Robert Flack was born February 10, 1937, in Black Mountain, North Carolina, a small town located about 10 miles (18 kilometers) from the city of Asheville, North Carolina. She is best known for her love ballad "Killing Me Softly With His Song", released in 1969. She earned a music scholarship to Howard University and graduated with a BA in Music...See full bio »
2002Robert Flack in Concert
(video)
(performer: "Why Don't You Move In With Me", "The Closer I Get To You", "Sweet Georgia Brown", "Feel Like Makin' Love", "Killing Me Softly With His Song", "Call It Stormy Monday But Tuesday Is Just As Bad", "The Thrill Is Gone", "Reverend Lee", "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face")
2000The Ladies Man
(performer: "The Closer I Get to You")
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Episode dated 17 September 1981
(1981)
(writer: "Just When I Needed You" / performer: "Just When I Needed You", "Killing Me Softly With His Song", "Feel Like Makin' Love")
1981Bustin' Loose
(writer: "Just When I Needed You", "Qual E Malindrinho Why Are You So Bad", "Love Always Commands", "Rollin' On", "The Children's Song", "Ballad For D" / performer: "Just When I Needed You", "You Stopped Loving Me", "Love Always Commands", "Hittin' Me Where It Hurts", "The Children's Song", "Lovin' You Is Such An Easy Thang To Do")
1975The Tiny Tree
(TV short)
(performer: "To Love And Be Loved", "When Autumn Comes" / producer: "To Love And Be Loved", "When Autumn Comes" / arranger: "To Love And Be Loved", "When Autumn Comes")
1973Roberta Flack: The First Time Ever
(TV movie)
(performer: "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face", "River", "Jesse", "Summer Breeze", "Killing Me Softly With His Song", "No Tears In The End")
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Episode dated 10 February 1973
(1973)
(performer: "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" - uncredited, "Killing Me Softly With His Song" - uncredited)
Women have to do twice the work of male rock singers such as The Rolling Stones. We have to sing, play instruments and get accustomed to walking out on stage in high heels. Never mind the pressures of your image. If something goes wrong on my stage in any way, from sound to style, nobody can blame a band member...
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Trivia:
Her song, "Killing Me Softly" (1969), was a tribute to American Pie singer Don McLean.
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