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Fontella Bass

1940 - 2012

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Fontella Marie Bass (; July 3, 1940 – December 26, 2012) was an American R&B and soul singer-songwriter best known for her number-one R&B hit "Rescue Me" in 1965. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fontella Bass has received more than 404,051 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Fontella Bass is the 1,729th most popular singer (down from 1,591st in 2019), the 9,372nd most popular biography from United States (down from 8,803rd in 2019) and the 469th most popular American Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 400k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.29

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.40

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.18

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Fontella Bass ranks 1,729 out of 3,528. Before her are Mississippi Fred McDowell, Svyatoslav Vakarchuk, Sheb Wooley, Asaf Avidan, Fat Joe, and Sarit Hadad. After her are Marco Borsato, Bappi Lahiri, Birthe Kjær, René Pape, Ahlam, and Jacek Kaczmarski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Fontella Bass ranks 474. Before her are Yvonne Blake, Viktor Kuzkin, Jutta Heine, Alexander Almetov, Elwyn Berlekamp, and John Castle. After her are Juliet Mitchell, Chris Menges, David Gates, Manfred Manglitz, Niilo Halonen, and Yamini Krishnamurthy. Among people deceased in 2012, Fontella Bass ranks 376. Before her are Jacques Barzun, Phillip V. Tobias, Aldo Maldera, Mitch Lucker, Ruy de Freitas, and Charles Colson. After her are Boris Razinsky, Mike Kelley, Janice E. Voss, Michael O'Hare, Terry Callier, and Slater Martin.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Fontella Bass ranks 9,372 out of 18,182. Before her are Marco Rubio (1971), Jim Loscutoff (1930), Jay Harrington (1971), Ricky Steamboat (1953), Victor Schertzinger (1888), and Carl Knowles (1910). After her are Vanessa Marano (1992), Debi Mazar (1964), Roy Bittan (1949), Roger Miller (1936), Steven Weber (1961), and Frank Waller (1884).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Fontella Bass ranks 469. Before her are Jessi (1988), George Fisher (1970), Bruce Hornsby (1954), Mississippi Fred McDowell (1906), Sheb Wooley (1921), and Fat Joe (1970). After her are Roky Erickson (1947), Jonathan Richman (1951), Eddie Money (1949), Johnnie Ray (1927), Leroy Carr (1905), and Arabian Prince (1965).

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