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3:18 pm
Fri December 28, 2012

Remembering St. Louis' Fontella Bass, Voice Of A Soul Classic

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Originally published on Fri December 28, 2012 4:06 pm

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AUDIE CORNISH, HOST:

The voice of a great soul classic has died. Fontella Bass sang the 1965 hit "Rescue Me." She was 72 years old and died from complications caused by a recent heart attack. NPR's Elizabeth Blair has this appreciation.

ELIZABETH BLAIR, BYLINE: It's a perfect song with a perfect voice.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "RESCUE ME")

FONTELLA BASS: (Singing) Rescue me. Take me in your arms. Rescue me. I love your tender charms. I'm rather lonely and I'm blue. I need you and your love, too. Come on and rescue me.

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12:12 pm
Thu December 27, 2012

St. Louis-Born 'Rescue Me' Singer Fontella Bass Dies

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Fontella Bass, in a still of a performance of her famed song "Rescue Me."
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Fontella Bass, a St. Louis-born soul singer who hit the top of the R&B charts with "Rescue Me" in 1965, has died.

The singer's daughter, Neuka Mitchell, says Bass died at a St. Louis hospice Wednesday night of complications from a heart attack suffered three weeks ago. She was 72. Bass had also suffered several strokes since 2005.

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