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Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon album is to be preserved in history forever as part of the US Library of Congress' National Recording Registry.
The record received the highest number of public nominations and has been chosen as part of this year's 25 'culturally' or 'historically' significant recordings to be added to the registry which was established in 2000.
Joining Pink Floyd's offering will be Chubby Checker's 1960's hit The Twist and Sounds of Silence by Simon and Garfunkel amongst other groudnbreaking records.
Speaking of the honour, Garfunkel told the BBC: "When you look at the little mesh, wire microphone and you address people on the other side of the mic, you hope that your performance will be special, and you hope that it will have lasting power."
Pink Floyd's Roger Waters performs at Berlin's O2 World Arena in 2011
The Dark Side of the Moon was released in 1973 and sold an estimated 50 million copies whilst staying in the charts for an impressive 741 weeks. The US Library of Congress have said it was a "brilliant, innovative production in service of the music."
Other recordings chosen for this year's National Recording Registry include the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack which featured the Bee Gees and was known for reviving the disco scene in the 1970s.
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