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Bass, Fontella

LC control no.n 95023451
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Personal name headingBass, Fontella
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Birth date19400203
Death date20121226
Place of birthSaint Louis, Mo.
Place of deathSaint Louis, Mo.
Field of activitySoul music Gospel music
Profession or occupationSinger Soul musician Gospel musician
Found inArt Ensemble of Chicago with Fontella Bass, p1972.
All Music Guide WWW site, Feb. 11, 2002 (Fontella Bass; b. July 3, 1940, St. Louis, MO; gospel and soul singer)
New York times WWW site, Dec. 28, 2012 (in obituary published Dec. 27: Fontella Bass; b. Feb. 3, 1940, St. Louis; d. there Wednesday [Dec. 26, 2012], aged 72; singer whose 1965 hit Rescue me was an indelible example of the decade's finest pop-soul)
Associated languageeng