Latin songs and albums inducted into national recording registry

Several Latin songs and albums have been inducted into the National Recording Registry. The selection includes material from Pérez Prado.

The National Recording Registry has added Latin songs and albums to its collection. One featured work comes from Pérez Prado's Mambo No.

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