Music: Newswire: Donna Summer, Prince, Bo Di ..
A week after the death of Donna Summer , the singer has joined the performers who work has been judged “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant” and preserved in the archives of the Library Of Congress, as part of the United States National Recording Registry. Every year since 2006, the Registry board has added 25 selections to its collection; Summer made it in via her Giorgio Moroder-produced 1977 disco smash “I Feel Love.” This year’s typically diverse list includes recordings by Lillian Russell (“Come Down Ma Evenin Star”), Ruth Etting (“Ten Cents A Dance”), Stan Kenton (“Artistry In Rhythm:), the interracial ...
The A.V. Club
24 May 2012