Fontella Bass' RESCUE ME charted in 1965 , two years before the Aretha Franklin sound on Atlantic would instantly become a household one.
Has Aretha ever commented on the song and if it had been in any way influential?
Fontella Bass' RESCUE ME charted in 1965 , two years before the Aretha Franklin sound on Atlantic would instantly become a household one.
Has Aretha ever commented on the song and if it had been in any way influential?
Last edited by Boogiedown; 09-23-2018 at 07:16 AM.
The association was apparently not lost on me:
So when Pizza Hut called Aretha to do this ad , surely she said, "You do know that I didn't do that song , right?"
Seems like a dirty deal considering Fontella Bass was very much alive and kicking in 1992.
I remember a mention of Aretha's commercial in a small column of my local paper. They actually wrote Aretha does a remake of "her" hit RESCUE ME.
I must've been in a hooch haze in[92]cause i don't remember that commercial at all...darned hooch,hehe!!
Kind of like fake news . Who cares if it's not even her song! Lol!
I'd rather think Pizza Hut called Aretha asking her if she like to do a modification of her old hit and she asked , "how much does it pay ?" When they told her , she said , "let me get back to you."
Then she immediately called her manager: "Quick ! Get me the lyrics sheet to RESCUE ME !!"
Lol!
Last edited by Boogiedown; 09-26-2018 at 01:41 PM.
I remembered as a kid first hearing Rescue Me getting confused. I kinda knew it wasn't Aretha but it was still strange nonetheless.
Even stranger? Finding out that Minnie Riperton sung background on this.
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