Aretha Franklin was at the peak of her career and her creative powers when her gospel album “Amazing Grace” was released in 1972. (It sold more than two million copies and became her best-selling ...

An assembly of people gathered in January 1972 in the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles for a service of sorts – though not the ordinary kind. Amazing Grace was released as a double ...

In early 1972, Aretha Franklin arrived at the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Watts for a pair of performances with the backing of the Rev. James Cleveland and the Southern California ...

The story behind the best-selling Gospel album, Aretha Franklin's "Amazing Grace," recorded 40 years ago at New Temple Missionary Baptist church in South L.A. Aretha Franklin was already an ...

Music annals tell us about legendary lost projects that got released long after the fact. The Beach Boys' "Smile." Bob Dylan's "Basement Tapes." Prince's "Black Album." Now comes the holy grail: ...

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Shot in an L.A. church during the recording sessions for her fabled 1972 album, Aretha Franklin's 46-year-old gospel concert film is finally seeing the light of day. What it reveals is the glory of ...

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 ...