Roberta Flack Wikipedia. Roberta Flack. Roberta Flack in concert in 1. Background information. Birth name. Roberta Cleopatra Flack. Also known as. Rubina Flake1Born1. February 1. 0, 1. Black Mountain, North Carolina, U. S. Genres. Jazz, folk, soul, R BOccupationsSinger songwriter, musician. Instruments. Vocals, piano, keyboards. Years active. 19. Labels. Atlantic1. Angel Capitol1. RAS 4. SonyATV2. Associated acts. Donny Hathaway. Peabo Bryson. Maxi Priest. Website. Robertaflack. Roberta Cleopatra Flack born February 1. The contents of this blog are free and for promotional use only. Please support the artist by purchasing their music, merchandise, and attending their concerts. MQS Albums Download Mastering Quality Sound,HiRes Audio Download, ,. YYcnuCkvQ/VtNloqyMJBI/AAAAAAAADiQ/wrg_Dw5FzZE/s640/Pop-Group.jpg' alt='The Pop Group Flac' title='The Pop Group Flac' />American singer and musician. She is best known for her classic 1 singles The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, Killing Me Softly with His Song and Feel Like Makin Love, and for Where Is the Love and The Closer I Get to You, two of her many duets with Donny Hathaway. Flack was the first, and remains the only, solo artist to win the Grammy Award for Record of the Year on two consecutive years The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face won at the 1. Grammys as did Killing Me Softly with His Song at the 1. Grammys. Early lifeeditFlack lived with a musical family, born in Black Mountain, North Carolina to parents Laron Le. Of Educational Flash Games'>Of Educational Flash Games. Roy October 1. 1, 1. July 1. 2, 1. 95. Irene Council4 Flack September 2. January 1. 7, 1. 98. February 1. 0, 1. Arlington, Virginia. Her interests in performing were inspired when she discovered the work of Mahalia Jackson and Sam Cooke while singing in a predominantly African American Baptist church. When Flack was nine, she started taking an interest in playing the piano,5 and during her early teens, Flack so excelled at classical piano that Howard University awarded her a full music scholarship. By age 1. Howard University, making her one of the youngest students ever to enroll there. She eventually changed her major from piano to voice, and became an assistant conductor of the university choir. Her direction of a production of Aida received a standing ovation from the Howard University faculty. Flack is a member of Delta Sigma Thetasorority and was made an honorary member of Tau Beta Sigma by the Eta Delta Chapter at Howard University for her outstanding work in promoting music education. The Pop Group Flac' title='The Pop Group Flac' />Roberta Flack became a student teacher at a school near Chevy Chase, Maryland. She graduated from Howard University at 1. English in Farmville, North Carolina. Early careereditBefore becoming a professional singer songwriter, Flack returned to Washington, D. C. and taught at Browne Junior High and Rabaut Junior High. She also taught private piano lessons out of her home on Euclid St. NW. During this period, her music career began to take shape on evenings and weekends in Washington, D. C. area night spots. At the Tivoli Club, she accompanied opera singers at the piano. During intermissions, she would sing blues, folk, and pop standards in a back room, accompanying herself on the piano. Later, she performed several nights a week at the 1. Club, again providing her own piano accompaniment. Around this time, her voice teacher, Frederick Wilkie Wilkerson, told her that he saw a brighter future for her in pop music than in the classics. She modified her repertoire accordingly and her reputation spread. Flack began singing professionally after being hired to perform regularly at Mr. Henrys Restaurant, on Capitol Hill, Washington, DC in 1. The atmosphere in Mr. Henrys was welcoming and the club turned into a showcase for the young music teacher. Her voice mesmerized locals and word spread. A list entertainers who were appearing in town would come in late at night to hear her sing frequent visitors included Woody Allen, Bill Cosby, Ramsey Lewis and others. As Yaffe recalled, She told me if I could give her work there three nights a week, she would quit teaching. He did and she did. To meet Robertas exacting standards, Yaffe transformed the apartment above the bar into the Roberta Flack Room. I got the oak paneling from the old Dodge Hotel near Union Station. Installing Flashing Under Existing Shingles. I put in heavy upholstered chairs, sort of a conservative style from the 5. Roberta. She was very demanding. She was a perfectionist. Les Mc. Cann discovered Flack singing and playing jazz in a Washington nightclub. He later said on the liner notes of what would be her first album First Take noted below, Her voice touched, tapped, trapped, and kicked every emotion Ive ever known. I laughed, cried, and screamed for more. Very quickly, he arranged an audition for her with Atlantic Records, during which she played 4. Joel Dorn. In November 1. Three months later, Atlantic reportedly recorded Robertas debut album, First Take, in a mere 1. Flack later spoke of those studio sessions as a very naive and beautiful approach. I was comfortable with the music because I had worked on all these songs for all the years I had worked at Mr. Henrys. In 1. 97. Flack was a member of the legendary 1. Soul to Soul concert film by Denis Sanders, which was headlined by soul singer Wilson Picket along with R B duo Ike Tina Turner, the Santana band featuring electric guitarist and Mexican American Carlos Santana, gospel, soul, and R B group The Staple Singers, soul pianistvocalist Les Mc. Cann and saxophonist Eddie Harris, and The Voices of Harlem among others. The U. S. delegation of musical artists was invited to perform for 1. African independence in Ghana. The film was digitally reissued as DVD and CD packet in 2. Roberta Flack declined permission for her image and recording to be included for unknown reasons. Her captivating a cappella performance of the traditional spiritual Oh Freedom retitled Freedom Song on the original Soul to Soul LP soundtrack is only available in the VHS version of the film. Flacks cover version of Will You Love Me Tomorrow hit number 7. Billboard Hot 1. 00 in 1. Her Atlantic recordings did not sell particularly well, until actordirector Clint Eastwood chose a song from First Take, The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face written by Ewan Mac. Coll, for the sound track of his directorial debut Play Misty for Me it became the biggest hit of the year for 1. Flack a million selling Gold disc. The First Take album also went to 1 and eventually sold 1. United States. Eastwood, who paid 2,0. Flacks ever since. It was awarded the Grammy Award for Record of the Year in 1. In 1. 98. 3, she recorded the end music to the Dirty Harry film Sudden Impact at Eastwoods request. In 1. Flack began recording regularly with Donny Hathaway, scoring hits such as the Grammy winning Where Is the Love 1. The Closer I Get to You 1. Flack and Hathaway recorded several duets together, including two LPs, until Hathaways 1. On her own, Flack scored her second 1 hit in 1. Killing Me Softly with His Song written by Charles Fox and Norman Gimbel, and originally performed by Lori Lieberman. It was awarded both Record of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female at the 1. Grammy Awards. Its parent album was Flacks biggest selling disc, eventually earning double platinum certification. In 1. 97. 4, Flack released Feel Like Makin Love, which became her third and final 1 hit to date on the Hot 1. That same year, Flack sang the lead on a Sherman Brothers song called Freedom, which featured prominently at the opening and closing of the movie Huckleberry Finn. Roberta Flack had a 1. Making Love, written by Burt Bacharach the title track of the 1.