Every year 25 recordings from a variety of genres are chosen for their cultural, artistic and historical value to be entered into the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress.
This year Dolly Parton's "Coat of Many Colors," from 1971, will be added. A press release says the song "affectionately recounts an impoverished childhood in the hills of Tennessee that was made rich by the love of her family."
Patsy Montana's "I Want To Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart" will also be added.
And a side non-country note that makes me smile. A Charlie Brown Christmas soundtrack has also been added.