Lauryn Hill Pays Tribute to Roberta Flack: ‘One of the Purest Voices’
Flack "moved me and showed me through her own creative choices and standards what else was possible within the idiom of Soul, ...
Lori Lieberman, Who First Sang 'Killing Me Softly with His Song,' Reacts to Roberta Flack's Death: 'Endless Gratitude'
Flack won two Grammys for "Killing Me Softly with His Song": record of the year and best pop vocal performance, female in ...
How Roberta Flack helped Lori Lieberman finally stake her claim to ‘Killing Me Softly’
One singer made “Killing Me Softly” iconic, while the other was left out of its history. Later in life, they came together.
Roberta Flack, ’70s R&B Vocalist Known for ‘Killing Me Softly,’ Dies at 88
Roberta Flack, best known for her '70s hits 'Killing Me Softly' (later covered by the Fugees) and 'The First Time Ever I Saw ...
Remembering Roberta Flack: 8 timeless hits to salute an unrivaled talent
The '80s brought soft rock detouring for Flack, another experimentation for the innovative performer. “Tonight, I Celebrate ...
Roberta Flack, Virtuoso Singer-Pianist Who Ruled the Charts, Dies at 88
With majestic anthems like “Killing Me Softly” and “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face,” Ms. Flack, a former schoolteacher, ...
Roberta Flack, soulful R&B vocalist known for 'Killing Me Softly With His Song,' dies at 88
Roberta Flack, whose tender vocals made her one of R&B's most beloved singers in a celebrated career that included the Grammy ...
Roberta Flack Is Dead at 88: Friends and Admirers Pay Tribute to the Music Icon
Roberta Flack, the singer and musician known for her chart-topping recordings of songs such as “The First Time Ever I Saw ...
How Roberta Flack made ‘Killing Me Softly’ her own — and changed original singer Lori Lieberman’s life: ‘I have endless gratitude’
"What she gave to that song was ... something I never, ever could have imagined,” said Lori Lieberman, who originally ...
Roberta Flack, Who Won Back-to-Back Grammys for Record of the Year, Dies at 88
Alongside McCann was Roberta Flack, who died Monday at the age of 88, her representatives said in a news release. She was 34 ...
Forever No. 1: Roberta Flack’s “Killing Me Softly With His Song”
Flack transformed the song from a pop/folk tune to one that drew from a wide range of American music forms – pop, soul and jazz.
Roberta Flack’s 11 Essential Songs
Another stunning example of Flack’s interpretive power, and of her role in curating a new pop songbook in the 1970s. She paints this modern standard — made famous with lachrymose sweetness by the ...