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Roberta Flack Biography
Singer / Songwriter
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Roberta Flack is known as a singer of soulful jazz and pop ballads. Her particular heyday was the 1970s, when she recorded a string of hits including Feel Like Makin' Love and The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face. (The latter was included on the jazz-tinged soundtrack for Clint Eastwood's 1971 film Play Misty For Me.) The title cut from Flack's 1973 album Killing Me Softly became her biggest hit.
Extra credit: Killing Me Softly was a tribute to American Pie singer Don MacLean.
Vaguely similar artists: Norah Jones and Dusty Springfield.
Blog posts mentioning Roberta Flack:
Four Good Links
Roberta Flack
Biography, tour dates and a gallery of album covers
Roberta Flack
Many reviews of her records
Golden Voice: Roberta Flack
Brief biography and discography from a fan
Roberta Flack
Biography, discography and links to buy her music
Vital Stats
Birth
10 February 1940
(age 69)
Birthplace
Black Mountain, North Carolina
Death
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Best Known As
Singer of Killing Me Softly