▁same ▁year ▁brought ▁two ▁more ▁R & B ▁hits , ▁" I ▁Can ' t ▁Rest " ▁( back ed ▁with ▁" I ▁S urr ender )" ▁and ▁" You ' ll ▁Never ▁Know ." ▁Her ▁only ▁album ▁with ▁Ch ess ▁Records , ▁The ▁New ▁Look , ▁sold ▁reason ably ▁well , ▁but ▁Bass ▁soon ▁became ▁dis ill usion ed ▁with ▁Ch ess ▁and ▁decided ▁to ▁leave ▁the ▁label ▁after ▁only ▁two ▁years , ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 7 . ▁ ▁Bass ▁claimed ▁that , ▁although ▁the ▁cred ited ▁co - writ ers ▁Carl ▁Smith ▁and ▁Ray n ard ▁Min er , ▁and ▁record ▁producer ▁Billy ▁Davis , ▁had ▁assured ▁her ▁that ▁her ▁contribution ▁to ▁co - writing ▁the ▁lyr ics ▁of ▁" Res cue ▁Me " ▁would ▁be ▁acknowled ged , ▁this ▁was ▁never ▁done . ▁ ▁I ▁had ▁the ▁first ▁million ▁s eller ▁for ▁Ch ess ▁since ▁Ch uck ▁Ber ry ▁about ▁ 1 0 ▁years ▁before . ▁Things ▁were ▁r iding ▁high ▁for ▁them , ▁but ▁when ▁it ▁came ▁time ▁to ▁collect ▁my ▁first ▁royal ty ▁check , ▁I ▁looked ▁at ▁it , ▁saw ▁how ▁little ▁it ▁was , ▁t ore ▁it ▁up ▁and ▁threw ▁it ▁back ▁across ▁the ▁des k . ▁ ▁Bass ▁demanded ▁a ▁better ▁royal ty ▁rate ▁and ▁art istic ▁control ; ▁she ▁approached ▁her ▁then ▁manager ▁Billy ▁Davis ▁about ▁se cur ing ▁her ▁writing ▁credit ▁on ▁the ▁song ▁but ▁was ▁told ▁not ▁to ▁worry ▁about ▁it . ▁When ▁the ▁record ▁came ▁out ▁and ▁her ▁name