The music world gathered at New York’s Abyssinian Baptist Church to mourn the loss of genre legend Roberta Flack. The memorial service, held in Harlem at one of the country's oldest Black ...

The emotional gathering united generations of musical talent, demonstrating the profound and lasting impact of Flack’s artistry across decades of American music. The memorial service transformed ...

Flack's songs “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" and “Killing Me Softly with His Song" made her a global star in the 1970s and beyond. She died last month at age 88. Wonder was among the ...

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Roberta Flack, the genre-blending R&B singer behind such hits as "Killing Me Softly With His Song," was selected to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1999 — but the plaque has yet ...

Roberta Flack’s pensive version of Bridge Over Troubled Water, from her 1971 album Quiet Fire, so impressed another rising star that he sent her a fan letter. “Dear Roberta,” wrote Elton ...

Lottie Tomlinson has admitted her relationship with her fiancé Lewis Burton 'never began as a fairy tale' after the pair began dating in the months following Caroline Flack's death. The social ...

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Roberta Flack, the Grammy-winning singer and pianist whose intimate vocal and musical style on "Killing Me Softly with His Song," "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" and other hits made her one ...

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 ...

Roberta Flack gave us some of the best R&B songs of the 1970s. This raises an interesting question — did she ever have a No. 1 hit? 1 of Roberta Flack’s songs was part of a classic Clint ...

“The thing that really makes you successful is your dedication to your art.” With a high, crystal-clear voice, Flack excelled on simple ballads backed by minimal instrumentation. Her music ...