# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/fontella-bass
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:56:12.076Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/fontella-bass"
name: "Fontella Bass"
slug: "fontella-bass"
description: "Fontella Marie Bass was an American R&B and soul singer-songwriter best known for her number-one R&B hit \"Rescue Me\" in 1965. She also collaborated with artists like the Art Ensemble of Chicago, The Cinematic Orchestra, and her husband, jazz trumpeter Lester Bowie. Bass received two Grammy nominations and was inducted into the St. Louis Walk of Fame."
tagline: "American singer (1940–2012)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fontella_Bass.png?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1940-07-03"
deathDate: "2012-12-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.73
  momentum:             3.478410377761634
  historical:           16.99583466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0060057/"
    handle:    "nm0060057"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/6k3YMXJ1MJLgUEAlSPC6hA"
    handle:    "6k3YMXJ1MJLgUEAlSPC6hA"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.fontellabass.com"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "فونتيلا باس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fontella_Bass"
    title: "Fontella Bass"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fontella_Bass"
    title: "Fontella Bass"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fontella_Bass"
    title: "Fontella Bass"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fontella_Bass"
    title: "Fontella Bass"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fontella_Bass"
    title: "Fontella Bass"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fontella_Bass"
    title: "Fontella Bass"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fontella_Bass"
    title: "Fontella Bass"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fontella_Bass"
    title: "Fontella Bass"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fontella_Bass"
    title: "Fontella Bass"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fontella_Bass"
    title: "Fontella Bass"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fontella_Bass"
    title: "Fontella Bass"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fontella_Bass"
    title: "Fontella Bass"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%81%2C_%D0%A4%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B0"
    title: "Басс, Фонтелла"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fontella_Bass"
    title: "Fontella Bass"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fontella_Bass"
    title: "Fontella Bass"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B0_%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%81"
    title: "Фонтелла Басс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q458936"
    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump