Roberta Flack

Roberta Flack was one of the most distinctive artists of her time, foremost a creative interpreter whose subtle and masterful welding of many genres -- from gospel, R&B, and jazz to folk and pop -- was set further apart by her supremely dulcet yet impassioned voice. The singer/songwriter and keyboardist appeared near the end of the '60s with First Take (1969) and continued to impress with Chapter Two (1970) and Quiet Fire (1971) before her impeccably wrought version of Ewan MacColl's "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face," featured in the film Play Misty for Me, brought her to ...