Roberta Cleopatra Flack was born on Feb. 10, 1937, in Black Mountain, North Carolina. Her father was a draftsman for the Department of Veterans Affairs, and her mother was a music teacher and ...

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NEW YORK (AP) — Roberta Flack, the Grammy-winning singer and pianist whose songs “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” and “Killing Me Softly with His Song” made her a global star ...

Tributes from the music industry have poured in for “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” and “Killing Me Softly With His Song” singer, Roberta Flack, who died at age 88 on Monday.

All of this is to say that I first encountered Roberta Flack’s music through the voice of my mother. I don’t remember which song or songs, I just remember hearing my mother sing a song that ...

Friends, family and fans worldwide are still mourning the death of legendary singer, Roberta Flack, who died at age 88. Credit 1: AP Photo/ Matt Licari Sign up for our Daily eBlast to get coverage ...

Lauryn Hill and the Fugees covered Roberta Flack's "Killing Me Softly with His Song," bringing the ballad to a new generation Sarah Morris/Getty; Ann Limongello/Disney General Entertainment ...

The final of Roberta Flack's three Hot 100 No. 1s was a sensual-but-subtle delight. By Gail Mitchell Forever No. 1 is a Billboard series that pays special tribute to the recently deceased artists ...

Roberta Flack hypnotized audiences with epically slow ballads and helped define a new approach to R&B and soul music. (The new format was named after Smokey Robinson’s 1975 album A Quiet Storm.) ...

Darian DeVries is the next coach of the Indiana men's basketball team. Indiana hired DeVries on Tuesday. He had previously coached at West Virginia and Drake. He was also a longtime assistant at ...

NEW YORK, United States —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 family of the late Loretta Lynn sent a message of support and love to Dolly Parton this week, after Parton announced that her longtime husband Carl Dean had died on Monday (March 3).