Lyrics | Artists | Roberta Flack

+4

Images

Roberta Flack

Associated with the famous 1972 song "Killing Me Softly with His Song", pianist and soul pop singer Roberta Flack has enjoyed other successes, notably duets with Donny Hathaway and Peabo Bryson. Born in Black Mountain, North Carolina, on February 10, 1937, Roberta Cleopatra Flack grew up in Arlington, Virginia, and began singing in church and playing the piano at the age of nine. She began performing in Washington, where pianist Les McCann noticed her and arranged a successful audition for Atlantic Records. Her debut album First Take (1969), recorded in ten hours, proved to be a ...