Here's another YouTube video clip of the FAMU concert choir singing the African American Christmas songs "What Ya Gonna Name Your Baby Boy?", "Sweet Little Jesus Boy", "Rise Up Shepherd and Follow"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5KIv6SFFqw

Added December 11, 2006 ;From niwdogh

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For what it's worth, prior to this video clip I'd never heard the song "What Ya Gonna Name Your Baby Boy?, but the songs "Sweet Little Jesus Boy", "Rise Up Shepherd and Follow" are standard selections for the musical play Black Nativity.

For those who may be interested, here's some information on "Black Nativity"

"December 11

*On this date in 1961 Black Nativity opened on Broadway. Langston Hughes' self-described "gospel song play" was staged at New York Cities Lincoln Theater that evening.

The Christmas story performed in dialogue, narrative, pantomime, gospel song and folk spirituals is an expression of Hughes' late-in-life interest in African-American spirituality and the oral traditions of the African-American church.

Reference:
Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History
Volume 1, ISBN #0-02-897345-3, Pg 175
Jack Salzman, David Lionel Smith, Cornel West"

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Most African American communities have had a drama/musical/dance group which has produced this play. Often the production is an annual Christmas event. "Black Nativity" may be one of the few public, non-church events where folks {regardless of race} get to hear spirituals and gospel music. If you've never been to a production of Black Nativity, I very much recommend it to you.