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15 unusual facts about Amazing Grace


1725 in poetry

July 24 – John Newton (died 1807), English, clergyman, former slave-ship captain and author of many hymns, including Amazing Grace

A Devil and Her Love Song

She manages to become close with two of her classmates after they heard her beautiful singing (the song is Amazing Grace and Maria often sings it in the manga).

Amazing Grace: Jeff Buckley

Amazing Grace: Jeff Buckley is an hour-long documentary that celebrates the legacy of the late musician Jeff Buckley with specific attention given to fans he inspired.

Originally scheduled for DVD release on May 22, 2007, alongside So Real: Songs From Jeff Buckley, the release of Amazing Grace: Jeff Buckley was initially delayed due to music licensing issues, but was finally released in June 2009 by Sony BMG Legacy as part of the Grace Around the World Deluxe Limited Edition.

Art Porter, Jr.

Porter and his father performed for President Clinton during his 1993 inauguration, playing Amazing Grace at a prayer breakfast.

Aveley

John Newton, the author of Amazing Grace, lived in Aveley which was the home of his father's second wife.

Being a Green Mother

Orb sings a section of the Llano (the Song of Evening—also known as the Song of Love) which is meant to evoke romantic love, but Satan, surprising everyone, sings a variation of the hymn Amazing Grace—and vanishes.

Bible translations into Cree

An accomplished singer and song writer, Sand joined Wycliffe Bible Translators’s staffer Meg Billingsley in an interestingly harmonized bilingual rendition of Amazing Grace that according to the Canadian Bible Society newsletter many felt was an appropriate metaphor for the project.

Cowper and Newton Museum

Close by are the vicarage where the clergyman John Newton (1725–1807), a friend of Cowper, wrote the hymn Amazing Grace, the church at which he preached, and his grave (together with that of his wife).

FanFiction.Net

Public domain lyrics (such as those to "Amazing Grace") or lyrics written by the author of the fan fiction are allowed, however.

James P. Carrell

"Harmony Grove" is now the tune most associated with the John Newton hymn "Amazing Grace", and for many years Carrell and Clayton were credited as the composers.

Minako Honda

Towards the end of her life, she released several classical albums demonstrating her soprano singing voice, including religious works such as Amazing Grace and Ave Maria.

St. Margaret's Church, Rochester

Composer of "Amazing Grace" was married in the medieval church in 1750 to a local girl.

Thomas Albert

Early works include A Maze (With Grace) (1975, after "Amazing Grace") and Devil’s Rain (1977) both of which were recorded by the ensemble Relâche for Mode Records.

Tommy Herron

He was buried at Roselawn Cemetery as a piper played "Amazing Grace".


Betsy Rutherford

She performed frequently at colleges and music festivals, including the annual Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington, D.C. She concluded every performance with a rendition of “Amazing Grace,” which she lined out in the Primitive Baptist tradition.

Cultural depictions of William IV of the United Kingdom

On screen, William has been portrayed by Ernst G. Schiffner in the 1936 German film Mädchenjahre einer Königin, based on the play by Geza Silberer about the early life of Queen Victoria, Peter Ustinov in the 2001 TV miniseries Victoria and Albert, and Toby Jones in the 2006 film Amazing Grace, in which he is incorrectly (when still a prince) seen sitting in the House of Commons.

Doyle Dykes

Some of his best-known works and interpretations are "Wabash Canonball", "Country Fried Pickin", "Tricky Pickin", "Chet Stuff", "Be Still", "Amazing Grace" and "While My Guitar Gently Weeps".

Kathy Ann Kelly

Some of the songs included were new versions of the traditional songs from all over the world previously sung by the group from as early as 1970s; notably "Amazing Grace", "Motherless child", "Old Black Joe", "The Rose of Tralee".

Lieutenant Pigeon

"Mouldy Old Dough" (the title being an adaptation of the 1920s jazz phrase, "vo-de-o-do") became the second biggest selling UK single of the year, behind The Band of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards' bagpipe version of "Amazing Grace".

Live at Royal Albert Hall 1971

#"Amazing Grace" (traditional, arranged Roger McGuinn, Clarence White, Gene Parsons, Skip Battin)

Prelude to a Dream

The album consists mainly of covers of classical crossover songs such as Andrea Bocelli's "Con te partirò" and "The Prayer", Josh Groban's "To Where You Are" and Martina McBride's "Concrete Angel", and also included some classical pieces and a rendition of "Amazing Grace", among other selections.

Stanford Talisman

Their musical repertoire includes "One by One," "Lift E'vry Voice" (the Black national anthem), "Baba Yetu" (featured on the video game Civilization IV), Sweet Honey in the Rock's "Wanting Memories," a powerful Native American chant "Wahjeeleh-Yihm," and the traditional spiritual "Amazing Grace."

The Choir of Hard Knocks

A self-titled companion CD to the series was released containing traditional songs such as Amazing Grace and Silent Night as well as pop songs such as Flame Trees by Cold Chisel and Hallelujah written by Leonard Cohen.

To Save a Life

The movie is a partnership among three faith-based companies: Samuel Goldwyn Films (which released Fireproof, Facing the Giants, and Amazing Grace), Outreach Films, and New Song Pictures.

Wholy Holy

The song would be later covered by soul-gospel greats Aretha Franklin, who recorded a live version of the song on her Amazing Grace live album, and Mavis Staples, who famously covered it during an episode of The Cosby Show.