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with a mixture of vintage rhythm and blues and the best of recent releases.
Chuck Berry and Elmore James start and finish a dozen tracks which span eight decades and carry every style from the jazzy jump blues of Louis Prime and Ruth Brown to the raw emotion of Chicago stars like Little Walter and Jesse Fortune.

Contributors

Unknown:
Chuck Berry
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Elmore James
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Ruth Brown
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Little Walter
Unknown:
Jesse Fortune.

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

Contributors

Unknown:
Gloria Gaynor
Unknown:
Charlie Patton.
Unknown:
Ricky Grundy
Producer:
Michael Wakelln

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