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The story of a song that makes a difference: In this program with Bill Moyers, one of the most popular and enduring hymns in the English language, "Amazing Grace" has been adapted by scores of performers, from country music to gospel to folk singers. The program features some of these performers as they express what they hymn means to them. Judy Collins sings in St. Paul's Chapel at Columbia University, and talks about how this song carried her through the depths of her alcoholism. Jessye Norman sends "Amazing Grace" soaring across the footlights at Manhattan Center stage. While in Nashville, Johnny Cash visi
The story of a song that makes a difference: In this program with Bill Moyers, one of the most popular and enduring hymns in the English language, "Amazing Grace" has been adapted by scores of performers, from country music to gospel to folk singers. The program features some of these performers as they express what they hymn means to them. Judy Collins sings in St. Paul's Chapel at Columbia University, and talks about how this song carried her through the depths of her alcoholism. Jessye Norman sends "Amazing Grace" soaring across the footlights at Manhattan Center stage. While in Nashville, Johnny Cash visits a prison and talks about the hymn's impact on prisoners. The folk singer, Jean Ritchie, shares a reunion of her extended family in Kentucky where everyone rejoices together. "Amazing Grace" is also featured in the repertory of the Boys Choir of Harlem, which performs the hymn in both New York and Japan.
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