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Arts > Music > Rock, Pop > USA > Roberta Flack 1937-2025
Roberta Flack in 1975.
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Flack's impact as a performer in the pop music space in the 1970s was sudden and massive. Over the next four decades, Flack built a legacy on a quiet belief in limitlessness. NPR February 10, 2020 11:16 AM ET
https://www.npr.org/2020/02/10/
Roberta Flack.
Roberta Flack, Virtuoso Singer-Pianist Who Ruled the Charts, Dies at 88. NYT 24 February 2025
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/
Killing Me Softly With His Song
Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly With His Song music video (Official Video) Rhino Roberta Flack performs her 1973 #1 hit Killing Me Softly With HIs Song from her album Killing Me Softly "Killing Me Softly With His Song" earned Roberta Flack the GRAMMY for Record of The Year in 1974 YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrudT410TAI
First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
Roberta Flack First Time Ever I Saw Your Face 1972 music video Old Tapes
"The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" is a 1957 folk song written by British political singer/songwriter Ewan MacColl for Peggy Seeger, who later became his wife.
At the time, the couple were lovers, although MacColl was still married to Joan Littlewood.
Seeger sang the song when the duo performed in folk clubs around Britain.
During the 1960s, it was recorded by various folk singers and became a major international hit for Roberta Flack in 1972, winning Grammy Awards for Record of the Year and Song of the Year.
Billboard ranked it as the no. 1 Hot 100 single of the year for 1972.
YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8_fLu2yrP4
Roberta Flack 1937-2025
Singer Roberta Flack (...) broke through as one of the most important and beloved singers of the 1970s and beyond with a sound that combined soul, jazz, rock and pop
https://www.npr.org/2025/02/24/
Years active 1968–2022
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https://www.theguardian.com/music/gallery/2025/feb/24/
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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/
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