Just 29 days after reaching the Salt Lake Valley, President Brigham Young organized a choir to sing in a conference on August 22, 1847, according to a blog post on the Tabernacle Choir's blog. This small choir blossomed and grew into a 360-member choir that was later dubbed by President Ronald Reagan as "America's Choir" and has sung with world-famous artists like Sting, Yo-Yo Ma, James Taylor, John Denver, and more.
The Tabernacle Choir began broadcasting Music and the Spoken Word in 1929, making it the world’s longest continuing network broadcast. On their blog, the choir also posted this sound clip from their first recording:
And, in celebration of all the choir has achieved, check out some of their most-viewed videos from YouTube:
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Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing (2011) | The Tabernacle Choir
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Bring Him Home, Les Misérables | Alfie Boe and The Tabernacle Choir
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Battle Hymn of the Republic | The Tabernacle Choir
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David Archuleta and The Tabernacle Choir - A Wondrous Christmas
Editor’s note: This article was originally published on LDSLiving.com in August 2017.