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 ...

"Entering the venue unobtrusively, she smiles briefly, gathers herself for a moment and then starts to sing. Gently at first, but then ever more powerfully... Her voice begins to carry the audience ...

On January 13, 1972, Aretha Franklin walked into the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles and sang one of the world’s most well-known church hymns, “Amazing Grace." The rest is history.

In 1972 at the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in South Central Los Angeles, 29-year old Aretha Franklin spent two nights in January recording what would become the best-selling Gospel album of ...

Late in 1971, some unlikely news spread among the Southern California Community Choir in Los Angeles. Aretha Franklin was coming to town to record a live gospel album in January, and 25 of its members ...