Bishop Rance Allen, an acclaimed singer and highly influential figure in the modern gospel music genre, died on Oct. 31. He was 71. “While recovering from a medical procedure at Heartland ...

The Rance Allen Group was at the forefront of contemporary gospel, fusing traditional music with pop, rhythm and blues, jazz, even disco. By Neil Genzlinger “Whatever we feel like doing ...

“Rance Allen may not have had the name recognition ... "Most (religious) artists think entertaining doesn't have anything to do with gospel music," Allen said. "But my grandmother, she wanted ...

“Rance Allen may not have had the name recognition ... "Most (religious) artists think entertaining doesn't have anything to do with gospel music," Allen said. "But my grandmother, she wanted ...

Gospel star Rance Allen, whose Rance Allen Group drew upon contemporary sounds for numerous hits in the 1970s, has died at age 71. By Associated Press Gospel star Rance Allen, whose Rance Allen ...

Gospel singer Rance Allen prefers recording in the studio rather ... to You" and "Smile" that incorporated elements of soul music and received airplay on many R&B radio stations, says he's a ...

soft-spoken gospel singer Rance Allen as a smuggler, but at one time he needed to be slightly devious. When Allen was growing up in the ’60s, his devout family didn’t allow secular music in ...

(RNS) — Gospel legend Bishop Rance Allen, a Gospel Music Hall of Fame inductee perhaps best known for his gospel hit “Something About the Name Jesus,” has died at the age of 71. The formal ...

Gospel music star Bishop Rance Allen died Saturday morning. He was 71. “While recovering from a medical procedure at Heartland ProMedica [in Sylvania, OH], Bishop Rance Allen passed away around ...

Gospel music legend Bishop Rance Allen is dead at 71, the Church of God in Christ (COGIC) announced in a statement Saturday. His cause of death is not yet known. “God who is omnipotent and ...

The Church of God in Christ (COGIC) announced the singer’s passing in a statement on Saturday Gospel music legend Bishop Rance Allen is dead at 71, the Church of God in Christ (COGIC ...

Rance Allen, a Gospel Music Hall of Fame inductee perhaps best known for his hit “Some­thing About the Name Jesus,” died on October 31 at the age of 71. A five-time Gram­­my nominee, Allen formed the ...