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Mormon Tabernacle Choir no stranger to political flak — even from own church leaders

Mormon Tabernacle Choir • Famed group took heat from church leaders for singing in a WWII documentary film and recording a tune popularized by “two hard-core communists.”

Members of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir are shown at the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 20, 1965 moments before the arrival of President Lyndon Johnson for his inaugural. (AP Photo)

Members of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir are shown at the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 20, 1965 moments before the arrival of President Lyndon Johnson for his inaugural. (AP Photo)