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Biography
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Fontella Bass
Real name: Fontella Bowie (née Bass)
Effective period / Period of releases: 1962 - 1999
Born: July 3, 1940, St. Louis, Missouri, USADied: December 26, 2012, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
American soul singer & pianist, best known for the 1965 R&B hit "Rescue Me" (which she unsuccessfully sought to be recognised as co-writer).
She was the wife of jazz trumpeter Lester Bowie, daughter of Martha Bass and the sister of David Peaston.
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