It's been a while since the public has heard from Fontella Bass, but in case a reminder is needed, she had a huge hit in the 1960's: “Rescue Me." What many of the people who remember that hit may not ...

On this Juneteenth, we honor the struggle for equality with the sounds of freedom.One singer who heard the sounds of the Civil Rights movement was Fontella Bass from St. Louis. She walked a line ...

Fontella Bass, a church choir singer in St. Louis who recorded as a soul singer for Chess Records and had a hit with "Rescue Me" in 1965, died Wednesday at age 72 in her hometown. She suffered a heart ...

Fitting for a memorial to a legendary singer and musician, the Fontella Bass tribute began with two musicians working on a cue. They were not calling across a stage, but across the vast sanctuary at ...

Fontella Bass, a gospel, blues and soul singer known to most of the music world as a one-hit wonder for “Rescue Me,” died Wednesday of complications from an earlier heart attack. She was 72. She had ...

Fontella Bass, a St. Louis-born soul singer who hit the top of the R&B charts with “Rescue Me” in 1965, died Dec. 26 at a St. Louis hospice of complications from a heart attack suffered three weeks ...

Check out the five best covers of the late Fontella Bass' classic, 'Rescue Me.' By Erika Ramirez Born into a family of soulful singers, the vocal prowess of the late Fontella Bass came with little ...

Tom Jones, Cher and Aretha Franklin, among many others, have made their own recordings of the hit. But its success did not always profit Fontella Bass. She once claimed that when her record label, ...

Fontella Bass, a St. Louis-born soul singer who hit the top of the R&B charts with "Rescue Me" in 1965, has died. She was 72. Bass died Wednesday night at a St. Louis hospice of complications from a ...

Fontella Bass, the soul and gospel singer best known for her indelible 1965 R&B hit "Rescue Me," has died in St. Louis at the age of 72. Bass' daughter Neuka Michell told local Fox affiliate KTVI that ...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Fontella Bass, a St. Louis-born soul singer who hit the top of the R&B charts with "Rescue Me" in 1965, has died. She was 72. Bass died Wednesday night at a St. Louis hospice of ...