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      • At first, she just played piano but soon found herself humming and then singing “The Christmas Song.” The audience applauded and asked her to sing another song. Flack declined, but, in an interview with The Washington Post in 1989, she recalled that moment as “my cue that people would listen to me as a singer.”
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  2. In 1974, Flack sang the lead on a Sherman Brothers song called "Freedom", which featured prominently at the opening and closing of the movie Huckleberry Finn. In the same year, she performed "When We Grow Up" with a teenage Michael Jackson on the 1974 television special, Free to Be... You and Me.

  3. Jan 29, 2018 · Roberta Flack - First Time Ever I Saw Your Face 1972. "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" is a 1957 folk song written by British political singer/songwriter Ewan MacColl for Peggy...

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  4. Nov 15, 2022 · Roberta Flack is one of the greatest singers of all time. The American jazz and soul singer is best known for her number-one hit singles 'The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face', 'Killing Me Softly with His Song', 'Feel Like Makin' Love' and 'Where Is the Love'.

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  5. Roberta Cleopatra Flack (born February 10, 1937) is an American singer who topped the Billboard charts with the No. 1 singles “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face”, “Killing Me.

  6. Jan 17, 2023 · 1959-1963. Flack starts performing. At D.C.'s posh Tivoli Club, she served as accompanist to the opera singers who strolled the room. During intermissions, Flack would sing and play blues and...

  7. Seeger sang the song when the duo performed in folk clubs around Britain. During the 1960s, it was recorded by various folk singers and became a major international hit for Roberta Flack in 1972, winning Grammy Awards for Record of the Year [1] and Song of the Year.

  8. Oct 11, 2024 · Roberta Flack is an American rhythm and blues (R&B) singer known for the number-one hits “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” (1972) and “Killing Me Softly with His Song” (1973), and for her duets with soul music singer Donny Hathaway “Where Is the Love” (1972) and “The Closer I Get to You”.