At her peak, the singer’s music was capable of great depth, sincerity and emotional intimacy, which she seemingly conjured ...

Here, we honor Roberta Flack, who died on Feb. 24 at ... McDaniels compositions such as "Reverend Lee" from second album Chapter Two. After McDaniels called her about "Feel," Flack flew to Los ...

Roberta Flack was one of the essential voices of the Seventies, with her smooth, soft-spoken, slow-burning soul style. She specialized in hypnotic ballads like “Killing Me Softly With His Song ...

Roberta Flack was one of my favorite singers ... “Gone Away” (from the 1970 album “Chapter Two”) “Gone Away” is an unassuming choice to provide the soundbed for, arguably, the biggest ...

Here, we honor the late Roberta Flack by looking at the first of ... Flack’s next two albums, 1970’s Chapter Two and 1971’s Quiet Fire, would fare better, both reaching the top 40 ...

She was the first artist to win two consecutive Record of the ... The singer released the soundtrack album for the 1981 Richard Pryor film "Bustin' Loose." In 2006, she established the Roberta Flack ...

By Mike Barnes Senior Editor Roberta Flack, the fearless singer and ... followed a year later by Chapter Two. The albums did not create much of a stir. She received a second Grammy in 1973 for ...

Roberta Flack used her upbringing as a classically trained pianist to redefine the textural and emotional terms of modern soul music. The singer, who died Monday at 88, was a master interpreter ...

Roberta Flack ... No. 2) and “You Are My Heaven” (1980, No. 47), among others. She also partnered with Peabo Bryson, another genre standard-bearer, on two top 10 R&B albums in the 1980s ...

Flack first donned the Hot 100 crown with ... McDaniels compositions such as “Reverend Lee” from second album Chapter Two. After McDaniels called her about “Feel,” Flack flew to Los ...