When asked why the song has proved so enduring, music journalist Steve Turner (author of "Amazing Grace: The Story of ... The hymnal's use of "shape notes" – triangles, ovals, rectangles and ...

As the president segued from the words “amazing grace” into the musical notes of “Amazing Grace,” the audience members could be heard murmuring their surprise. So unlikely was it that a ...

It gives you some indication of how popular it was. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "AMAZING GRACE") UNIDENTIFIED MUSICAL GROUP #1: (Singing) The Lord has promised... BALABAN: In the 1930s, the Library of ...