And she even sang "Amazing Grace" to King over the phone at night to calm him down at the end of a long day. The song was becoming known as a balm for troubled times, and that was never more apparent ...

National Public Radio’s Samatha Balaban’s excellent story on the history of “Amazing Grace” reveals that singer Judy Collins did an impromptu rendition of the hymn at a 1969 meeting of war ...

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "AMAZING GRACE") COLLINS: (Singing) Amazing grace, how sweet the sound... BALABAN: Judy Collins recorded this version of "Amazing Grace" at Saint Paul's Cathedral at Columbia ...