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Roberta Flack

1937 - 2025

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Roberta Cleopatra Flack (February 10, 1937 – February 24, 2025) was an American singer and pianist known for her emotive, genre-blending ballads that spanned R&B, jazz, folk, and pop and contributed to the birth of the quiet storm radio format. Her commercial success included the Billboard Hot 100 chart-topping singles "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face", "Killing Me Softly with His Song", and "Feel Like Makin' Love". She became the first artist to win the Grammy Award for Record of the Year in consecutive years. Flack frequently collaborated with Donny Hathaway, with whom she recorded several hit duets, including "Where Is the Love" and "The Closer I Get to You". Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Roberta Flack is the 179th most popular singer (up from 285th in 2019), the 1,223rd most popular biography from United States (up from 1,702nd in 2019) and the 70th most popular American Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Roberta Flack ranks 179 out of 4,381. Before her are Sofia Rotaru, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Caterina Valente, Annie Lennox, Dua Lipa, and Renata Tebaldi. After her are Boris Christoff, Drake, Chris Norman, Zarah Leander, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, and Billy Joel.

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Among people born in 1937, Roberta Flack ranks 53. Before her are Vladimir Ashkenazy, Colleen McCullough, Jacques Santer, Juvénal Habyarimana, Roald Hoffmann, and Colin Powell. After her are Angelo Badalamenti, Sajida Talfah, Abu Nidal, Vladimir Arnold, Sigmund Jähn, and Hélène Cixous. Among people deceased in 2025, Roberta Flack ranks 28. Before her are Fouad Mebazaa, Frederick Forsyth, Richard Williamson, Dražen Dalipagić, Theodore Edgar McCarrick, and Geneviève Page. After her are Robert Benton, Denis Law, Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Peter Lax, and Violeta Chamorro.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Roberta Flack ranks 1,223 out of 20,380. Before her are Paul Lauterbur (1929), John Tate (1925), Bette Midler (1945), Kirstie Alley (1951), Murray Rothbard (1926), and Colin Powell (1937). After her are Stephen Covey (1932), Sam Shepard (1943), Phoebe Cates (1963), George F. Kennan (1904), George Papandreou (1952), and Edward B. Lewis (1918).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Roberta Flack ranks 70. Before her are Tori Amos (1963), Kenny Rogers (1938), Toni Braxton (1967), Florence Foster Jenkins (1868), Tony Bennett (1926), and Lisa Marie Presley (1968). After her are Billy Joel (1949), Jon Bon Jovi (1962), Usher (1978), Kendrick Lamar (1987), Meat Loaf (1947), and Cass Elliot (1941).

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