It's heard around the world and still has the power to move. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "AMAZING GRACE") PAUL ROBESON: (Singing) Amazing grace. SIMON: "Amazing Grace." The song was first performed on New ...

And she'd start singing "Amazing Grace" and people would come out of their homes. JOHN LARSON: In 1970, Collins recorded a simple version, and it became a worldwide hit.

Amazing Grace. By James Walvin. University of California Press; 216 pages; $19.95 and £16.99 A short but fascinating book by James Walvin, a professor at the University of York and an expert on ...

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 Ne ...