The selections range from Leonard Bernstein's conducting debut with the New York Philharmonic in 1943 to the 1979 hip-hop record "Rapper's Delight" by the Sugarhill Gang and a 1977 concert at Cornell University by the Grateful Dead.
The registry said Summer's "I Feel Love", which took nightclubs in the U.S. and Europe by storm in 1977, had a "thunderous sound (that) combined Summer's breathy and ethereal vocal" and became an anthem of the gay and lesbian community.
Summer, 63, died in Florida on May 17 from cancer.
Nominations for the 2011 list were gathered from the public and the National Recording Preservation Board and bring the total number of recordings preserved for posterity to 350. Recordings must be at least 10-years-old to be eligible for consideration.
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