over the loss of fellow music legend Kenny Rogers. Rogers passed away late Friday night of natural causes, according to a statement from his family.

Dolly Parton is mourning the death of her friend and collaborator Kenny Rogers.

Kenny Rogers, who died Saturday (March 21), was the first major act that Garth Brooks ever opened for. A few months after the release of his 1989 self-titled debut album, Brooks supported the northeast U.S.

The entertainment world is in mourning today with the passing of Kenny Rogers. The Houston, Texas native -- who carved out a successful pop/rock career with backing band the First Edition in the late 1960s, before segueing into a leading role as a massively popular country solo star -- passed away from natural causes on Friday night (Mar. 20) at the age of 81, a statement from his PR confirms.

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