In the first of 12 programmes,
Gloria Gaynor welcomes you aboard the gospel train for the best in British and American gospel.
Tonight's programme features Remission Choir from the West Midlands, specially recorded for the programme, and vintage recordings from the late 1920s including Blessed Be the Name by Mississippi John Hurt and Some Happy Day by the great Charlie Patton.
Featured American stars are The Ricky Grundy
Chorale singing Lift the Saviour Up and Spirit of the Living God.
Producer Michael Wakelln