"Rescue Me" - Fontella Bass - (Bass Cover & tab) - FRANKS BASS COVERS

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The Song
Released: September 25, 1965
on November 14th, 1965 it peaked at #4 {for 1 week} and spent 13 weeks on the Top 100.

Recorded in just three takes, Rock journalist Dave Marsh called Bass' powerful vocal performance on this song, "the best non-Aretha Aretha ever."

Despite co-penning the song, Bass initially did not get a writing credit. It took over 20 years and much litigation before she was given her due share of the songwriting and the royalties.

Bass was amazed to hear her own voice singing this song in an American Express commercial on New Year's Day 1990. She sued the credit card company as well as the advertising agency and was eventually awarded $50,000 plus punitive damages in 1993.

Bass revealed to The New York Times in 1989 that her call-and-response vocals for this song weren't intentional.

She recalled, "When we were recording that, I forgot some of the words. Back then, you didn't stop while the tape was running, and I remembered from the church what to do if you forget the words. I sang, 'Ummm, ummm, ummm,' and it worked out just fine."

Many artists have covered this song, including Linda Ronstadt, Cher, Pat Benatar, Tom Jones, Diana Ross and Melissa Manchester.

Maurice White (drums) went on to form Earth, Wind and Fire.

While at Chess Records, Louis Satterfield was also teacher to up and coming electric bassists, most notably, White's younger brother Verdine White who played bass in EWF.

Minnie Riperton provided background vocals

On December 26, 2012, Fontella Bass died at a St. Louis hospital from complications of a heart attack suffered earlier in the month; she was 72

The Musicians
Bass – Louis Satterfield; Drums – Maurice White
Guitar – Pete Cosey; Organ – Sonny Thompson
Tenor Saxophone – Gene Barge; Piano – Raynard Miner
Backing vocals - Minnie Riperton