Question: According to the 2013 National Recording Registry , Which non-minstreal black performers came before the musician with the song Were You There ?

text: National Recording Registry
2013
On April 2 , 2014 , the following 25 selections were announced . [ 32 ] [ 33 ] Louis Jordan , innovator of jump blues Isaac Hayes won an Oscar for the soundtrack to the 1971 blacksploitation film Shaft . Christian music pioneer Larry Norman
The National Recording Registry is a list of sound recordings that are culturally, historically, or aesthetically important, and/or inform or reflect life in the United States. The registry was established by the National Recording Preservation Act of 2000, which created the National Recording Preservation Board, whose members are appointed by the Librarian of Congress. The recordings preserved in the United States National Recording Registry form a registry of recordings selected yearly by the National Recording Preservation Board for preservation in the Library of Congress. The National Recording Preservation Act of 2000 established a national program to guard America's sound recording heritage. The Act created the National Recording Registry, The National Recording Preservation Board and a fund-raising foundation. The purpose of the Registry is to maintain and preserve sound recordings and collections of sound recordings that are culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant. Beginning in 2002, the National Recording Preservation Board has selected recordings nominated each year to be preserved. The first four yearly lists each had 50 selections. Since 2006, 25 recordings have been selected annually. As of 2018[update], a total of 525 recordings have been preserved in the Registry. Each calendar year, public nominations are accepted for inclusion in that year's list of selections, which are announced the following spring. Each yearly list typically includes a few recordings that have also been selected for inclusion in the holdings of the National Archives' audiovisual collection.
Recording or collection Performer or agent Year
The Laughing Song George W. Johnson c.1896
They Didnt Believe Me Harry Macdonough and Alice Green 1915
Brother , Can You Spare a Dime ? ( Two Versions ) Bing Crosby and Rudy Vallee 1932
Recordings of Kwakwakawakw Chief Dan Cranmer Franz Boas and George Herzog 1938
Were You There Roland Hayes 1940
Sammy Goes to the Army The Goldbergs July 9 , 1942
Caldonia Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five 1945
Dust My Broom Elmore James 1951
A Night at Birdland ( Vols . 1 & 2 ) Art Blakey 1954
When I Stop Dreaming The Louvin Brothers 1955
Cathy 's Clown The Everly Brothers 1960
Texas Sharecropper and Songster Mance Lipscomb 1960
The First Family Vaughn Meader 1962
Lawrence Ritter 's Interviews with Baseball Pioneers of the Late 19th and Early 20th Century Lawrence Ritter 1962-1966
Presidential Recordings of Lyndon B. Johnson Lyndon B. Johnson 1963-1969
Carnegie Hall Concert with Buck Owens and His Buckaroos Buck Owens and His Buckaroos 1966
Fortunate Son Creedence Clearwater Revival 1969
Shaft Isaac Hayes 1971
Only Visiting This Planet Larry Norman 1972
Celia & Johnny Celia Cruz and Johnny Pacheco 1974