In Black America

In Black America Podcast: The Rance Allen Group with Rance Allen

September 20, 2011 11:43 am by: John Hanson

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On this edition of In Black America, producer/host John L. Hanson Jr. speaks with legendary gospel singer Rance Allen. Allen founded the Rance Allen Group in Monroe, MI, in the 1960s and has fronted the band with his soulful, soaring vocals ever since. The traditionally trained black gospel group was the first traditional gospel group to incorporate rock, jazz, and soul into their music. They were harbingers for the contemporary Christian music movement popularized in the late ’70s. The Rance Allen Group scored a Top 30 R&B hit in 1979 with “I Belong to You,” one of two Stax singles that year to make the charts. The group’s recordings for Gospel Truth, Capitol, and Stax proved quite popular among gospel audiences, and had some success attracting soul fans as well. Rance Allen continued singing, recording, and performing with his group up into the next millennium, releasing Miracle Worker with the Rance Allen Group in spring 2000.

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