Roberta Flack

Roberta Flack

Roberta Flack is an American, four-time Grammy Award-winning soul singer, known for a catalogue of enduring classics like "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" and "Killing Me Softly With His Song."

Fast Facts

Birth Name: Roberta Cleopatra Flack
Birthdate: February 10, 1937
Origin: Asheville, North Carolina
Years Active: 1968-Present
Inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1999

Background

Flack was raised in Arlington, Virginia. In her early teens, Flack excelled at classical piano and was awarded a full music scholarship at Howard University which she entered at the age of 15, making her one of the youngest students ever to enroll there. She eventually changed her major from piano to voice and became an assistant conductor of the university choir. Flack graduated from Howard University at 19 and began her graduate studies in music, but the sudden death of her father forced her to take a job teaching music and English for $2800 a year in Farmville, North Carolina. During her time as a teacher, her music career began to take shape on evenings and weekends in Washington DC area night spots where she would perform. Flack was discovered singing at one of these clubs by jazz musician Les McCann and signed to Atlantic.

Discography

Categories

Entertainment | Music | Jazz | Pop Music | R&B | Soul

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Album Review: Softly With These Songs | Buy | Download
Article: "Pop Singer: Roberta Flack" (November 1, 1981)
Video: "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" (Time: 4:05)

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Rolling Stone: Oasis Album Review (March 9, 1989)
Washingtonpost.com: "NSO Pops With Roberta Flack" (September 29, 2007)

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MTV.com: "Set The Night To Music" (Time: 3:12)
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YouTube: "Free To Be You And Me" (Featuring Michael Jackson) (Time: 2:18)

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