Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Aretha Franklin was at the peak of her career and her creative powers when her gospel album “Amazing Grace” was released in 1972. ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A late entrant into the Oscar documentary race could prove a formidable contender. “One of the greatest concerts ever put to film, ...

There is a good chance that as you read this, you can’t name an Aretha Franklin album. Sure, you know the hits — “Respect,” “Chain of Fools,” “Rock Steady,” “Spanish Harlem” and so many more — that ...

The miraculous concert documentary “Amazing Grace” acts as a sublime tribute to the great Aretha Franklin. But the story behind its release is nearly as eventful and drama-filled as the final film.

“We are on our way. . . . We’re on our journey home!” So declares the silver-clad choir, in buoyant triplets, upon entering the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church, in Watts, Los Angeles. Theirs is ...

It’s the closest thing to witnessing a miracle — just some cameras, a crowd and a voice touched by God. Over two days in January of 1972, Aretha Franklin got up to sing out her gospel at the New ...

Aretha Franklin bustled down the aisle of New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in her white dress and then slid behind a piano — an instant reminder of her formidable piano skills — for Marvin Gaye’s ...

A massive rookie mistake — director Sydney Pollack and his 16-millimeter film crew forgot to use a clapperboard synchronizing the sound with the image for each new take —delivered roughly 20 hours of ...

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 ...