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     • Roberta Flack was introduced to "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" when her singer friend Donal Leace played her the folk duo Joe & Eddie's 1963 version.
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   Who played Roberta Flack in 'the first time ever I Saw Your Face'?

   • He was right - and I was pleasantly surprised." Roberta Flack was introduced to "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" when her singer friend Donal Leace played her the folk duo Joe & Eddie's 1963 version.

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   How did Roberta Flack learn 'the first time ever I Saw Your Face'?

   • Roberta Flack was introduced to "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" when her singer friend Donal Leace played her the folk duo Joe & Eddie's 1963 version. Flack, who was teaching at the time, fell in love with the song and taught it to the young girls in the Glee Club at Washington DC's Banneker Junior High School.

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   What was the first time ever I Saw Your Face?

   • The song 'The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face' was first performed as a major international hit for Roberta Flack in 1972. It won the Grammy Awards for Record and Song of the Year. The song was also the Billboard No. 1 song of the year for 1972. It is a 1957 folk song and the theme of the movie 'Play Misty for Me', which starred Clint Eastwood in his directorial debut.

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   Who sang the first time ever I Saw Your Face?

   • " The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face " is a 1957 folk song written by British political singer-songwriter Ewan MacColl for Peggy Seeger, who later became his third wife. At the time, the couple were lovers, although MacColl was still married to his second wife, Jean Newlove. Seeger sang the song when the duo performed in folk clubs around Britain.

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   Did Roberta Flack ever sing a song?

   • Roberta Flack had personally taken a liking to the tune and had been singing it even before going Hollywood, when she was a school/music teacher. As such it is featured on her 1969 debut album, First Take. So that means the track had already been circulating for a couple of years before blowing up.

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   When did Roberta Flack get a Grammy?

   • 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 and Song of the Year. Billboard ranked it as the no. 1 Hot 100 single of the year for 1972. New features available now!

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   Jan 29, 2018 · "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" is a 1957 folk song written by British political singer/songwriter Ewan MacColl for Peggy Seeger, who later became his wife. At the time, the couple...

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   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.

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   Roberta Flack was introduced to "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" when her singer friend Donal Leace played her the folk duo Joe & Eddie's 1963 version. Flack, who was teaching at the time, fell in love with the song and taught it to the young girls in the Glee Club at Washington DC's Banneker Junior High School.

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   Jul 3, 2017 · So when a friend called to tell him he’d heard Roberta Flack’s 1972 version of his song “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” played on mainstream radio, MacColl was unimpressed. When, a year...

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    “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” is a 1957 folk song written by British political singer/songwriter Ewan MacColl for Peggy Seeger, who later became his wife, to sing.

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    Jun 18, 2021 · Facts about “First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” This song was written by a Scottish folk singer by the name of Ewan MacColl (1915-1989). He wrote it specifically for another vocalist, an American by the name of Peggy Seeger who, as noted earlier, he married later down the line (in 1977).