Roberta Flack

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Raised in Arlington, Virginia, Roberta Flack was initially inspired to sing by the gospel music she heard at her local African-American Baptist Church. A gifted classical pianist, she won a scholarship to Howard University in Washington DC, where she developed her vocal style and became a teacher. She also started playing in clubs, accompanying opera singers and singing blues and jazz in the interval, building a reputation at the 1520 Club. Eventually she was discovered by Atlantic Records, quickly recording her debut album First Take in a few hours. However, Flack didn't become a big success until Clint Eastwood used one of her tracks - a cover of Ewan MacColl's sentimental ballad First Time Ever I Saw Your Face - in his movie, Play Misty For Me. It became the biggest hit of 1972, topping the US charts for six weeks and she went on to have a successful recording career with Donny Hathaway; scoring another Number 1 in 1973 with Killing Me Softly and enjoying further soulful hits with Tonight I Celebrate My Love and You're Looking Like Love To Me.Artist biography compiled by BDS/West 10. All rights reserved

Top Tracks

01
Killing Me Softly With His Song
Roberta Flack
Killing Me Softly
04:46
06
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
Roberta Flack
First Take
04:20
Composers: Ewan MacColl
04
Back Together Again (feat. Donny Hathaway)
Roberta Flack
A Donny Hathaway Collection
04:49
Writer: James Mtume - Reggie Lucas
05
Where Is the Love
Roberta Flack
A Donny Hathaway Collection
02:46
Writer: Ralph MacDonald - William Salter
04
The Closer I Get to You
Roberta Flack
I Am Classik (Soul for Dinner)
04:38
Composers: DR / Other contributors: D.R
05
Feel Like Makin' Love
Roberta Flack
Feel Like Makin' Love
02:55
Writer: Eugene McDaniels
03
Tonight, I Celebrate My Love
Peabo Bryson with Roberta Flack
Bedroom Classics, Vol. 2
03:29
Writer: Gerry Goffin - Michael Masser / Composers: Gerald Goffin - Michael Masser
01
Compared to What
Roberta Flack
First Take
05:16
Composers: Gene McDaniels
05
Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow (Single)
Roberta Flack
Quiet Fire
04:07
Composers: Carole King - Gerry Goffin
04
If I Ever See You Again
Roberta Flack
Roberta Flack
03:40
06
Mr. Magic
Roberta Flack
Feel Like Makin' Love
03:58
Composers: Ralph MacDonald - William Salter
02
I Wanted It Too
Roberta Flack
Feel Like Makin' Love
02:49
Composers: Ralph MacDonald - William Salter
06
For All We Know
Roberta Flack
A Donny Hathaway Collection
03:39
Composers: J. Fred Coots - Sam M. Lewis
05
Don't Make Me Wait Too Long (feat. Donny Hathaway)
Roberta Flack
Roberta Flack Featuring Donny Hathaway
07:48
Composers: Stevie Wonder
01
Feelin' That Glow
Roberta Flack
Feel Like Makin' Love
05:47
Composers: Bobby Fusco - Eugene McDaniels - L Leon Pendavaris - Maurice McKinley - Sister Charlotte Laws
07
Where Is The Love
Roberta Flack
Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway
02:43
05
Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodby
Roberta Flack
First Take
04:08
Composers: Leonard Cohen
10
You Are My Heaven (feat. Donny Hathaway)
Roberta Flack
A Donny Hathaway Collection
04:11
Writer: eric Mercury - Stevie Wonder
12
The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face
Roberta Flack
The Soul of Roberta Flack
04:15
02
Jesse
Roberta Flack
Killing Me Softly
04:01
Composers: Janis Ian
03
I Can See the Sun in Late December
Roberta Flack
Feel Like Makin' Love
12:46
Composers: Stevie Wonder
04
Let It Be Me
Roberta Flack
Chapter Two
04:59
Composers: Gilbert Bécaud - Mann Curtis - Pierre Delanoe
05
River
Roberta Flack
Killing Me Softly
05:03
Composers: Eugene McDaniels
02
You've Got A Friend
Roberta Flack
Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway
03:23
Composers: Carole King
02
Do What You Gotta Do
Roberta Flack
Chapter Two
04:09
Composers: Jim Webb
01
Only Heaven Can Wait (For Love) (feat. Donny Hathaway)
Roberta Flack
Roberta Flack Featuring Donny Hathaway
04:06
Composers: eric Mercury - Roberta Flack
07
Stay with Me (feat. Donny Hathaway)
Roberta Flack
Roberta Flack Featuring Donny Hathaway
03:49
Composers: Michael Masser& Gerry Goffin
01
I ( Who Have Nothing)
Roberta Flack
Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway
05:03
Composers: Carlo Donido - Jerry Leiber - Mike Stoller - Moguel
03
No Tears (In The End)
Roberta Flack
Killing Me Softly
04:56
Composers: Ralph MacDonald - William Salter
09
Come Ye Disconsolate
Roberta Flack
Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway
04:52
01
Reverend Lee
Roberta Flack
Chapter Two
04:32
Composers: Eugene McDaniels
06
To Love Somebody
Roberta Flack
Quiet Fire
06:43
Composers: Barry Gibb - Maurice Robin
13
Thank You for Being You
Jon Secada
Songs from the Neighborhood: The Music of Mister Rogers
03:14
03
Just Like A Woman
Roberta Flack
Chapter Two
06:15
Composers: Bob Dylan
08
Sweet Bitter Love
Roberta Flack
Quiet Fire
06:06
Composers: Van McCoy
05
You Make Me Feel Brand New (LP Version)
Roberta Flack
Set The Night To Music
05:01
Composers: Linda Creed - Thomas Bell
07
When You Smile
Roberta Flack
Killing Me Softly
03:44
Composers: Ralph MacDonald - William Slater
04
I Told Jesus
Roberta Flack
First Take
06:09
Writer: Traditional
08
Suzanne
Roberta Flack
Killing Me Softly
09:44
Composers: Leonard Cohen
11
Killing Me Softly With His Song
Roberta Flack
The Soul of Roberta Flack
05:11

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  • Discography
Albums
â„— 2012 RSJ, LLC
29-04-2016

Christmas Songs

01
The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)
Roberta Flack
Christmas Songs
03:55
Writer: Mel Tormé - Robert Wells / Composers: Mel Tormé - Robert Wells
02
There's Still My Joy
Roberta Flack
Christmas Songs
03:29
Writer: Beth Neilsen Chapman - Melissa Manchester - Matthew Rollings / Composers: Beth Neilsen Chapman - Melissa Manchester - Matthew Rollings
03
We Three Kings Of Orient Are
Roberta Flack
Christmas Songs
04:51
Writer: Traditional / Composers: Traditional
04
25th Of Last December
Roberta Flack
Christmas Songs
04:35
Writer: Eugene McDaniels / Composers: Eugene McDaniels
05
Because This Child Was Born
Roberta Flack
Christmas Songs
04:17
Writer: Shelton Becton / Composers: Shelton Becton
06
When There's Love
Roberta Flack
Christmas Songs
06:06
Writer: Shelton Becton / Composers: Shelton Becton
07
The Little Drummer Boy
Roberta Flack
Christmas Songs
03:33
Writer: Katherine Davis - Henry Onorati - Harry Simeone / Composers: Katherine Davis - Henry Onorati - Harry Simeone
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19-09-2011

The Soul of Roberta Flack

01
The Closer I Get To You
Roberta Flack
The Soul of Roberta Flack
03:48
02
River
Roberta Flack
The Soul of Roberta Flack
05:16
03
Sweet Georgia Brown
Roberta Flack
The Soul of Roberta Flack
06:58
04
Some Gospel According To Matthew
Roberta Flack
The Soul of Roberta Flack
03:08
05
Feel Like Makin' Love
Roberta Flack
The Soul of Roberta Flack
04:57
06
Reverend Lee
Roberta Flack
The Soul of Roberta Flack
08:28
07
Stormy Monday
Roberta Flack
The Soul of Roberta Flack
06:50
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1980 Atlantic Recording Corp., Manufactured and Distributed by Rhino Entertainment
07-02-2006

Roberta Flack Featuring Donny Hathaway

01
Only Heaven Can Wait (For Love) (feat. Donny Hathaway)
Roberta Flack
Roberta Flack Featuring Donny Hathaway
04:06
Composers: eric Mercury - Roberta Flack
02
God Don't Like Ugly (feat. Donny Hathaway)
Roberta Flack
Roberta Flack Featuring Donny Hathaway
04:37
Composers: Gwen Guthrie - R. Lucas
03
You Are My Heaven (feat. Donny Hathaway)
Roberta Flack
Roberta Flack Featuring Donny Hathaway
04:14
Writer: eric Mercury - Stevie Wonder
04
Disguises (feat. Donny Hathaway)
Roberta Flack
Roberta Flack Featuring Donny Hathaway
02:25
Composers: Stuart Scharf
05
Don't Make Me Wait Too Long (feat. Donny Hathaway)
Roberta Flack
Roberta Flack Featuring Donny Hathaway
07:48
Composers: Stevie Wonder
06
Back Together Again (feat. Donny Hathaway)
Roberta Flack
Roberta Flack Featuring Donny Hathaway
04:50
Writer: James Mtume - Reggie Lucas
07
Stay with Me (feat. Donny Hathaway)
Roberta Flack
Roberta Flack Featuring Donny Hathaway
03:49
Composers: Michael Masser& Gerry Goffin
1982 Atlantic Recording Corp., Manufactured and Distributed by Rhino Entertainment
07-02-2006

I'm The One

01
I'm the One
Roberta Flack
I'm The One
04:05
Writer: Ralph MacDonald - William Eaton - William Salter
02
'Till the Morning Comes
Roberta Flack
I'm The One
03:44
Writer: Casey Daniels - Ralph MacDonald - William Salter
03
Love and Let Love
Roberta Flack
I'm The One
04:35
Composers: Ralph MacDonald - William Salter
04
Never Loved Before
Roberta Flack
I'm The One
04:00
Composers: Bobby Caldwell - Henry Marx
05
In the Name of Love
Roberta Flack
I'm The One
03:58
Composers: Ralph MacDonald - William Salter
06
Ordinary Man
Roberta Flack
I'm The One
04:28
Composers: Peabo Bryson
07
Making Love (LP / Single Version)
Roberta Flack
I'm The One
03:43
Composers: Burt Bacharach - Carole Bayer Sarger
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1988 Atlantic Recording Corp. Manufactured and Distributed by Rhino Entertainment
07-02-2006

Oasis

01
Oasis
Roberta Flack
Oasis
06:09
Composers: Marcus Miller - Mark Stephens
02
All Caught Up In Love
Roberta Flack
Oasis
04:07
Composers: Marvin Hamlisch - Siedah Garrett
03
Uh-Uh Ooh-Ooh Look Out (Here It Comes)
Roberta Flack
Oasis
04:40
Composers: Nickolas Ashford - Valerie Simpson
04
Shock To My System
Roberta Flack
Oasis
04:24
Composers: A. Goldmark - Dennis Lambert - Fannie Golde
05
You Who Brought Me Love
Roberta Flack
Oasis
03:59
Composers: A. Goldmark
06
Something Magic
Roberta Flack
Oasis
04:04
Composers: Marcus Miller - Mark Stevens
07
And So It Goes
Roberta Flack
Oasis
03:36
Composers: Roberta Flack - Barry Miles - Maya Angelou
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1975 Atlantic Recording Corporation. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company.
08-02-2005

Feel Like Makin' Love

01
Feelin' That Glow
Roberta Flack
Feel Like Makin' Love
05:47
Composers: Bobby Fusco - Eugene McDaniels - L Leon Pendavaris - Maurice McKinley - Sister Charlotte Laws
02
I Wanted It Too
Roberta Flack
Feel Like Makin' Love
02:49
Composers: Ralph MacDonald - William Salter
03
I Can See the Sun in Late December
Roberta Flack
Feel Like Makin' Love
12:46
Composers: Stevie Wonder
04
Some Gospel According to Matthew
Roberta Flack
Feel Like Makin' Love
02:36
Composers: Stuart Scharf
05
Feel Like Makin' Love
Roberta Flack
Feel Like Makin' Love
02:55
Writer: Eugene McDaniels
06
Mr. Magic
Roberta Flack
Feel Like Makin' Love
03:58
Composers: Ralph MacDonald - William Salter
07
Early Ev'ry Midnite
Roberta Flack
Feel Like Makin' Love
05:54
Composers: Eugene McDaniels - L Leon Pendavaris
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2004 Atlantic Recording Corp. Manufactured and Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing.
08-02-2005

Roberta Flack

01
What A Woman Really Means
Roberta Flack
Roberta Flack
04:44
02
You Are Everything
Roberta Flack
Roberta Flack
04:35
03
Independent Man
Roberta Flack
Roberta Flack
04:53
04
If I Ever See You Again
Roberta Flack
Roberta Flack
03:40
05
And The Feeling's Good
Roberta Flack
Roberta Flack
03:06
06
Knowing The We Are Made For Each Other
Roberta Flack
Roberta Flack
03:33
07
Come Share My Love
Roberta Flack
Roberta Flack
03:46
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1994 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
27-09-1994

Roberta

01
Let's Stay together
Roberta Flack
Roberta
04:57
Composers: Al Green - Al Jackson Jr - Willie Mitchell
02
Sweet Georgia Brown
Roberta Flack
Roberta
05:14
Composers: Bernie, Pinkard & Casey
03
Thrill Is Gone
Roberta Flack
Roberta
05:44
Composers: Hawkins & Darnell
04
It Might Be You
Roberta Flack
Roberta
10:02
Composers: A & M Bergman - D. Grusin
05
In A Sentimental Mood
Roberta Flack
Roberta
03:08
Composers: Ellington, Mills & Kurtz
06
Looking For Another Pure Love
Roberta Flack
Roberta
04:51
Composers: Stevie Wonder
07
I Don't Care Who Knows (Baby, I'm Yours)
Roberta Flack
Roberta
04:06
Composers: E Johnson & B Johnson
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1991 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
13-09-1991

Set The Night To Music

01
The Waiting Game (LP Version)
Roberta Flack
Set The Night To Music
04:39
Composers: Alan Roy Scott - Claude Gaudette
02
Set The Night To Music (Duet With Maxi Priest)
Roberta Flack with Maxi Priest
Set The Night To Music
05:23
Composers: Diane Warren
03
When Someone Tears Your Heart In Two
Roberta Flack
Set The Night To Music
04:05
Composers: Bob Gaudio - Madeline Stone
04
Something Your Heart Has Been Telling Me (LP Version)
Roberta Flack
Set The Night To Music
04:55
Composers: BarryReynolds - Bette Midler - Robert Kraft
05
You Make Me Feel Brand New (LP Version)
Roberta Flack
Set The Night To Music
05:01
Composers: Linda Creed - Thomas Bell
06
Unforgettable (LP Version)
Roberta Flack
Set The Night To Music
04:59
Composers: Irving Gordon
07
Summertime (LP Version)
Roberta Flack
Set The Night To Music
04:23
Composers: Leonard Cohen - Sharon Robinson
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1977 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
17-08-1990

Blue Lights in the Basement

01
Why Don't You Move in with Me
Roberta Flack
Blue Lights in the Basement
04:53
Composers: Eugene McDaniels
02
The Closer I Get to You (Single)
Roberta Flack
Blue Lights in the Basement
04:40
Writer: James Mtume - Reggie Lucas
03
Fine, Fine Day
Roberta Flack
Blue Lights in the Basement
04:50
Composers: Rachel Perry
04
This Time I'll Be Sweeter
Roberta Flack
Blue Lights in the Basement
04:26
Composers: Gwen Guthrie & Pat Grant
05
25th of Last December
Roberta Flack
Blue Lights in the Basement
04:33
Composers: Eugene McDaniels
06
After You
Roberta Flack
Blue Lights in the Basement
03:54
Composers: Michael Masser& Ronald Miller
07
I'd Like to Be Baby to You
Roberta Flack
Blue Lights in the Basement
04:39
Composers: MorganAmes
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A Capitol Records Release; â„— 1983 Capitol Records, LLC
22-07-1983

Born To Love

01
Tonight I Celebrate My Love
Peabo Bryson
Born To Love
03:31
Composers: Michael Masser - Gerald Goffin
02
Blame It On Me
Peabo Bryson
Born To Love
04:15
Composers: Burt Bacharach - Carole Bayer Sager
03
Heaven Above Me
Peabo Bryson
Born To Love
04:37
Composers: B. Crewe - Bob Gaudio
04
Born To Love
Peabo Bryson
Born To Love
04:29
Composers: Peabo Bryson
05
Maybe
Peabo Bryson
Born To Love
03:21
Composers: Marvin Hamlisch - Carole Bayer Sager - Burt Bacharach
06
I Just Came Here To Dance
Peabo Bryson
Born To Love
04:03
Composers: J.L. Wallace - Theresa Bell - Terry Skinner
07
Comin' Alive
Peabo Bryson
Born To Love
03:36
Composers: Michael Masser - Gerald Goffin
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1995 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
30-06-1975

First Take

01
Compared to What
Roberta Flack
First Take
05:16
Composers: Gene McDaniels
02
Angelitos Negros
Roberta Flack
First Take
06:56
Composers: Manuel Alvarez Maciste
03
Our Ages or Our Hearts
Roberta Flack
First Take
06:09
Composers: Donny Hathaway - Robert Ayers
04
I Told Jesus
Roberta Flack
First Take
06:09
Writer: Traditional
05
Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodby
Roberta Flack
First Take
04:08
Composers: Leonard Cohen
06
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
Roberta Flack
First Take
04:20
Composers: Ewan MacColl
07
Tryin' Times
Roberta Flack
First Take
05:08
Composers: Donny Hathaway - Leroy Hutson
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1970 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
30-06-1975

Chapter Two

01
Reverend Lee
Roberta Flack
Chapter Two
04:32
Composers: Eugene McDaniels
02
Do What You Gotta Do
Roberta Flack
Chapter Two
04:09
Composers: Jim Webb
03
Just Like A Woman
Roberta Flack
Chapter Two
06:15
Composers: Bob Dylan
04
Let It Be Me
Roberta Flack
Chapter Two
04:59
Composers: Gilbert Bécaud - Mann Curtis - Pierre Delanoe
05
Gone Away
Roberta Flack
Chapter Two
05:16
Composers: Curtis Mayfield - Donny Hathaway
06
Until It's Time For You To Go
Roberta Flack
Chapter Two
04:59
Composers: Buffy St. Marie
07
The Impossible Dream
Roberta Flack
Chapter Two
04:42
Composers: Joe Darion - Mitch Leigh
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1971 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
30-06-1975

Quiet Fire

01
Go up Moses
Roberta Flack
Quiet Fire
05:23
Composers: Jesse Jackson - Joel Dorn - Roberta Flack
02
Bridge over Troubled Water
Roberta Flack
Quiet Fire
07:16
Composers: Paul Simon
03
Sunday and Sister Jones
Roberta Flack
Quiet Fire
05:00
Composers: Eugene McDaniels
04
See You Then
Roberta Flack
Quiet Fire
03:42
Composers: Jim Webb
05
Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow (Single)
Roberta Flack
Quiet Fire
04:07
Composers: Carole King - Gerry Goffin
06
To Love Somebody
Roberta Flack
Quiet Fire
06:43
Composers: Barry Gibb - Maurice Robin
07
Let Them Talk
Roberta Flack
Quiet Fire
03:54
Composers: Sonny Thompson
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1973 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
01-01-1973

Killing Me Softly

01
Killing Me Softly With His Song
Roberta Flack
Killing Me Softly
04:46
02
Jesse
Roberta Flack
Killing Me Softly
04:01
Composers: Janis Ian
03
No Tears (In The End)
Roberta Flack
Killing Me Softly
04:56
Composers: Ralph MacDonald - William Salter
04
I'm The Girl
Roberta Flack
Killing Me Softly
04:55
Composers: James Shelton
05
River
Roberta Flack
Killing Me Softly
05:03
Composers: Eugene McDaniels
06
Conversation Love
Roberta Flack
Killing Me Softly
03:42
Composers: Bill Seighman - Terry Plumeri
07
When You Smile
Roberta Flack
Killing Me Softly
03:44
Composers: Ralph MacDonald - William Slater
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