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 ...

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 singer Fontella Bass, who hit the top of the R&B charts with “Rescue Me” in 1965, died Wednesday night in St. Louis of complications from a heart attack suffered three weeks ago. She was 72 and ...

Fontella Bass, a St. Louis-born soul singer who hit the top of the R&B charts with "Rescue Me" in 1965, has died. By Billboard Staff Fontella Bass, a St. Louis-born soul singer who hit the top of the ...

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. She was 72. Bass died Wednesday night at a St. Louis hospice of ...

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.

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 ...