LEGENDARY SOUL SINGER FONTELLA BASS DIES Staff 13 years ago 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.
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.