Born in 1955, died on 19 September 1997 near Lostant, Illinois; Rich Mullins, a native of Richmond, Indiana, was an American singer and songwriter of Christian pop music. He wrote more than 90 songs and recorded nine albums in eleven years; “Awesome God” quickly became a praise and worship standard in 1988, and “Hold Me Jesus”, “My One Thing” and “While the Nations Rage” reached number one on the Christian charts. In the last three years of his life he taught music to students on a Navajo reservation; he died in a traffic accident. On the gala recording Doc Heilein and Friends Gala 2021 – Joyful (2022) Eva Schäfer and Leslie Jost sing his song “Sing Your Praise to the Lord”, which Amy Grant released on her 1982 album “Age to Age”; on a further gala recording by Doc Heilein and Friends it is sung by Uta Wiedersprecher, Katja Zimmermann and Doc Heilein and Friends.
Richard Mullins
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