Rance Allen - "Harlem Heaven"

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.

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I would love to see Rance Allen covered on Unsung on the TvOne network...I love his music so very much..