BALABAN: This is the first recording of "Amazing Grace" to the tune of "New Britain," performed in 1922 by the original Sacred Harp Choir. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "AMAZING GRACE") SACRED HARP CHOIR ...

2023 is the 250th anniversary year of "Amazing Grace." It was first performed on New Year's Day, 1773, and has gone through many changes over the years.

The hymn has known so many lives. “Amazing Grace”—250 years old this year—has been sung in churches and at funerals. It is a civil rights anthem, a civil religion anthem, a folk song, and ...

Turner said, of all recordings made of "Amazing Grace," "90-95% were post-Judy Collins." Collins told "Sunday Morning" that she believes the song is one of "hope and healing. It has a feeling ...

Amazing Grace might be the ultimate song of redemption, ... The Library of Congress has catalogued 3,049 recordings up to the year 2000 alone. ... by the Original Sacred Harp Choir in 1922.

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.

As we look at another New Year’s Day, it’s a good time to reflect on a song that unites rather than divides us: the Rev. John Newton’s hymn “Amazing Grace.”The hymn first appeared in ...