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"Amazing Grace" is a Christian hymn published in 1779, written in 1772 by English Anglican clergyman and poet John Newton (1725–1807). It is possibly the most sung and most recorded hymn in the world, and especially popular in the United States , where it is used for both religious and secular purposes.
Amazing Grace is a live album by American singer Aretha Franklin. It was recorded in January 1972 at the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles , with Reverend James Cleveland and the Southern California Community Choir accompanying Franklin in performance.
Grace Slick from Jefferson Airplane played the recorder on the albums Surrealistic Pillow (most notably in "Comin' Back to Me" and "How Do You Feel"), After Bathing at Baxter's and Volunteers. Bruce Springsteen plays recorder on some of his tracks; Sufjan Stevens; Roy Wood from The Move would play recorder frequently on The Move's albums.
Amazing Grace: His Greatest Sacred Performances is a two-disc compilation of studio master recordings by Elvis Presley, released in 1994 on RCA Records and certified double platinum by the RIAA on July 15, 1999. The release also includes a booklet with session details and an essay by Charles Wolfe.
The final track, a rendition of "Amazing Grace", is credited to the "Maverick Choir". Performers on the song are John Anderson, Archer/Park ...
Amazing Grace is a musical with music and lyrics by Christopher Smith and a book by Smith and Arthur Giron. [1] The musical is Smith's first foray as a professional writer or composer. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is based loosely on the life of John Newton , an English slave trader who later became an Anglican priest and eventually an abolitionist .
The instrument name recorder derives from the Latin recordārī (to call to mind, remember, recollect), by way of Middle-French verb recorder (before 1349; to remember, to learn by heart, repeat, relate, recite, play music) [9] [10] and its derivative recordeur (c. 1395; one who retells, a minstrel).
Amazing Grace (only jazz version) John Newton William Walker (composer) (only instrumental versions) Nominate and support all. TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 18:52, 14 June 2011 (UTC) The brass version is to die for, I have mixed feelings about the string version, and I despise the jazz version.