On January 13, 1972, Aretha Franklin walked into the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles and sang one of the world’s most well-known church hymns, “Amazing Grace." The rest is history.

It thrived as a blockbuster gospel album, but a technical issue — and the Queen of Soul herself — held back the release of the film version of Amazing Grace, director Sydney Pollack’s Aretha Franklin ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "When all of her siblings passed away back-to-back — our aunt Erma, and nine weeks later, my father [in 2002], she stepped in and ...

The recently restored 1972 documentary Amazing Grace takes its name from Aretha Franklin’s gospel album, which was recorded live over two nights at the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Los ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: What would you say if you had the opportunity to be a fly on the wall while the incomparable Aretha Franklin sang her heart out at the New Temple Missionary Baptist ...

In 1972, Aretha Franklin who had by then had some 11 consecutive hits including, “Respect,” “Think” and “(You Make Me Feel Like A) Natural Woman” decided to record a live gospel album. Over two nights ...

Aretha Franklin belts two of her signature gospel songs, “Mary, Don’t You Weep” and “How I Got Over,” in the debut trailer for Amazing Grace, director Sydney Pollack’s long-awaited concert film ...

Early in Amazing Grace, Reverend Dr. James Cleveland—the Grammy-winning choir director and, to many, the “King of Gospel”—reminds us why we’re here. This is a “religious service,” he says to the ...

The new Aretha Franklin documentary Amazing Grace — filmed in 1972 during the live recording sessions for her hit album of the same name, but not available for public viewing until today — is a ...

Mick Jagger talks about a certain Aretha Franklin performance that’s indelibly etched in his memory as if it happened last week, not 46-plus years ago. “It was a really electrifying performance she ...

One of the best concert films in recent years was shot almost 50 years ago. In 1972, Warner Bros. hired filmmaker Sydney Pollack to shoot footage of a small, two-day concert event. Legendary soul ...

There are some singers and musicians whose talent is so massive, so evident, and apparent that their sound will never be able to be replicated or duplicated. The late Aretha Franklin was one of those ...