The Rance Allen Group
The Rance Allen Group are a family vocal and instrumental soul ensemble fro… Read Full Bio ↴The Rance Allen Group are a family vocal and instrumental soul ensemble from Monroe, Michigan, U.S.A.

The group consists of brothers:
Rance Allen (b. Rance Lee Allen, 19th November 1948, Monroe, Michigan, U.S.A. - lead vocals, piano, guitar)
Tom Allen (b. Thomas Esau Allen, Monroe, Michigan, U.S.A. - vocals, drums) and
Steve Allen (b. Steven C. Allen, 1st May 1952, Monroe, Michigan, U.S.A. - vocals, electric guitar).

Rance Allen was born in Monroe, Michigan in 1948. His parents, Thomas and Emma Pearl Allen had eleven siblings (six sisters and five brothers). Rance preached his first sermon and started his singing aspirations at the age of five. By the time he was seven, he was playing the piano and at nine years of age he was preaching and singing the gospel throughout Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania.

The Rance Allen Group were the perfect fusion of Gospel and Soul, first recording in 1969 for the local Reflect label in their home-town of Monroe. Rance was married the following year.

In 1971 they were discovered by the McElmore Avenue, Memphis-based Stax Records, who recorded the group for their Gospel Truth (later the Truth imprint) subsidiary. The Rance Allen Group's first releases were in the gospel genre, notably 'Just My Salvation' (a spiritual version of the Temptations, 'Just My Imagination').

The group then performed at the Wattstax concert at the Los Angeles Coliseum on the 20th of August 1972, performing 'Lying on the Truth' at the show as part of the Gospel section of the show.
The Rance Allen Group's first chart record, 'I Got To Be Myself' reached number 31 R & B, in 1973, and brought the group to the attention of more secular audiences.

The group then relocated to the Capitol Records imprint, however, the label produced only one single which made the charts, the anthemic, 'Truth Is Marching On' (number 100 R & B) in 1977.
An album 'Say My Friend' saw a release on the label, an album produced by the ex-Corporation songwriting team, the Mizell Brothers. Fantasy Records were the latest custodians of the Stax Records imrpint, and commenced re-releasing the back catalogue of Stax in 1976. Dr. Rance Allen was ordained an Elder in the Church of God In Christ, by the late Bishop John Seth Bailey in 1978.

The Rance Allen Group were then re-signed to Stax the same year, having huge success with 'I Belong To You' (number 24 R & B) and 'Smile' (number 41 R & B), both in 1979. In 1980, the Rance Allen Group recorded 'I Feel Like Going On', which paired the group up with ex-Motown Records artist, Ronnie McNeir.

After recording their third album for Stax in 1980, the group joined the Gospel label, 'Word', and recorded for several years on Word's subsidiary label, Myrrh. Following other pursuits, Dr. Allen took to acting whilst traveling in several gospel music stage productions between 1989-1992. The Rance Allen Group have performed in almost every major city in the United States and presently have over twenty albums in their resume. They also have three Grammy nominations, four Stellar Award nominations and a Soul Train Music Award nomination. In November 1998, The Rance Allen Group was inducted into the International Gospel Music Hall of Fame and Museum.
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The Rance Allen Group Lyrics


A Lil' Louder Clap Let me hear them horns Clap your hands just a little…
Ain Ain't no need of crying When it's raining 'Cause crying o…
Ain't No Need in Crying Ain't no need of crying When it's raining 'Cause crying onl…
Ain't No Need of Crying (Live) Ain't no woman like the one I've got Ain't no woman…
Aint No Need of Crying Ain't no need of crying When it's raining 'Cause crying onl…
Amazing Grace Amazing grace! (how sweet the sound) That sav'd a wretch lik…
Awesome God My God is Awesome He can Move Mountains Keep me in the…
Do Your Will [Chorus 1:] I'm gonna do Your will, I'm gonna do Your will…
Dreams I had a dream, A long happy dream, That kind of dream…
Everything Is Gonna Be Alright Leave that smile on your face And don't think about the…
For Once In My Life For once in my life I have someone who needs…
God Bless America "God Bless America" By Irving Berlin While the storm clouds…
I Belong To You [Chorus:] I belong to You, I belong to You, I belong to Y…



I'm Gonna Make It After All I don't know what tomorrow's gonna bring it may be sunshine …
Joy in My Soul Well I got the joy of the Lord down in…
Just Found Me Just found me. I, I, just found me. Hello world, it's…
Just My Imagination Each day through my window I watch her as she…
Just My Imagination (Just My Salvation) I woke up this morning to view a brand new…
Just My Salvation Each day through my window I watch her as she…
Miracle Worker Hey I wanna tell you about a miracle Performed by Jesus…
Miracle Worker (Live) I wanna tell you about a miracle Performed by Jesus on…
Put Your Hand in the Hand Put your hand in the hand of the man Who stilled…
Season of Jubilee This is a season of jubilee God is going to pour…
Something About The Name Jesus Something About The Name Jesus Something About The name Jesu…
That will be good enough for me Yeah, I’ve never been to Paris In the spring or the…
There's Gonna Be a Showdown There' S gonna be a showdown coming sooner than we can…
What He's Done For Me Tem pão velho? Tem pão velho? Tem pão velho? Não, criança T…
You Make Me Wanna Dance Sometimes in our lives, we all have pain, we all…
You That I Trust And I will trust in you With all of my heart…


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