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Subject: 'Rescue Me' singer Fontella Bass dies
Written By: Claybricks on 12/27/12 at 10:34 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVaT2EM2Qm4
'Rescue Me' singer Fontella Bass dies
The Associated Press
ST. LOUIS -- Fontella Bass, a St. Louis-born soul singer who hit the top of the R&B charts with "Rescue Me" in 1965, has died.
The singer's daughter, Neuka Mitchell, says Bass died at a St. Louis hospice Wednesday night of complications from a heart attack suffered three weeks ago. She was 72. Bass had also suffered several strokes since 2005.
Bass was born into a family with deep musical roots. Her mother was gospel singer Martha Bass, one of the Clara Ward Singers. Her younger brother, David Peaston, had a string of R&B hits in the 1980s and 1990s. Peaston died in February at age 54.
Her surviving family includes four children. Her husband, jazz trumpeter Lester Bowie, died in 1999.
Funeral arrangements are pending.
http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/12/27/3158217/rescue-me-singer-fontella-bass.html
Dan
Subject: Re: 'Rescue Me' singer Fontella Bass dies
Written By: warped on 12/27/12 at 10:41 am
A great R&B song from the 60s. They don't make good music like that anymore. :-[
RIP Fontella.
Subject: Re: 'Rescue Me' singer Fontella Bass dies
Written By: snozberries on 12/27/12 at 10:44 am
Rescue Me is one of my favorite songs! :\'(
Subject: Re: 'Rescue Me' singer Fontella Bass dies
Written By: Howard on 12/27/12 at 2:15 pm
A great R&B song from the 60s. They don't make good music like that anymore. :-[
RIP Fontella.
I agree Rescue Me was a classic hit. RIP Fontella. :\'(
Subject: Re: 'Rescue Me' singer Fontella Bass dies
Written By: danootaandme on 12/27/12 at 2:52 pm
Classic voice, classic song RIP Fontella :\'(
Subject: Re: 'Rescue Me' singer Fontella Bass dies
Written By: nally on 12/27/12 at 6:48 pm
A great R&B song from the 60s. They don't make good music like that anymore. :-
RIP Fontella.
:\'(
Subject: Re: 'Rescue Me' singer Fontella Bass dies
Written By: AmericanGirl on 12/27/12 at 7:20 pm
Sad about this! 'Rescue Me' was an incredible 60's song :\'( :\'( :\'(
R.I.P. Fontella Bass
Subject: Re: 'Rescue Me' singer Fontella Bass dies
Written By: Paul on 12/28/12 at 7:51 am
and quite possibly the only song of hers that I know. I still hear it frequently on oldies stations.
Unless you're a real soul aficionado, it will be the only song of hers you'll know...
Still, better to be known for one classic than none at all...RIP Fontella...