A look back at 10 great songs recorded by Roberta Flack, with 'Killing Me Softly' and 'The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face' ...

Flack’s music was introduced to a new generation thanks to the Fugees and Lauryn Hill, whose cover of “Killing Me Softly with His Song” topped the charts in 1996.

Her voice touched, tapped, trapped, and kicked every emotion I’ve ever known,” said jazz musician Les McCann, who helped Flack get a record deal after seeing her perform in ...

Roberta Flack, best known for her '70s hits 'Killing Me Softly' (later covered by the Fugees) and 'The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face,' has died.

Grammy-winning vocalist Roberta Flack, known for smash hits The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face and Killing Me Softly, has died at the age of 88.

Eventually, she became a teacher, and sang in Washington D.C. clubs. One such performance was witnessed by musician Les McCann who said, "her voice touched, tapped, trapped and kicked every ...

The space is laden with history, inhumanity, grief. Walking through it, the pianist Les McCann explains he’s experiencing flashbacks, as though from some collective unconscious. “I can see ...

D.C., nightclub Mr. Henry’s by jazz great Les McCann, which led to her signing with Atlantic Records. She scored her first break in 1971 when Clint Eastwood used her version of the moon-y ballad ...

Pump It Up, Buckshot and LaFonque, Let it Ride (the Train), I Cant' Stand It, So What, You Just Can't Smile It Away, Tryin' to Make it Real, The Truth, Daylight, Funk It (Let the Music Play), I Can't ...

Collective Lee Katzman: trumpet; Seldon Powell or Jerome Richardson, Plas Johnson: tenor sax; Les McCann: piano, vocals; Vince Corrao, Jimmy Georgantones, Vinnie Bell ...