Roberta Flack

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Roberta Flack (b. 1937) is a U.S. singer and pianist.

Born on 10th February 1937 in Asheville, North Carolina, Flack performs in the areas of jazz, soul, and folk, and is best known for singles such as “Killing Me Softly with His Song”, which won the 1974 Grammy for Record of the Year, and “Where Is the Love”, which was one of her many duets with Donny Hathaway.

Flack began her professional career recording for Atlantic Records without much success, until one of her earliest recordings, “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” (1969), was included on the soundtrack to Clint Eastwood’s directorial debut Play Misty for Me; it became a number-one hit in 1972.
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  • gendervariant

    Alice Coltrane is FlyLo's great aunt? That's what's up!

    14 days ago
  • Red-Drallek

    Such a unique voice. I'm sure most will know this already, but if not. Two of Roberta's best tracks ever are a collaboration with Jazz Funk Saxophonist Sadao Watanabe. On his album Rendezvous. The tracks are called If 'I'm Still Around Tomorrow' and 'Here's To Love' . The whole album is great to be fair, but those two (wow). If you have never heard them you are in for a treat when you do.

    last month
  • Blackstarr2012

    blackstarr2012 also fails, but he's close: Alice is his great-aunt. [2] Close enough :)

    November 2011
  • iheartnikes

    I have all her albums on vinyl man just to hear how beautiful her voice is with better quality. Killing me softy....

    November 2011
  • TheIronLion

    Perfection.

    September 2011
  • Haihappen_Uhaha

    so beautiful

    September 2011
  • muzicmadd

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TFTLjePrDM&feature=related my cover

    August 2011
  • unwrittenx

    Super rad.

    August 2011
  • JNez

    well it's about time she's over a million plays. i'm still not satisfied though. you all need to find 'you stopped loving me' from her bustin' loose soundtrack. in fact, the whole bustin loose soundtrack, if re-released, would show what a terrific composer, songwriter, musician, and singer ms. roberta flack is.

    July 2011
  • 1969SL

    Mellow-voiced and sensitive singer who was at the top of the world in early 1970s and than slowly lost interest in "hit making machinery behind popular song"

    June 2011
  • 2Serenity

    Love her! Funny that I saw her last year and this year only walking around in NYC but I love to see her perform LIVE. I know she must be amazing!! xo

    June 2011
  • G-Man32

    almost million plays!

    June 2011
  • cinnamondearie

    love

    April 2011
  • ershoff99

    Roberta i love you!

    April 2011
  • Spurv007

    Just listening to her debut album. Not for the first time, no - but every time the beauty, the perfection of it leaves me breathless. It's hard to believe such a masterpiece was her debut. Genius of a woman!

    March 2011
  • optimistic_tour

    blackstarr2012 also fails, but he's close: Alice is his great-aunt.

    February 2011
  • myteaisgreen

    'flying lotus's aunt': look-at-me-I'm-so-fucking-informative fail

    February 2011
  • emcxmc

    'The first time ever I saw your face', maybe the best love song ever. Happy Birthday, Roberta.

    February 2011
  • Blackstarr2012

    Actually Flylo's aunt is Alice Coltrane

    December 2010
  • quinns1337

    flying lotus's aunt.

    November 2010
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