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.

Flack’s cover version of “Will You Love Me Tomorrow” hit only No. 76 on the charts in 1972, but another of her first batch of songs, the haunting “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face ...

On this episode of Hard Knock Radio, host Davey D sat down with Dr. Rickey Vincent, a music historian, author of Party Music and Funk: The Rhythm on the One, and host of History of Funk on KPFA. The ...

Roberta Flack, who sang three No. 1 'Billboard' Hot 100 hits in her five-decade career, died at age 88 on Monday, Feb. 24, 2025. See her accomplished life and career in photos here ...

The late legend's catalog includes the No. 1s "Killing Me Softly With His Song" and "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face," as well as several duets with Donny Hathaway. By Trevor Anderson Roberta ...

Flack claimed several hits throughout the ’70s, including her highest-charting singles, “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” (No. 1 for six weeks in 1972), and “The Closer I Get To You ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Roberta Flack, the Grammy-winning singer and pianist whose songs "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" and "Killing Me Softly with His Song" made her a global star, will be eulogized ...