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Rance Allen (20 November 1948 - 31 October 2020)
Member Of: The Rance Allen Group (1969-2020)
Vocal Range: G2-D6
Significant High Notes:
D6 (“For Once In My Life”, “Heaven Is Where The Heart Is”, “Hot Line To Jesus”, "Lying on the Truth", "See What You Done", "There's Gonna Be A Showdown", “What Is This?”)
C6 (“Ain't No Need Of Crying”, “Everything Is Gonna Be Alright”, “God Is Wonderful”, "Got To Be Ready", “Heartaches”, “He Will See You Through”, "Joy", “Just My Imagination (Just My Salvation)”, "Let This Music Get Down In Your Soul", "Peace Of Mind", "Reason To Survive", "See What You Done", "Smile", "That Will Be Good Enough For Me")
B5 (“Get Your Lives Together”, “God Is Where It's At”, “God Is Wonderful”, "I Belong To You", "I Feel Like Going On", “If I Could Make The World Better”, "I'm Gonna Make It After All", “Look Around”, “Love Power”, "Lying on the Truth", “Mama”, “Put Your Hand In The Hand”, "Security", “Thank You Lord”, "That Will Be Good Enough For Me", "There's Gonna Be A Showdown", “What Is This?”)
B♭5 (“Hot Line To Jesus”, “I Got To Be Myself”, "I'm Thankful", "Reason To Survive", "Smile", “Thank You Lord”, “Up Above My Head”, “What A Day”, "Where Did I Go Wrong")
A5 (“Be True”, “Get Your Lives Together”, “Greatness Of God”, “He Will See You Through”, “I Got To Be Myself”, “I Know A Man Who”, "I Know Who", "Joy", “Just My Imagination (Just My Salvation)”, "Let This Music Get Down In Your Soul", “Look Around”, “Love Power”, "Peace Of Mind", “Put Your Hand In The Hand”, "Security", "See What You Done", "Stand Up For Love", “Talk That Talk”, "There's Gonna Be A Showdown", "To The Other Man", "Truth Is Marching On", "Truth Is Marching On (Outro)", “Up Above My Head”)
G♯5 (“Ain't No Need Of Crying”, "God Can Do The Impossible", "Going Home", "I Appreciate You", "I'm Thankful", “Love Power”, "Something About The Name Jesus")
G5 ("Awesome God", “Be True”, “Everything Is Gonna Be Alright”, “For Once In My Life”, “God Is Wonderful”, “Greatness Of God”, “Heartaches”, “Heaven Is Where The Heart Is”, “Hot Line To Jesus”, "I Appreciate You", "I'm Coming Back To You", "I'm Gonna Make It After All", "I'm So Satisfied", "I Still Love You", "Joy", "Joy In My Soul", “Just Found Me”, “Just My Imagination (Just My Salvation)”, "Let This Music Get Down In Your Soul", “Mama”, “Ring My Bell”, "Running", “The Painter”, “What Is This?”, "Where Did I Go Wrong")
F♯5 ("Can't Get Enough", "God Can Do The Impossible", “God Is Where It's At”, “If I Could Make The World Better”, “I Know A Man Who”, "Living Witness", "People Get Ready", “Put Your Hand In The Hand”, “Thank You Lord”, "There's Gonna Be A Showdown", “We're The Salt Of The Earth”, “What A Day”)
F5 ("Believe In Yourself", "Emma Pearl", “Get Your Lives Together”, "God Bless America", “Greatness Of God”, “Harlem Heaven”, “He Will See You Through”, "I Know Who It Is", "Jesus, I'll Never Forget", "Joy In My Soul", “Just Found Me”, “Make My Life Shine”, "Payday Is Coming", "Peace Of Mind", "Reason To Survive", "Something About The Name Jesus", "Stand Up For Love", “Time For Playing”, "Trust In Him", "We Care A Lot", "Where Have All Your Friends Gone", "You Never Changed")
E5 ("Ain't No Need Of Crying" The Live Experience version, "Amazing Grace", "Awesome God", “Be True”, "Christ In Me", "Do Your Will", “Everything Is Gonna Be Alright”, “For Once In My Life”, “God Is Wonderful”, “Heartaches”, “Heaven Is Where The Heart Is”, "I Appreciate You", "I Can't See Myself (Without You In My Life)", "I Feel Like Going On", “I Give My All To You”, “I Got To Be Myself”, "I'm Coming Back To You", "I'm Gonna Make It After All", "It Shall Be Done", "Joy", “Just My Imagination (Just My Salvation)”, "Let This Music Get Down In Your Soul", "Like A Good Neighbor", “Look Around”, “Love Power”, "Lying on the Truth", “Mama”, "Miracle Worker", "Peace Of Mind", "Preacher Man", “Put Your Hand In The Hand”, "That Will Be Good Enough For Me", "Truth Is Marching On", "Wait On Him", “We're The Salt Of The Earth”, “What Is This?”, "What Would You Do", "You Make Me Wanna Dance", "You Never Changed", "You're My Everything")
E♭5 (“Ain't No Need Of Crying”, "All Nite", "Baby's Cry", "Dreams", "Going Home", "I'm Not Givin' Up, Givin' Out, Givin' In", "Joy In My Soul", "Living Witness", "Running", "Savior, I Don't Want To Be Lost", "Sing Lord Sing", "Smile", "Stay With Me", "Still Working Miracles", "Trust In Him")
D5 ("All The Way", "Amazing Grace", "Awesome God", “Be True”, "California Gold (Keeps Calling Me)", "Candle in the Dark", "Ceasefire, That Is My Desire", "Do Your Will", “For Once In My Life”, “Get Your Lives Together”, "God Can Do The Impossible", "God Is Good", “God Is Where It's At”, "Got To Be Ready", “Heaven Is Where The Heart Is”, “He Will See You Through”, “Hot Line To Jesus”, "I Belong To You", "I Can't Help Myself", “If I Could Make The World Better”, "I Give Myself To You", “I Know A Man Who”, "I Know Who", "I'm Coming Back To You", "I'm Gonna Make It After All", "Joy", “Just Found Me”, “Just My Imagination (Just My Salvation)”, "Level Ground", "Like A Good Neighbor", “Look Around”, “Mama”, "My Recipe For Love", "People Get Ready", “Ring My Bell”, "Security", "See What You Done", "Some People", "Something About The Name Jesus", "Still Working Miracles", “Talk That Talk”, “The Painter”, "The Preacher Man", "There's Gonna Be A Showdown", “Time For Playing”, "To The Other Man", "Truth Is Marching On", "Truth Is Marching On (Outro)", “Up Above My Head”, “We're The Salt Of The Earth”, “What A Day”, “What Is This?”, "When Jesus Comes For Me", "Where Have All Your Friends Gone", "You Don't Know", "You Make Me Wanna Dance", "You Never Changed", "You're My Everything")
C♯5 (“Ain't No Need Of Crying”, "Believe In Yourself", "Candle in the Dark", "Can't Get Enough", "Dreams", "God Bless America", "I'm Thankful", "Jesus, I'll Never Forget", "Living Witness", "Savior, I Don't Want To Be Lost", "Smile", "We Care A Lot", "You Can Take My Music")
C5 ("All The Time", "All The Way", "Baby's Cry", "Can't Get Enough", "Ceasefire, That Is My Desire", "Christ In Me", "Come Unto Me", "Deep On The Inside", "Do Your Will", "Emma Pearl", "Going Home", “Greatness Of God”, “Harlem Heaven”, "Hear My Voice", “Heartaches”, "He Delivered Me", "I Appreciate You", "I Feel Like Going On", "I Give Myself To You", "I Got To Be Myself”, "I Know Who It Is", "I'm Coming Back To You", "I Still Love You", "It Shall Be Done", "It's Your Time", "I'm So Satisfied", "I've Been Searching", "Joy", "Joy In My Soul", "Let This Music Get Down In Your Soul", "Level Ground", "Living In The Presence", "Miracle Worker", "My Recipe For Love", "Reason To Survive", "Running", "Savior, I Don't Want To Be Lost", "Say Yes", "Sing Lord Sing", "Strength To Overcome", “Talk That Talk”, "That Will Be Good Enough For Me", "Truth Is Marching On", “Up Above My Head”, "Wait On Him", "What Would You Do", "Where Did I Go Wrong", "Where Have All Your Friends Gone", "You Make Me Wanna Dance", "You Never Changed", "You're My Everything")
B4 ("All Nite", "Amazing Grace", "Awesome God", “Be True”, “Everything Is Gonna Be Alright”, "God Can Do The Impossible", "God Is Good", “God Is Wonderful”, "Got To Be Ready", “Heaven Is Where The Heart Is”, "I Can't Help Myself", “I Know A Man Who”, "I Know Who", "I Still Love You", "I Will Forever Lean On You", “Just Found Me”, “Just My Imagination (Just My Salvation)”, "Like A Good Neighbor", "Living In The Presence", “Look Around”, “Love Power”, "Lying on the Truth", “Mama”, "People Get Ready", "Preacher Man", "Running For My Life", "Security", "Something About The Name Jesus", "Stand Up For Love", “The Painter”, "The Preacher Man", “Up Above My Head”, “We're The Salt Of The Earth”, “What A Day”, "When Jesus Comes For Me", "You Can Take My Music")
B♭4 (“Ain't No Need Of Crying”, "All Nite", "Baby's Cry", "Believe In Yourself", "Deep On The Inside", "God Bless America", "He Delivered Me", “Hot Line To Jesus”, "I Appreciate You", "I'm Not Givin' Up, Givin' Out, Givin' In", "I Know Who It Is", "I'm Thankful", "Jesus, I'll Never Forget", "Jesus Is On The Main Line", "Joy In My Soul", "Let This Music Get Down In Your Soul", "Living Witness", “Make My Life Shine”, "My Recipe For Love", "Payday Is Coming", "Smile", "Some People", "Stay With Me", "The Wheel Of Life", "Trust In Him", “Ring My Bell”, "We Care A Lot", "You Don't Know")
A4 ("All The Time", "All The Way", "California Gold (Keeps Calling Me)", "Candle in the Dark", "Can't Get Enough", "Ceasefire, That Is My Desire", "Christ In Me", "Come Unto Me", "Do Your Will", "Emma Pearl", “Get Your Lives Together”, “God Is Where It's At”, "Got To Be Ready", “Greatness Of God”, “Harlem Heaven”, "Hear My Voice", “Heartaches”, “He Will See You Through”, "How I Love You", "I Belong To You", "I Can't See Myself (Without You In My Life)", "I Feel Like Going On", “If I Could Make The World Better”, “I Give My All To You”, "I Give Myself To You", "I Know Who", "I'm Coming Back To You", "I'm So Satisfied", "I Still Love You", "It Shall Be Done", "Joy", “Just Found Me”, "Life Is What It Is", "Like A Good Neighbor", "Living In The Presence", "Miracle Worker", "Payday Is Coming", "Peace Of Mind", "Say Yes", "Security", "Strength To Overcome", “Talk That Talk”, “Thank You Lord”, "The Preacher Man", "Truth Is Marching On", "Wait On Him", "What Would You Do", "When Jesus Comes For Me", "Where Have All Your Friends Gone", “White Christmas”, "You Never Changed", "You're My Everything")
Significant Low Notes:
G3 ("Ain't No Need Of Crying" The Live Experience version, “Be True”, "Christ In Me", "Come Unto Me", “God Is Wonderful”, “Harlem Heaven”, “Heartaches”, “Heaven Is Where The Heart Is”, “He Will See You Through”, “Hot Line To Jesus”, "How I Love You", "I Can't See Myself (Without You In My Life)", “I Give My All To You”, “I Got To Be Myself”, "I'm Coming Back To You", "I'm Gonna Make It After All", "I'm So Satisfied", "It Shall Be Done", "It's Your Time", “Just My Imagination (Just My Salvation)”, "Life Is What It Is", "Miracle Worker", "Payday Is Coming", "Peace Of Mind", "Reason To Survive", “Ring My Bell”, "Something About The Name Jesus", "Stand Up For Love", “Talk That Talk”, "That Will Be Good Enough For Me", "Joy In My Soul" The Live Experience version, "Wait On Him", “What A Day”, "What Would You Do", "Where Did I Go Wrong", "Where Have All Your Friends Gone", “White Christmas”, "You Never Changed", "You're My Everything")
F♯3 ("All Nite", "To The Other Man")
F3 ("Believe In Yourself", "Going Home", "I Appreciate You", "I Belong To You" The Live Experience version, "I Found A Friend", "I Know Who It Is", "Jesus, I'll Never Forget", "Joy", "Level Ground", “Make My Life Shine”, "My Recipe For Love", "Preacher Man", “Ring My Bell”, "See What You Done", "Some People", “Thank You Lord”, "To The Other Man", "Truth Is Marching On (Outro)", "You Can Take My Music", "You Don't Know", "You Make Me Wanna Dance")
E3 ("All The Time", "Awesome God", "Christ In Me", "God Can Do The Impossible", "Hear My Voice", “Hot Line To Jesus”, "I Feel Like Going On", "I Found A Friend", “I Give My All To You”, "I Still Love You", "It's Your Time", "I Will Forever Lean On You", “Just Found Me”, "Living In The Presence", "Peace Of Mind", "See What You Done", “Talk That Talk”)
E♭3 ("All Nite", "Baby's Cry", "God Bless America", "Going Home", "I Know Who It Is", "I'm Not Givin' Up, Givin' Out, Givin' In", "I'm Thankful", "Running", "Savior, I Don't Want To Be Lost", "Stay With Me", "Trust In Him")
D3 ("All The Way", “Be True”, "God Is Good", “God Is Wonderful”, "I Can't Help Myself", "I Can't See Myself (Without You In My Life)", "I Feel Like Going On", "I Give Myself To You", "I Still Love You", "Level Ground", "Like A Good Neighbor", "Running For My Life", "Some People", "Still Working Miracles", "That Will Be Good Enough For Me", "The Wheel Of Life", "Truth Is Marching On (Outro)", “White Christmas”, "You're My Everything")
C♯3 ("Amazing Grace", "God Can Do The Impossible", "Living Witness")
C3 ("Emma Pearl", "I Give Myself To You", "Life Is What It Is", "Some People", "Strength To Overcome", "You Never Changed")
B♭2 (“Ring My Bell”)
G2 ("When Jesus Comes For Me")
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Blue marks notes sung in head voice.
Underlines marks notes found in harmonies and backing vocals.
Italics mark non-melodic notes.
Boldface marks notes that are considered to be particularly notable examples of this person's vocal capabilities.
{Album Ranges}
The Rance Allen Group:
The Rance Allen Group (1971) – F3-D6
Truth Is Where It’s At (1972) – D3-D6
Brothers (1973) – D3-D6
A Soulful Experience (1975) - B♭2-C6
Say My Friend (1977) - D3-C6
Smile (1979) - E♭3-C6
I Feel Like Going On (1980) - C3-B5
Hear My Voice (1983) - C3-F5 (Incomplete)
I Give Myself To You (1984) - C3-G5
Phenomenon (1991) - D3-G♯5 (incomplete)
You Make Me Wanna Dance (1995) - C3-G5 (incomplete)
Miracle Worker (2000) - D3-G5
All the Way (2002) - C3-F♯5 (incomplete)
The Live Experience (2004) - D3-G♯5
Amazing Grace (2012) - C3-F♯5
Solo:
Straight From The Heart (1978) - D3-D6
The Rance Allen Group:
The Rance Allen Group (1971) – F3-D6
Truth Is Where It’s At (1972) – D3-D6
Brothers (1973) – D3-D6
A Soulful Experience (1975) - B♭2-C6
Say My Friend (1977) - D3-C6
Smile (1979) - E♭3-C6
I Feel Like Going On (1980) - C3-B5
Hear My Voice (1983) - C3-F5 (Incomplete)
I Give Myself To You (1984) - C3-G5
Phenomenon (1991) - D3-G♯5 (incomplete)
You Make Me Wanna Dance (1995) - C3-G5 (incomplete)
Miracle Worker (2000) - D3-G5
All the Way (2002) - C3-F♯5 (incomplete)
The Live Experience (2004) - D3-G♯5
Amazing Grace (2012) - C3-F♯5
Solo:
Straight From The Heart (1978) - D3-D6
{Questionable Notes }
F5 ("Deep On The Inside" [2])
A2 ("We Care A Lot" [2])
G2 ("Still Working Miracles" [1][3])
F2 ("Stay With Me" [3])
E♭2 ("All Nite" [3])
C2 ("Life Is What It Is" [1][5])
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[1] marks yelps and short trills in high range or anacrusis and short dips in low range.
[2] marks notes of questionable identity that cannot be confirmed to be the singer in question.
[3] marks non-melodic notes that don't have a significant enough pitch to warrant inclusion.
[4] marks notes that possess uncertain pitch or have been pitch-shifted.
[5] marks notes that do not fit the previous criteria but are not of a substantial enough quality to warrant counting towards the singer's range.
F5 ("Deep On The Inside" [2])
A2 ("We Care A Lot" [2])
G2 ("Still Working Miracles" [1][3])
F2 ("Stay With Me" [3])
E♭2 ("All Nite" [3])
C2 ("Life Is What It Is" [1][5])
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[1] marks yelps and short trills in high range or anacrusis and short dips in low range.
[2] marks notes of questionable identity that cannot be confirmed to be the singer in question.
[3] marks non-melodic notes that don't have a significant enough pitch to warrant inclusion.
[4] marks notes that possess uncertain pitch or have been pitch-shifted.
[5] marks notes that do not fit the previous criteria but are not of a substantial enough quality to warrant counting towards the singer's range.
