Artist: Roberta Flack
Genre(s):
R&B: Soul
Discography:
Roberta
Year: 1994
Tracks: 15
Softly with These Songs: The Best of Roberta Flack
Year: 1993
Tracks: 17
Born to Love
Year: 1983
Tracks: 9
The Best Of
Year:
Tracks: 11
Classy, polished, reserved, smooth, and sophisticated -- all of these price experience been exploited to describe the music of Roberta Flack, particularly her string of wild-eyed, light jazz ballad hits in the 1970s, which continue to enjoy popularity on MOR-oriented adult contemporary stations of the Cross. Flack was the daughter of a church organist and started playing pianissimo early sufficiency to catch a music erudition and eventual degree from Howard University. After a period of bookman educational activity, Flack was observed tattle at a nine by jazz musician Les McCann and gestural to Atlantic.
Her number 1 deuce albums were advantageously received only produced no tally singles; however, that all changed when a version of Ewan MacColl's "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face," from her number 1 LP, was included in the soundtrack of Act as Misty for Me. The unmarried zoomed to phone number ane in 1972 and remained there for six weeks, becoming that year's biggest hit. Flack followed it with the number 1 of several duets with Howard schoolmate Donny Hathaway, "Where Is the Love." "Putting to death Me Softly With His Song" became Flack's irregular phone number ane hit (five weeks) in 1973, and after topping the charts again in 1974 with "Feel Like Makin' Love," Flack took a break from playacting to concentrate on transcription and charitable causes.
She charted respective more times o'er the next few long time, but a major blow stricken in 1979 when Hathaway attached suicide. Devastated, Flack was forced to receive some other cooperator and eventually did in Peabo Bryson, with whom she toured in 1980. The deuce recorded together in 1983, marking a hit duo with "Tonight, I Celebrate My Love." Flack spent the remnant of the '80s touring and performing, much with orchestras, and likewise respective times with Miles Davis. She returned to the Top Ten once more in 1991 with "Set the Night to Music," a pas de deux with Maxi Priest that appeared that year on the album of the same name. Her Roberta full-length, featuring interpretations of wind and popular standards, followed in 1995.
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