Black Music Month | the Rance Allen Group
When you hear Contemporary Gospel music today you are venturing a boulevard paved by the “Fathers of Contemporary Gospel” , the Rance Allen group . Gospel singer Rance Allen founded the Rance Allen group in Detroit in the 1960's and has fronted th
e band with his soulful, soaring vocals ever since. This Detroit-based 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 by Andrae Crouch, Amy Grant and the Winans.
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 recordings for Gospel Truth, Capitol, and Stax proved quite popular among gospel audiences, and had some success attracting soul fans as well.
e band with his soulful, soaring vocals ever since. This Detroit-based 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 by Andrae Crouch, Amy Grant and the Winans.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 recordings for Gospel Truth, Capitol, and Stax proved quite popular among gospel audiences, and had some success attracting soul fans as well.
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