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"Quincy told her, 'Ro, don't sing that doggone song no more until you record it'": A music professor breaks down Roberta Flack's Killing Me Softly with His Song

“I can’t think of another major hit with a fourteen-bar chorus”

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Celine Dion pays tribute to Roberta Flack whose music ‘shaped generations’

The US singer was known for songs including Killing Me Softly With His Song and The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face.

Evening Standard

Roberta Flack's last Instagram post before death paid tribute to 'wondrous' Celine Dion for song cover

The legendary singer won two Grammys for her own rendition in 1972

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Grammy-Winning Singer Roberta Flack Dies At 88

Remembering the iconic Roberta Flack, Grammy-winning singer and pianist, known for her soulful voice and lasting impact on music.

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Remembering Roberta Flack, a spellbinding virtuoso of musical interpretation

The multi-Grammy award winner Roberta Flack has passed away at 88.

The Conversation

Roberta Flack’s enduring legacy

Flack, who died Monday at 88, is being honored by her peers as one of the greatest soul singers of all time

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Roberta Flack exposed Killing Me Softly With His Song to the world – songwriter

The soul singer has died at the age of 88.

Evening Standard

Remembering Roberta Flack: 8 timeless hits to salute an unrivaled talent

The great Roberta Flack has died

The Independent UK

Oprah Winfrey hails Roberta Flack for creating ‘soundtrack to our lives’

The US soul singer died ‘surrounded by her family’ at the age of 88.

Evening Standard

Roberta Flack’s performances softly burned with the fire of life itself

The soul singer was ambitiously diverse in her musicianship, and enthralled at every turn – whether doing desolate folk cover versions or lighter, sophisticated pop

The Guardian - UK

Roberta Flack obituary

Singer with a reserved, intimate style on hits such as The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face and Killing Me Softly With His Song

The Guardian - UK

“One of the great soul singers of all time”: Stars pay tribute to Killing Me Softly With His Song singer Roberta Flack, who has died aged 88

Other hits included The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face and Feel Like Makin’ Love

MusicRadar

Roberta Flack Of 'Killing Me Softly' Fame Dies At 88

Roberta Flack, the Grammy-winning singer behind the classic "Killing Me Softly With His Song" and one of the most recognizable voices of the 1970s, died Monday at age 88.

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Killing Me Softly With His Song singer Roberta Flack dead at 88

Roberta Flack passed away on Monday morning (24.02.25) at the age of 88.

Evening Standard

Roberta Flack dead aged 88: Killing Me Softly singer and R&B legend dies after health battle

The Grammy winner died surrounded by her family following a battle with ALS

Evening Standard

Killing Me Softly With His Song singer Roberta Flack dies aged 88

She was known for songs including The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face and Killing Me Softly With His Song.

The Independent UK

Roberta Flack, legendary singer behind ‘Killing Me Softly’, dies aged 88

Virtuosic performer, who topped the US charts on several occasions, was the first artist to win the Grammy for Record of the Year in two consecutive years

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Roberta Flack, Grammy-winning singer with an intimate style, dies at 88

Roberta Flack has died at 88

The Guardian - UK

Roberta Flack, soul and R&B icon behind Killing Me Softly, dies aged 88

Much-loved singer known for Killing Me Softly With His Song, The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face and duets with Donny Hathaway and Peabo Bryson, had suffered a stroke in 2016

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Luther: Never Too Much — release date, trailer, cast and everything we know about the documentary

Luther: Never Too Much is a documentary that explores the life of Luther Vandross, one of music’s most legendary vocal performers. Here’s what we know about it.

The Independent UK

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Guitar World

“My hand was starting to swell up and blood was coming out of my ears. If I hadn't worked on that stuff, there's no way I could have done it”: Basil Fearrington breaks down his bassline on Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway’s Back Together Again

Basil Fearrington tracked with a custom Carl Thompson that had become “almost impossible to play”

MusicRadar

“We made somebody 8 million dollars”: Wyclef Jean reflects on The Fugees’ version of Killing Me Softly earning big money for someone else, and how he ended up on “the other side of the game” when DJ Khaled revived a 1999 song he wrote for Santana

“It could be a billion streams of Khaled and Rihanna, but the composition itself is the real estate”

The Guardian - UK

Les McCann obituary

American jazz musician whose popular blues and gospel-inspired sounds were later sampled by a host of rap artists

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