Bass died on Dec. 27, 2012. We'll listen back to a Fresh Air interview from March 1995, in which she spoke about performing at funeral homes as a... Remembering 'Rescue Me' Singer Fontella Bass DAVE ...

Soul singer Fontella Bass, who hit the top of the R&B charts with 'Rescue Me' in 1965, has died (AP/St. Louis Post-Dispatch) US soul singer Fontella Bass, who hit the top of the R&B charts in 1965 ...

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 ...

Soul and gospel singer Fontella Bass, whose 1965 hit "Rescue Me" endures as one of the most recognizable soul records of the '60s, died last week on the day after Christmas. She was 72 years old.

Bass died on Dec. 27, 2012. We'll listen back to a Fresh Air interview from March 1995, in which she spoke about performing at funeral homes as a girl in St. Louis and how secular music wasn't allowed ...

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

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 ...

ST. LOUIS (AP) - Fontella Bass, a U.S. soul singer who hit the top of the R&B charts with 'Rescue Me' in 1965, has died. She was 72... ST. LOUIS (AP) — Fontella Bass, a U.S. soul singer who hit the ...

It's with great sadness that we report on the passing of the Rescue Me singer, Fontella Bass, aged 72. Following complications relating to a heart attack, the soul singer died at a hospice in St Lucia ...