More than 25 years ago, retired music executive Joe Smith accomplished a Herculean feat -- he got more than 200 celebrated singers, musicians and industry icons to talk about their lives, music, experiences and contemporaries. In 2012 Smith donated this treasure trove of unedited sound recordings to the nation's library.

Latest episodes of the podcast Off The Record: The Joe Smith Collection

• Abe Somer
• Artie Shaw
• Barry White
• Bill Graham
• Billy May
• Bob Thiele
• Booker T. Jones
• Christine McVie
• Donovan
• Elton John
• Gerry Goffin
• Herbie Hancock
• Isaac Hayes
• James Brown
• Jerry Garcia
• Jo Stafford
• Joan Baez
• Les Paul
• Lou Levy
• Lou Rawls
• Lou Reed
• Mitch Miller
• Pat Benatar
• Patti Page
• Paul Weston
• Pete Seeger
• Randy Newman
• Robert Plant
• Smokey Robinson
• Stan Getz
• Sy Oliver
• Tom Petty
• Aerosmith
• Ahmet Ertegun
• B. B. King
• Bo Diddley
• Burt Bacharach
• Dave Brubeck
• David Bowie
• Dick Clark
• Ellie Greenwich
• George Harrison
• George Martin
• Graham Nash
• Herbie Hancock
• Linda Ronstadt
• Little Richard
• Mick Jagger
• Mickey Hart
• Milt Gabler
• Natalie Cole
• Paul McCartney
• Peter Frampton
• Ray Charles
• Ruth Brown
• Tony Bennett
• Yoko Ono
• Al Gallico
• Alice Cooper
• Anita Pointer
• Art Lund
• Ashford and Simpson
• Billy Joel
• Bob Marcucci
• Boz Scaggs
• Buddy Rich
• Carmen McRae
• Charlie Barnet
• Chubby Checker
• Dan Fogelberg
• Dave Clark
• Ed Ames
• Gene Simmons
• Harold Leventhal
• Henry Mancini
• Herb Alpert
• Herb Jeffries
• Jack Leonard
• Jerry Wexler
• Lou Adler
• Margaret Whiting
• Mike Love
• Ray Anthony
• Sammy Fain
• Tex Beneke
• Tommy Mottola
• Woody Herman