At her peak, the singer’s music was capable of great depth, sincerity and emotional intimacy, which she seemingly conjured ...
A public memorial service bursting with music, including performances by Stevie Wonder and a surprise visit by Lauryn Hill, celebrated the life and legacy of Grammy-winning singer and pianist Roberta ...
The world said goodbye to a man who’s been described as one of the greatest American actors of the 20th century. Gene Hackman ...
Roberta Flack had no flash or gimmick to propel her to stardom. A schoolteacher in her 30s when she achieved fame, she was a ...
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Roberta Flack could have brought ... with Peabo Bryson on their 1980 double live album Live & More (its title borrowed from Donna Summer’s 1978 collection). Fugees recorded an updated, but ...
Roberta Flack’s pensive version of Bridge Over ... Saw Your Face and Killing Me Softly With His Song, to her final album, a collection of Beatles covers released in 2012. Hit-making partnerships ...
Roberta Flack so completely owned “Killing Me Softly with His Song” — her signature tune that topped the charts in 1973 — it’s hard to believe that it wasn’t actually her song originally.
upon the 50th anniversary of the million-selling "Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway" album. "He could play anything, sing anything. Our musical synergy was unlike (anything) I'd had before or since." ...
It's a superb collection of pop ... April 1972 saw the release of an album entitled Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway, a collaboration between the singer and another Atlantic Records artist, singer ...
Roberta broke boundaries and records. She was also a proud educator.” Over the course of her illustrious career, Flack scored a total of 18 Hot 100 hits, and notched four albums in the top three ...
‘You Are My Heaven’ (1979) Propelled by the success of “Closer I Get,” Flack and Hathaway set to work on a second duets ...