SHOUT! Black Gospel Music Moments - 'You've Got to Move' by Abbysinnia Baptist Church Young People’s Choir

About this episode

This episode features a recording of the spiritual 'You’ve Got to Move' by the Abbysinnia Baptist Church Young People’s Choir from 1959.

In 1959, the Abbysinnia Baptist Church Young People’s Choir recorded a cheerfully up tempo version of the old spiritual “You’ve Got to Move” for the famed Gotham Record label.

Topics covered

• gospel music
• choir performance
• spirituals
• music history
• recording
• Abbysinnia Baptist Church

Keywords

• gospel
• choir
• spiritual
• music
• recording
• Abbysinnia Baptist Church
• 1959

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Abbysinnia Baptist Church Young People’s Choir, Gotham Record

Books & works: You’ve Got to Move

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