Exactly how spontaneous was President Barack Obama’s decision to end his eulogy for Reverend Clementa Pinckney by breaking out into “Amazing Grace” and leading congregants in a moving sing-a-long?

You know those songs that you just kind of know? You sing along without even thinking about the lyrics. Well, we're going to explore the history of one of these songs today. It's heard around the ...

Ramy Inocencio is a CBS News foreign correspondent based in London, covering Europe and the Middle East. He joined the Network in 2019 as CBS News' Asia correspondent, based in Beijing and reporting ...

Tami Chappell/UPI/Shutterstock Funeral of Rev. Clementa Pinckney in Charleston, South Carolina, United States - 26 Jun 2015 While Barack Obama had a seasoned group of ...

Why John Newton’s famous hymn is still so powerful after so long. In 2016, Coldplay began the encore of a headlining set at Glastonbury Festival with a sample of “Amazing Grace” sung by Barack Obama ...

As we look at another New Year’s Day, it’s a good time to reflect on a song that unites rather than divides us: the Rev. John Newton’s hymn “Amazing Grace.” The hymn first appeared in Newton’s New ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV/WKRC) — A push from Tennessee lawmakers to make the song "Amazing Grace" as sung by Dolly Parton to be an official state song passed the House on Monday. Rep. Mike Sparks ...