This discography documents albums and

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released by American recording artist

Roberta Flack Roberta Cleopatra Flack (February 10, 1937 – February 24, 2025) was an American singer and pianist known for her emotive, genre-blending ballads that spanned R&B, jazz, Folk music, folk, and pop and contributed to the birth of the quiet storm ...

. As a solo artist, Flack hit number one on the ''

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three times, with "

Killing Me Softly with His Song "Killing Me Softly with His Song" is a song composed by Charles Fox with lyrics by Norman Gimbel. The lyrics were written in collaboration with Lori Lieberman after she was inspired by a Don McLean performance in late 1971. Denied writing cre ...

," " Feel Like Making Love" and "

The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" is a 1957 folk song written by British political singer-songwriter Ewan MacColl for Peggy Seeger, who later became his third wife. At that time, MacColl was still married to his second wife, Jean Newlove. ...

," which spent six weeks at the top of the chart in Spring 1972. "Killing Me Softly" won the 1974 Grammy Award for

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. She also had hits by collaborating with three male singers:

Donny Hathaway Donny Edward Hathaway (October 1, 1945 – January 13, 1979) was an American soul singer, keyboardist, songwriter, backing vocalist, and arranger who ''Rolling Stone'' described as a "soul legend". His most popular songs include " The Ghetto" ...

Where Is The Love "Where's the Love" is a 1997 song by Hanson. Where's the Love or Where Is the Love may also refer to: * "Where Is the Love?", a 2003 song by The Black Eyed Peas from ''Elephunk'' * Where Is the Love (Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway song), "Where ...

" and "

The Closer I Get to You "The Closer I Get to You" is a romantic ballad performed by singer-songwriter Roberta Flack and soul musician Donny Hathaway. The song was written by James Mtume and Reggie Lucas, two former members of Miles Davis's band, who were members of F ...

"),

Peabo Bryson Robert Peapo "Peabo" Bryson ( ; born April 13, 1951) is an American singer and songwriter. He is known for singing soul ballads (often as a duet with female singers) including the hit singles " Tonight, I Celebrate My Love", "You're Looking Like ...

(" Tonight I Celebrate My Love") and

Maxi Priest Max Alfred Elliott (born 10 June 1961), known by his stage name Maxi Priest, is a British reggae vocalist of Jamaican descent. He is best known for singing reggae music with an Contemporary R&B, R&B influence, otherwise known as reggae fusion. ...

Set the Night to Music "Set the Night to Music" is a song written by Diane Warren and recorded by Starship for their LP, '' No Protection'' (1987). It became a major hit for Roberta Flack in 1991. Starship's original version became a Top 10 hit on the U.S. ''Billbo ...

"). The

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certified three of Flack's albums as platinum and seven as gold. Her biggest selling album was " Killing Me Softly," released in 1973 on

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Albums

Studio albums

* ''First Take'' reached its peak position in 1972.

Live albums

Soundtrack albums

Compilation albums

Singles

Other charted songs

Guest appearances

With

Les McCann Leslie Coleman McCann (September 23, 1935 – December 29, 2023) was an American jazz pianist and vocalist. He is known for his innovations in soul jazz and his Swiss Movement, 1969 recording of the protest song "Compared to What". His music ha ...

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'' (Atlantic, 1970)

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External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Flack, Roberta Discographies of American artists Soul music discographies