(Acapella Group) Committed - Christmas Song "Do You Hear What I Hear" (also known as "Said The Night Wind To The Little Lamb")

committedsings, Dec. 5, 2017 

Do You Hear What I Hear was arranged by Armand Hutton. This song was nominated for a Grammy in the Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella category in 2016 **** Edited by Azizi Powell This pancocojams post presents a YouTube video of the acapella group Committed singing the Christmas song 'Do You Hear What I Hear" (also known as "Said The Night Wind To The Little Lamb". Information about Committed singing group is included in this post along with information about and lyrics for the song 'Do You Hear What I Hear". The content of this post is presented for religious and aesthetic purposes. All copyrights remain with their owners. Thanks to Noel Regney and Gloria Shayne for composing "Do You Hear What I Hear". Thanks also to Committed for their rendition of this song and thanks to Armand Hutton for this arrangement of "Do You Hear What I Hear".

**** INFORMATION ABOUT COMMITTED (singing group) From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Committed_(vocal_group) "Committed is an a cappella group of six male vocalists from Huntsville, Alabama, all students at Oakwood University, a historically black Seventh-day Adventist school in Huntsville.[1] The group—Therry Thomas, Dennis Baptiste, Tommy Gervais, Geston Pierre, Robert Pressley and Maurice Staple—began singing together in 2003, inspired by another a cappella group that originated at Oakwood, Take 6.[2]

The group won the second season of the musical competition The Sing-Off. They won the title on the finale broadcast on December 20, 2010 broadcast on NBC, singing a vocal a cappella arrangement of "We Are the Champions" from Queen.

The singing group released their self-titled album Committed on Epic Records."...

**** INFORMATION ABOUT THE SONG "DO YOU HEAR WHAT I HEAR"

From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_You_Hear_What_I_Hear%3F "Do You Hear What I Hear?" "Do You Hear What I Hear?" is a song written in October 1962, with lyrics by Noël Regney and music by Gloria Shayne.[1] The pair, married at the time, wrote it as a plea for peace during the Cuban Missile Crisis.[2] Regney had been invited by a record producer to write a Christmas song, but he was hesitant due to the commercialism of Christmas.[3] It has sold tens of millions of copies and has been covered by hundreds of artists.[2]

Synopsis

"Do You Hear What I Hear?" tells a story loosely based upon the story of the Nativity of Jesus as told in the Gospel of Matthew, incorporating fragments of the annunciation to the shepherds from the Gospel of Luke, though Jesus is never mentioned by name or explicitly identified. A "night wind" tells a lamb of a star, following which the lamb tells his young shepherd that he also hears a loud song. They are each led to a "mighty king," whom they tell of a child in the cold and ask to bring the child silver and gold (much as the Biblical Magi, which in tradition with prophecies in the Book of Isaiah and Psalm 72 are often characterized as kings, did with their gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh). The king proclaims a prayer of peace and announces that the child will "bring goodness and light".

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Original recordings

"Do You Hear What I Hear?" was released shortly after Thanksgiving in 1962.[1] The song was originally recorded for Mercury Records by the Harry Simeone Chorale,[1] a group that had also popularized "The Little Drummer Boy", and released as part of the album The Wonderful Songs of Christmas with the Harry Simeone Chorale. As a 45 rpm single, it went on to sell more than a quarter-million copies during the 1962 Christmas holiday season.[1]

Bing Crosby made the song into a hit when he recorded his own version of it on October 21, 1963,[4] with the record being released as a single on October 26. Crosby also performed the song on a Bob Hope Christmas television special on December 13 of that year. Over the years, Crosby's recording of the song has been widely played on the radio and has been available on numerous compilation Christmas albums and compact discs put out by Capitol Records."...

**** LYRICS FOR THE SONG "DO YOU HEAR WHAT I HEAR" Said the night wind to the little lamb:
"Do you see what I see?
Way up in the sky, little lamb
Do you see what I see?
A star, a star, dancing in the night
With a tail as big as a kite
With a tail as big as a kite"

Said the little lamb to the shepherd boy:
"Do you hear what I hear?
Ringing through the sky, shepherd boy
Do you hear what I hear?
A song, a song, high above the trees
With a voice as big as the sea
With a voice as big as the sea"

Said the shepherd boy to the mighty king:
"Do you know what I know?
In your palace warm, mighty king
Do you know what I know?
A Child, a Child shivers in the cold
Let us bring Him silver and gold
Let us bring Him silver and gold"

Said the king to the people everywhere:
"Listen to what I say!
Pray for peace, people everywhere!
Listen to what I say!
The Child, the Child, sleeping in the night
He will bring us goodness and light
He will bring us goodness and light"


Online source: https://genius.com/Christmas-songs-do-you-hear-what-i-hear-lyrics
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