Gospel musician, lyricist, and composer Bishop Rance Lee Allen was born on November 20, 1948, in Monroe, Michigan, to Thomas Allen from Nash County, North Carolina, and Emma Pearl Allen McKinney Mendez from Wiggins, Mississippi. Rance had six sisters, Anita Marie Allen Rocker, Judy Rocker, Annie Ford, Cecilia Chapman, Teresa Mendez, and Linda Mendez, and five brothers, Thomas Allen, Esau Allen, Manuel Mendez, and Andre Mendez. In 1969, he and his brothers Thomas, a percussionist, and Steve, a bassist, established The Rance Allen Group. In 2018, Allen performed on Snoop Dogg’s Top 10 Billboard Gospel Digital Songs album with “Blessing Me Again.”The Rance Allen Group released I’m So Glad It’s Christmas on all digital music platforms on October 30, 2020. Bishop Rance Allen died the next day, October 31, 2020, in Sylvania, Ohio.

Source: New York Times June 06, 2024 16:34 UTC