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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 430,585 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Fontella Bass is the 2,226th most popular singer (down from 1,723rd in 2019), the 12,011th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,351st in 2019) and the 597th most popular American Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 430k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.04

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.14

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.36

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Fontella Bass ranks 2,226 out of 4,381. Before her are Hank Williams Jr., Ken Hirai, Hayley Williams, Frederik Ndoci, Daesung, and Glen Hansard. After her are Mikael Åkerfeldt, Chuck D, Shindong, Ian Brown, Kitty Wells, and Josh Groban.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Fontella Bass ranks 570. Before her are Ingrid Wendl, Joanna Miles, Silvia Torres-Peimbert, John Hagee, Kiyoshi Tanabe, and Miguel Ángel Loayza. After her are Kenneth Clarke, James Burrows, Phil Lesh, Otacílio Gonçalves, Carole Ann Ford, and Billy Fury. Among people deceased in 2012, Fontella Bass ranks 459. Before her are Barry Unsworth, Joe Paterno, Les Leston, Andrew Sarris, Tommy Godwin, and Helen Gurley Brown. After her are Kitty Wells, Finn Pedersen, A. K. Hangal, Lucille Bliss, Dubravko Pavličić, and Joe Kubert.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Fontella Bass ranks 12,011 out of 20,380. Before her are Charles Marion Russell (1864), Dennis Chambers (1959), Brenda Helser (1924), Jeremy Sisto (1974), Mike Epps (1970), and Frank Havens (1924). After her are Gervonta Davis (1994), Bill Macy (1922), Joe Medicine Crow (1913), Earl Van Dorn (1820), John Jacob Astor, 1st Baron Astor of Hever (1886), and Olivia Cole (1942).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Fontella Bass ranks 597. Before her are Aimee Mann (1960), Anita Ward (1956), Redfoo (1975), Kitty Kallen (1921), Hank Williams Jr. (1949), and Hayley Williams (1988). After her are Chuck D (1960), Kitty Wells (1919), Josh Groban (1981), CeeLo Green (1974), GZA (1966), and Tiffany Young (1989).

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