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Old Harp Singers of Eastern Tennessee
Amazing Grace
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Before Cash, before Elvis, before Hüsker Dü of all people took a swing at it, a group of singers from Eastern Tennessee put this hymn on record in 1951. Start here and every later version sounds like a descendant.
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Liner notes
Written by [traditional], Edwin Othello Excell, John Newton.
First recorded by Old Harp Singers of Eastern Tennessee in 1951.
Also recorded by Elvis Presley (1972), Hüsker Dü (1984), Vera Lynn (1989).
How you get here
Johnny Cash recorded "Amazing Grace," but he was far from the first. Who made the very first recording of the hymn?Old Harp Singers of Eastern Tennessee
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