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The first time ever I saw your face
I thought the sun rose in your eyes
And the moon and the stars were the gifts you gave
To the dark and the endless skies, my love
To the dark and the endless skies
'...placement on the soundtrack to Clint Eastwood’s Play Misty for Me...her cover of...The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face became her first major US hit. It spent six weeks at No 1 in 1972, earning a Grammy award for record of the year in 1973.'
Flack was known for social activism & involvement in the civil rights movement. She befriended Rev. Jesse Jackson and Angela Davis. She was a guest on the feminist children’s television program Free to Be…You and Me, performing alongside a young Michael Jackson.
Her talent was
Stellar.
She dwells among the stars now.
Rest in Power, Super Star Ms. Flack.
Important side notes;
Ms. Flack was also an activist. She befriended Jesse Jackson & Angela Davis. She marched with Rev. Al Sharpton. She founded Roberta Flack School of Music, free to underprivileged kids.
Lots of songs that became popular in her era were the same… and often a wonderful relationship behind the scenes among the writers and artists; Carole King and James Taylor comes to mind, for starters…
So freaking good. I love FIRST TAKE as an album. Its a live recording and it pours with so much emotion and raw vitality that it makes me cry. Gonna miss her but thank her for her gifts to humanity
Roberta Flack's music transcends generations. Here is the "Killing Me Softly" scene from 2002's "About A Boy", with Hugh Grant and Nicolas Hoult: https://youtu.be/pzzXDec0LLo?si=njoTrypNk25JoxPU
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The first time ever I saw your face
I thought the sun rose in your eyes
And the moon and the stars were the gifts you gave
To the dark and the endless skies, my love
To the dark and the endless skies
https://youtu.be/wDUk9Lsy_yQ?si=Hsi3SD-V1wNGitZu
'...placement on the soundtrack to Clint Eastwood’s Play Misty for Me...her cover of...The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face became her first major US hit. It spent six weeks at No 1 in 1972, earning a Grammy award for record of the year in 1973.'
RIP
It seemed like every time I entered a club or bar Killing Me Softly was playing…
Clear voice of love.
Stellar.
She dwells among the stars now.
Rest in Power, Super Star Ms. Flack.
Important side notes;
Ms. Flack was also an activist. She befriended Jesse Jackson & Angela Davis. She marched with Rev. Al Sharpton. She founded Roberta Flack School of Music, free to underprivileged kids.
And it was because of how she sang it.
R.I.P. to a beautiful, soulful voice.
It was composed by Charles Fox with lyrics by Norman Gimbel. She just sang it. #Ignorant #Peasants
Rest in peace Roberta.