RIP Roberta Flack at 88

[Obliviax]

A great voice and entertainer.

Little known before her early 30s, Flack became an overnight star after Clint Eastwood used “The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face” as the soundtrack for one of cinema’s more memorable and explicit love scenes, between the actor and Donna Mills in his 1971 film “Play Misty for Me.” The hushed, hymn-like ballad, with Flack’s graceful soprano afloat on a bed of soft strings and piano, topped the Billboard pop chart in 1972 and received a Grammy for record of the year.​

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“The record label wanted to have it re-recorded with a faster tempo, but he said he wanted it exactly as it was,” Flack told The Associated Press in 2018. “With the song as a theme song for his movie, it gained a lot of popularity and then took off.”​

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In 1973, she matched both achievements with “Killing Me Softly With His Song,” becoming the first artist to win consecutive Grammys for best record.​

Roberta Flack, Grammy-winning singer with an intimate style, dies at 88

Roberta Flack, the Grammy-winning singer and pianist known for her intimate vocal and musical style on "Killing Me Softly With His Song," has died at 88.

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[The Spin Meister]

A great voice and entertainer.

Little known before her early 30s, Flack became an overnight star after Clint Eastwood used “The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face” as the soundtrack for one of cinema’s more memorable and explicit love scenes, between the actor and Donna Mills in his 1971 film “Play Misty for Me.” The hushed, hymn-like ballad, with Flack’s graceful soprano afloat on a bed of soft strings and piano, topped the Billboard pop chart in 1972 and received a Grammy for record of the year.​

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“The record label wanted to have it re-recorded with a faster tempo, but he said he wanted it exactly as it was,” Flack told The Associated Press in 2018. “With the song as a theme song for his movie, it gained a lot of popularity and then took off.”​

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In 1973, she matched both achievements with “Killing Me Softly With His Song,” becoming the first artist to win consecutive Grammys for best record.​

Roberta Flack, Grammy-winning singer with an intimate style, dies at 88

Roberta Flack, the Grammy-winning singer and pianist known for her intimate vocal and musical style on "Killing Me Softly With His Song," has died at 88.

www.news5cleveland.com

Both were great songs. And at a time when hard rock ruled the airwaves. Her, The Carpenters, couple others.

 

[psulongago]

Both were great songs. And at a time when hard rock ruled the airwaves. Her, The Carpenters, couple others.

Loved the song, years ago, while traveling was at a hotel in Cleveland, local group played/performed the song. Since I was sitting next to the bandstand, commented to the band, finally something worth listening to, almost got me thrown out.

 

[The Spin Meister]

Just a taste of her voice….