Fontella Bass

Fontella Bass
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Fontella Bass, 1965.
FödelsenamnFontella Marie Bass
Född3 juli 1940
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Död26 december 2012 (72 år)
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
GenrerR&B, soul, pop
RollMusiker, låtskrivare
InstrumentSång, piano
År som aktiv1961 – 2012
SkivbolagBobbin Records, Chess Records
Relaterade artisterDavid Peaston, Mary Wells, Dionne Warwick, The Supremes, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Lester Bowie

Fontella Marie Bowie, född Fontella Marie Bass den 3 juli 1940 i Saint Louis, Missouri, död 26 december 2012 i Saint Louis, Missouri, var en amerikansk gospel- och soulsångerska och pianist. Hon var mest känd för sin R&B-hit "Rescue Me" från 1965.

Diskografi

Album

Studioalbum (solo)
  • The New Look (1966, Chess/Checker)
  • Free (1972, Paula Records)
  • No Ways Tired (1995, Nonesuch)
  • Now That I Found a Good Thing (1996, Jewel)
Abum med andra artister
  • With Fontella Bass (1970, The Art Ensemble of Chicago & Fontella Bass)
  • From The Root To The Source (1980, Fontella Bass & Martha Bass)
  • Promises, A Family Portrait of Faith (1991, Fontella Bass & Martha Bass)
  • Sisters of Soul (1991, Fontella Bass & Sugar Pie de Santo)
  • Travelin (2001, Fontella Bass & the Voices of St. Louis)
Livealbum
  • Live in Italy (2003)

Singlar (urval)

  • "Don't Mess Up a Good Thing" (1965, med Bobby McClure)
  • "You'll Miss Me (When I'm Gone)" (1965, med Bobby McClure)
  • "Rescue Me" (1965)
  • "Recovery" (1966)
  • "Safe and Sound" (1966, b-sida av "Recovery")
  • "I Can't Rest" (1966)
  • "I Surrender" (1966, b-sida av "I Can't Rest"
  • "You'll Never Know" (1966)

Externa länkar

Media som används på denna webbplats

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Trade ad for Fontella Bass's single "Rescue Me".

To better adapt it to his respective Wikipedia article, the ad was cropped and cleaned in a graphics editing program. The original can be viewed at the source below.