Fontella Bass ist gestorben

Die 1940 in St. Louis, Missouri, geborene US-amerikanische R&B- und Soul-Sängerin, Pianistin und Komponistin Fontella Bass (Bild) ist gestern ebenda gestorben.

Foto: http://www.soulwalking.co.uk/Fontella Bass.html

«Mit dem Soul-Hit ‚Rescue Me‘ sang sich Fontella Bass Mitte der sechziger Jahre in die Herzen der US-Amerikaner. Nun ist die begeisterte Gospelsängerin gestorben. Sie wurde 72 Jahre alt.»

http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/musik/us-soulsaengerin-fontella-bass-mit-72-jahren-in-saint-louis-gestorben-a-874885.html

«Bass released her hit single ‚Rescue Me‘ in 1965. The song would rise to #1 on the US R&B Singles chart, #4 on the US Pop Singles chart and certified Gold after selling 1 million albums. Bass would continue to release a string of hits including ‚You’ll Miss Me (When I’m Gone)‘, ‚I Can’t Rest‘ and ‚Recovery‘, but none would ever be as big as ‚Rescue Me‘.»

http://www.backstageol.com/music-news/rescue-me-singer-fontella-bass-dies-at-72/

«Bass was born into a family with deep musical roots. Her mother was the gospel singer Martha Bass, one of the Clara Ward Singers. Her younger brother, David Peaston, had a string of R&B hits in the 1980s and 1990s. He died in February, aged 54.

Her husband, the jazz trumpeter Lester Bowie, a member of the Art Ensemble of Chicago, died in 1999.»

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/dec/27/fontella-bass-dies-heart-attack

Mehr:

http://www.fontellabass.com/

http://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000179764

http://www.tsimon.com/bass.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fontella_Bass

Videos:

 

 

Fontella Bass – «Rescue Me»

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXSocE_M1G4

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwt3kr0_l6I