“Because,” written by John Lennon, recorded in l’église Saint Sauveur à La Rochelle, 2020. Singers only identified as “Camille, Caroline, Clara, Juliette et Elodie, 5 amies d’Alsace et de Bourgogne.” Video by Julien Mueller.
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“True Colors,” written by Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly, in a socially-distanced rendering by the UK’s Camden Voices.
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“Jesus, Oh What a Wonderful Child,” performed here by the Mississippi Mass Choir. The song is said to be traditional, but many associate it with the Angelic Gospel Singers, who recorded it in 1950.
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“The well-known Mormon Tabernacle Choir was renamed Friday to strip out the word ‘Mormon’ in a move showing the faith’s new president is serious about ending shorthand names for the religion that have been used for generations by church members and previously promoted by the church.
The … singing group will now be called the ‘Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square,’ The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints said in a statement. It’s a nod to the home of the choir for the last 150 years, the Tabernacle, located on church grounds known as Temple Square in downtown Salt Lake City.”
“Church President Russell M. Nelson announced guidelines in August requesting that people stop using ‘Mormon’ or ‘LDS’ as substitutes for the church’s full name. He said “Latter-day Saints” was acceptable shorthand.”
— “Mormon no more: Tabernacle Choir renamed in big church shift,” Brady McCombs, Associated Press
In other branding news, Dunkin’ Donuts is now just “Dunkin.”
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“The world-renowned Mormon Tabernacle Choir is changing its name to ‘The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square,'” Tabernacle Choir blog
Mormon Tabernacle Choir website
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“Jesus Oh What a Wonderful Child,” performed here by Chicago’s Cosmopolitan Church of Prayer Choir. The song is said to be traditional, but many associate it with the Angelic Gospel Singers, who recorded it in 1950.
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Two days after Nelson Mandela died, members of the Soweto Gospel Choir took over the Woolworth grocery store in Pretoria’s Parkview neighborhood. There was really nothing spontaneous about it except for the heartfelt response of shoppers. The choir had planned to surprise the crowd with a James Brown tune, but after the death of the revered patriot they chose this number, “Asimbonanga,” a tribute Johnny Clegg wrote during Mandela’s imprisonment on Robben Island:
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