Roberta Flack

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Roberta Flack is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist renowned for her soulful, introspective ballads such as "Killing Me Softly with His Song" and "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face."

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Label Occurrences
Roberta Flack canonical 23
Roberta Cleopatra Flack 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human
pianist
recording artist
singer
songwriter
activeYearsStart 1960s
associatedAct Donny Hathaway
Maxi Priest
Peabo Bryson
awardReceived Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
surface form: Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female

Grammy Award for Record of the Year
Grammy Award for Song of the Year
Grammy Hall of Fame Award
birthName Roberta Flack self-linksurface differs
surface form: Roberta Cleopatra Flack
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1937-02-10
education Howard University
ethnicGroup Black Americans
surface form: African American
genre R&B
jazz
pop music
soul music
instrument piano
languageOfWorkOrName English
name Roberta Flack self-link
notableAlbum Blue Lights in the Basement
Chapter Two
Feel Like Makin' Love
First Take
Killing Me Softly
Quiet Fire
notableFor soulful introspective ballads
notableSong Feel Like Makin' Love
Killing Me Softly
surface form: Killing Me Softly with His Song

The Closer I Get to You
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
Tonight I Celebrate My Love
surface form: Tonight, I Celebrate My Love

Where Is the Love
notableWork Feel Like Makin' Love
Killing Me Softly
surface form: Killing Me Softly with His Song

Set the Night to Music
The Closer I Get to You
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
Tonight I Celebrate My Love
surface form: Tonight, I Celebrate My Love

Where Is the Love
occupation pianist
singer
songwriter
placeOfBirth Black Mountain, North Carolina
surface form: Black Mountain, North Carolina, United States
residence New York City
surface form: New York City (historical)
voiceType contralto

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Roberta hasNotableBearers Roberta Flack
Marcus Miller collaboratedWith Roberta Flack
Just Like a Woman hasCoverVersionBy Roberta Flack
Nesuhi Ertegun producedForArtist Roberta Flack
Peabo Bryson performedWith Roberta Flack
Peabo Bryson associatedAct Roberta Flack
Mtume associatedAct Roberta Flack
Donny Hathaway associatedAct Roberta Flack
Dakota apartment building hasNotableResident Roberta Flack
subject surface form: The Dakota
Roberta Flack name Roberta Flack self-link
Roberta Flack birthName Roberta Flack self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Roberta Cleopatra Flack
Atlantic signedArtist Roberta Flack
subject surface form: Atlantic Records
The Closer I Get to You performer Roberta Flack
Snoh Aalegra hasMusicalInfluence Roberta Flack
Hugh McCracken workedWith Roberta Flack
Tonight I Celebrate My Love performer Roberta Flack
Tonight I Celebrate My Love duetWith Roberta Flack
Joel Dorn collaboratedWith Roberta Flack
Richard Tee workedWith Roberta Flack
Killing Me Softly originalPerformer Roberta Flack
To Love Somebody hasCoverVersionBy Roberta Flack