Sebastian Joseph “Chick” Allen was born on July 19, 1938 in Bessemer and died July 7, 2008. He was a long-time choir director at Hueytown High School.

Allen was a graduate of Bessemer High School, and attended the University of Alabama, where he was a member of the Million Dollar Marching Band. At Hueytown, Mr. Allen started the Swingers Show Choir in the early 1970s and led it until his resignation in 1986.