Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 06: Grammy award-winning singer, songwriter Roberta Flack gives a special performance at the Women's ...

Roberta Flack at the piano in 1975. (Ann Limongello / ABC/Disney via Getty Images) Roberta Flack used her upbringing as a classically trained pianist to redefine the ...

Once you put into perspective that chart-topping pop and R&B vocalist-composer Roberta Flack started her career accompanying opera vocalists on piano at one club, performing quiet jazz and blues at ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Between her smoky voice and cooing ballads, Roberta Flack distinguished herself as a soulful standout. The singer died Monday. She ...

Roberta Flack’s “Killing Me Softly with His Song” hit No. 1 in 1973 and still remains one of the greatest songs ever.

Grammy Award winner Roberta Flack, whose tranquil ballads and 1970s songs such as “Killing Me Softly With His Song” and “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” established her as a timeless R&B singer ...

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. Roberta Flack was one of my favorite singers, so there’s a bit of poetry ...