The song "Amazing Grace" was first performed on New Year's Day, 1773, and has gone through many changes over the years.

Jon Batiste and Andrea Bocelli perform "Amazing Grace" in this 30th anniversary celebration of Andrea Bocelli.

Amazing Grace. By James Walvin. University of California Press; 216 pages; $19.95 and £16.99 I n 2015 Barack Obama gave the eulogy at a funeral service in Charleston, South Carolina, for a black ...