Roberta Flack

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Roberta Flack (born February 10, 1937 in Asheville, North Carolina) is an American singer. A notable performer in the areas of jazz, soul, and folk. Flack 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”, the latter being 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 #1 hit in 1972.

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1	Killing Me Softly With His Song	919
2	Feel Like Makin' Love	295
3	The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face	202
4	Killing Me Softly	162
5	The Closer I Get To You	132
6	Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow	131
7	Where Is the Love	93
8	Jesse	81
9	You Are My Heaven	52
10	You've Got a Friend	51
11	Back Together Again	50
12	If Ever I See You Again	38
13	Compared to What	32
14	Killing Me Softly with His Son	29
15	The First time Ever I saw Your	21

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amiracle87 wrote:
last month

most probably a typo

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vboechat wrote:
September 2008

Killing Me Softly with His Son? Does he has a murderer as a son?

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locc2dabrain wrote:
September 2008

that is the original version. the fugees covered it.

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ehk2 wrote:
August 2008

'killing me softly with his son". that's the best version I've ever heard

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Zerubbabel413 wrote:
June 2008

love me some Roberta Flack

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[deleted-user] wrote:
May 2008

A canção The closer i get to you é simplesmente linda... Sempre escuto essa música.
onaaaa wrote:
May 2008

Change that photo! Vote, vote, vote. :)

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SoulMusicLady wrote:
May 2008

Hey, check out www.robertaflack.com. She's selling the piano that she recorded her first album with! How awesome would it be to have that!

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spw1960 wrote:
April 2008

I love a song of hers called Independent Man. Please lets get it on last FM.

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marcosvenicio wrote:
January 2008

Roberta Flack é o cara !!!

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llehcin wrote:
January 2008

I Told Jesus...

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chickrocksteady wrote:
December 2007

'strumming my pain with his fingers' - pain being the best euphemism ever. right

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finsaah wrote:
December 2007

Try to make it real...

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gypsy_eyes1982 wrote:
December 2007

chi è il grande che l'ha taggata con minchia che disco figo??? :D

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rapho- wrote:
November 2007

The First Time & Killing Me Softly = amazing

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Colfire wrote:
November 2007

Roberta featuring Donny Hathaway is one of my all time favourite albums. Stay With Me is a stand out track for me.

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A70ssoulchild wrote:
October 2007

Beautiful woman with a beautiful voice. She and Donny Hathaway are one the greatest duos of all time. The way she/they sing about love is so touching. I had the pleasure of meeting Roberta in December 2000 at the Colors of Christmas concert in SF and she is gracious and grateful for all her fans. If you get the chance, pick up her Christmas album its a must have for great holiday music.

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llehcin wrote:
October 2007

The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face is the most simplistic, beatiful ode to love I've ever heard.

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_duif wrote:
September 2007

The first time ever I saw your face is beautiful. check out how it was used by Kommando Raumschiff Zitrone on their song Roberta!

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Suyomizzle wrote:
August 2007

THE CLOSERRRRRRR I GET TO YOU

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