'Rescue Me' Singer Fontella Bass Dead at 72

R&B singer Fontella Bass, whose "Rescue Me" became a No. 1 hit in 1965 and remains in play today, died yesterday at 72 after a heart attack, reports the AP. The St. Louis native had modest success with other songs, but "Rescue Me," which she co-wrote, is her legacy—even if plenty of people still think the booming voice on the record belongs to Aretha Franklin. Read a more complete obituary here. (More Fontella Bass stories.)