St. Louis Legend Fontella Bass, Dead at 72
The great R&B and Gospel singer was best known for her 1965 hit, Rescue Me.
Last night St. Louis and the world lost an amazing singer, Fontella Bass. She suffered a heart attack on Dec. 2 and did not fully recover, according to a report from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Bass died Wednesday night at a hospice in Chesterfield, the Winchester House. Bass was best known for her debut 1965 hit, Rescue Me, which she sang and co-wrote. The song sold over a million copies and was #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 R&B Chart for four weeks in 1965. Younger generations will remember the tune from its frequent appearances in TV commercials and movies like A Cinderella Story, Air America, Best, I, Robot, Jumpin' Jack Flash and Sister Act. Fontella continued to sing throughout her life and was nominated for a Grammy in 1995 for "No …
MikeyParks
1:23 pm on Thursday, December 27, 2012
That's a loss. I was proud that Fontella was from St. Louis. more ›