Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean, Stevie Wonder and more honored their friend Roberta Flack with emotional performances at her recent memorial service in New York.
Roberta Flack's intimate vocal and musical style on "Killing Me Softly with His Song" and other hits made her one of the top recording artists of the 1970s and an influential performer long after.
Roberta Flack, the fearless singer and pianist who made Grammy history with the sublime No. 1 hits “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” and “Killing Me Softly With His Song,” died Monday ...
The Grammy Award-winning singer was known for performing songs such as 'Killing Me Softly With His Song', 'The First Time ... Love' or 'The Closer I Get to You'. Roberta Flack, one of the most ...
He suggested a title: “Killing Me Softly with His Blues ... “Quincy said, ‘Ro, don't sing that doggone song one more time until you record it.’ So she did.” The song became a number ...
Roberta Flack, who sang three No. 1 'Billboard' Hot 100 hits in her five-decade career, died at age 88 on Monday, Feb. 24, ...
Flack is best known for her majestic indelible early hits songs like ‘Killing Me Softly with His Song’, ‘Where Is the Love’ and ‘The Closer I Get to You.’ The 1973 live recording of ...
In 1973, she matched both achievements with “Killing Me Softly With His Song,” becoming the first ... “Free to Be ... You and Me.” Flack’s other hits from the 1970s included the cozy ...
I was sitting in my room doing work on Feb. 24 when my phone lit up with a notification: “Roberta Flack, enduring songstress, dies at the age of 88.” My heart dropped; for me, Roberta Flack is ...
The Fugees members followed the moving cover with “Killing Me Softly with His Song,” causing the audience ... which he wrote for her. “I love you, Roberta. And I will see you.
This article is brought to you by our exclusive subscriber ... originally by Ewan MacColl, and Killing Me Softly With His Song, written by Lori Lieberman and Norman Gimbel and composed by Charles ...
Grammy-winning US singer Roberta Flack has died aged 88, her publicist has confirmed. She was known for songs including The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, originally by Ewan MacColl, and Killing Me ...