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

Unless, of course, Roberta ... debut, “First Take,” wove soul, jazz, flamenco, gospel and folk into one revelatory package, prescient in its form and measured in its approach. Flack will ...

Once you put into perspective that chart-topping pop and R&B vocalist-composer Roberta Flack started her career ... for a debut album (“First Take”) of wildly unique interpretative song.

Roberta Flack used her upbringing ... just a tick or two beyond where you expect. Flack cut “First Time” for her 1969 debut, “First Take,” which grew out of the reputation-making gig ...

Roberta Flack — seen performing for a television studio audience in 1973 — possessed one of the most singular singing voices of her era. (ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment ...

“When you express your feelings about the first time you ever see a great love, you don’t rush the story,” the legendary Roberta Flack told Songwriter Universe in 2020 — a sentiment ...

Roberta Flack’s rise to musical fame In 1969, Flack’s first album, First Take, was released. It had eight songs, with one—“Ballad of the Sad Young Men”—being exactly seven minutes long.

She's best-known for her transformative covers of “The First ... take on Flack’s cover “Killing Me Softly With His Song." It won the group a Grammy, two decades after Flack took home the record of the ...

The Grammy-winning singer and pianist Roberta Flack ... choir on piano. Flack leaves behind a rich repertoire of music that avoids categorization. Her debut, “First Take,” wove soul, jazz ...

Roberta broke boundaries and records. She was also a proud educator." Flack was one of the top music stars of the '70s, with three No. 1 singles in the span of two years: "The First Time Ever I ...

Roberta Flack ... it impossible to sing and not easy to speak,” Flack’s manager Suzanne Koga said in a release at the time. “But it will take a lot more than ALS to silence this icon.” ...

Roberta Flack ... playing, teaching.”Flack was signed to Atlantic Records and her debut album, “First Take,” a blend of gospel, soul, flamenco and jazz, came out in 1969.