A look back at 10 great songs recorded by Roberta Flack, with 'Killing Me Softly' and 'The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face' ...

“Roberta Flack is legend.” Hill then launched into a cover of ... Flack leaves behind a rich repertoire of music that avoids categorization. Her debut, “First Take,” wove soul, jazz, flamenco, gospel ...

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.

Lauryn Hill paid tribute to Roberta Flack in a heartfelt Instagram post. Hill covered Flack's 1973 song "Killing Me Softly with His Song," bringing the breakup ballad to a younger audience in 1996.

First Take sold well but Flack credited her 1970 appearance guest ... "For much longer interpreters were the greats, and Roberta Flack stands with Sinatra, with Ella Fitzgerald, with so many great ...

On February 24, the music world lost a giant who helped create a “quiet storm” on 1970s radio. Roberta Flack hypnotized ...

Her debut, “First Take,” wove soul ... As the well-documented lore suggests, Roberta Flack's mainstream success story begins when her dreamy cover of “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face ...

First Take notably features Flack covering McCann’s upbeat “Compared to What,” a song written by Gene McDaniels which is sharply critical of war and injustice. Roberta Flack, First Take (1 ...

Lauryn Hill honored Roberta Flack at her March 11 memorial at Manhattan's Abyssinian Baptist Church, stepping out of her usual privacy.

The Grammy-winning singer and pianist Roberta Flack died last month NEW YORK ... of music that avoids categorization. Her debut, “First Take,” wove soul, jazz, flamenco, gospel and folk ...

“I love you, Roberta. And I will see you,” Wonder said at the end. Earlier, songwriter and performer Valerie Simpson of Ashford and Simpson played piano and sang an extended take of “Ain’t ...

The incredibly moving service held at New York's Abyssinian Baptist Church featured musical performances and speeches. "Roberta Flack is legend," said a visibly moved Lauryn Hill.