He then concluded the Easter music special with a spectacular rendition of John Newton’s Amazing Grace. For the final performance, the 65-year-old was accompanied by a grand piano, cellos and ...

John Newton, the English clergyman who wrote the words in 1772, ... At every step of the music industry's evolution, from songbooks to sheet music to radio to vinyl, Amazing Grace benefitted.

My name is John Newton and I want to tell you my story. I am an old man of eighty, which is a good age to reach, but when I look back on my life…well, I’m not happy about some of the things I ...

BALABAN: James Walvin says "Amazing Grace" never really gained a foothold in Newton's England. But then it was published in America, where Christianity was booming.

St. Peter and St. Paul Church, in Olney, England, was home to curate John Newton from 1764 to 1780 and is where “Amazing Grace” was first sung on January 1, 1773.

Years later, ‘Amazing Grace’ would become well-known as the anthem of the civil rights movement, despite its author being a former slave trader. Across two centuries, there have been more than 20 ...

Almost 200 years after Newton wrote its lyrics, “Amazing Grace” became the ballad of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement. During the 1960s, it was sung at many Martin Luther King Jr . rallies by ...