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  • You'll Sing a Song and I'll Sing a Song, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings release from 1989

    You'll Sing a Song and I'll Sing a Song, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings release from 1989

    Two Folkways Records Added to the National Recording Registry

    Two recordings from the Folkways collections were included in the 2007 National Recording Registry: You'll Sing a Song and I'll Sing a Song recorded by legendary children's music artist Ella Jenkins in 1966 and Freight Train recorded by folk songwriter and guitarist Elizabeth Cotten in 1959 (reissued in 1989). The National Recording Registry was established in 2000 in the Library of Congress to maintain and preserve sound recordings and collections of sound recordings that are culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant. Read more about the Registry and these Folkways artists here.

    Two Folkways Records Added to the National Recording Registry | Smithsonian Folkways Recordings