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FILE: Soul Singer Fontella Bass Dies At 72
Soul singer Fontella Bass, known for her 1965 song "Rescue Me," died of complications from a heart attack December 26, 2012 in St. Louis, Missouri. She was 72. | AP
Soul singer Fontella Bass, known for her 1965 song "Rescue Me," died of complications from a heart attack December 26, 2012 in St. Louis, Missouri. She was 72. | AP
Soul singer Fontella Bass, known for her 1965 song "Rescue Me," died of complications from a heart attack December 26, 2012 in St. Louis, Missouri. She was 72. | AP
Fontella Bass returned the luster to Chess Records. She co-wrote the 1965 hit “Rescue Me,” which became the first million-selling record for Chess since Chuck Berry a decade earlier. Mrs. Bass died Wednesday night at a St. Louis hospital of complications from a heart attack …
