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Roberta Flack

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Birthday10 February 1939 (69)
SignAquarius
Birthplace  USA
Roberta Flack (born February 10, 1939) is an American singer, best known for singles like "Killing Me Softly with His Song" and "Where Is the Love", many of which were duets with Donny Hathaway.

Flack began her professional career recording for Atlantic Records without much success, until one of her earliest recordings, "The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face", was included on the soundtrack to Play Misty for Me, becoming a #1 hit in 1972.

Flack soon began working with Hathaway, with her second number one hit being "Killing Me Softly with His Song" (1973). She and Hathaway continued recording successfully together until Hathaway's suicide in 1979. She began working with Peabo Bryson with more limited success, though she has charted with "Tonight I Celebrate My Love" (1983) and "Set the Night to Music" (1991), a duet with Maxi Priest.




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