Fontella Bass

"I had the first million seller for Chess since Chuck Berry about 10 years before. Things were riding high for them, but when it came time to collect my first royalty check, I looked at it, saw how little it was, tore it up and threw it back across the desk. It actually side-stepped me in the business because I got a reputation of being a trouble maker."
- Fontella Bass (speaking about 'Rescue Me').

Soul singer, Fontella Bass, most famous for her 1965 smash hit, Rescue Me.

Read more at: http://www.heavy.com/entertainment/2012/12/rescue-me-singer-fontella-bass-dead-top-10-facts-you-need-to-know/

I had the first million seller for Chess since Chuck Berry about 10 years before. Things were riding high for them, but when it came time to collect my first royalty check, I looked at it, saw how little it was, tore it up and threw it back across the desk. It actually side-stepped me in the business because I got a reputation of being a trouble maker.

Read more at: http://www.heavy.com/entertainment/2012/12/rescue-me-singer-fontella-bass-dead-top-10-facts-you-need-to-know/

I had the first million seller for Chess since Chuck Berry about 10 years before. Things were riding high for them, but when it came time to collect my first royalty check, I looked at it, saw how little it was, tore it up and threw it back across the desk. It actually side-stepped me in the business because I got a reputation of being a trouble maker.

Read more at: http://www.heavy.com/entertainment/2012/12/rescue-me-singer-fontella-bass-dead-top-10-facts-you-need-to-know/

I had the first million seller for Chess since Chuck Berry about 10 years before. Things were riding high for them, but when it came time to collect my first royalty check, I looked at it, saw how little it was, tore it up and threw it back across the desk. It actually side-stepped me in the business because I got a reputation of being a trouble maker.

Read more at: http://www.heavy.com/entertainment/2012/12/rescue-me-singer-fontella-bass-dead-top-10-facts-you-need-to-kn