Soul pioneer Roberta Flack dies
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Soul pioneer Roberta Flack dies

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Andy Park: Soul singer Roberta Flack has died at the age of 88. Sosefina Fuamoli: She came through at a time where we saw so many amazing artists standing really staunchly in their blackness, in their femininity, in their sensuality and then you've got Roberta Flack who was just so soulful with it and so nuanced and I feel like people really gravitated to her because of these things. Angus Randall: After the early commercial success, Roberta Flack's career would never reach those heights again. Angus Randall: In 1980, Roberta Flack spoke to the ABC program The Showman about returning to smaller more intimate venues when the style of the time was to go bigger. Angus Randall: Last month musician Alicia Joy performed a tribute show to Roberta Flack in Sydney.

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Roberta Flack of 'Killing Me Softly' fame dies at 88
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Roberta Flack of 'Killing Me Softly' fame dies at 88

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by Maggy DONALDSON Roberta Flack, the Grammy-winning singer behind the classic "Killing Me Softly With His Song" and one of the most recognizable voices of the 1970s, died Monday at age 88. The classically trained musician with a tender voice produced a number of early classics of rhythm and blues that she frequently described as "scientific soul," timeless works that …

Roberta Flack, Grammy-winning icon and ’Killing Me Softly with His Song’ fame dies at 88
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Roberta Flack, Grammy-winning icon and ’Killing Me Softly with His Song’ fame dies at 88

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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 of the top recordings artists of the 1970s and an influential performer long after, died Monday. Flack announced in 2022 she had ALS, commonly known as …

Roberta Flack dies at 88
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Roberta Flack dies at 88

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NEW YORK — Roberta Flack, the Grammy-winning singer and pianist whose intimate vocal and musical style made her one of the top recordings artists of the 1970s and an influential performer long after, died Monday. Flack announced in 2022 she had ALS, commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, and could no longer sing, Little known before her early 30s, Flack …

Roberta Flack, timeless R&B singer who made ‘Killing Me Softly With His Song’ a hit, dies at 88
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Roberta Flack, timeless R&B singer who made ‘Killing Me Softly With His Song’ a hit, dies at 88

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Roberta Flack with her Grammy award for “Killing Me Softly With His Song” in 1974. “Finding your own story in how somebody sings to you — that’s what Roberta Flack did for us, for so long,” her team said in a statement to The Times. The next year she released “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face,” which incubated …

A timeline of Roberta Flack’s career in 10 essential songs
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A timeline of Roberta Flack’s career in 10 essential songs

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Roberta Flack used her upbringing as a classically trained pianist to redefine the textural and emotional terms of modern soul music. ‘You’ve Got a Friend’ Flack recruited Donny Hathaway, who like her had studied at Washington’s Howard University, to play piano and arrange vocals for 1970’s “Chapter Two” LP. “Your hair, soft and crinkly / Your body, strong and stately,” …

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