Roberta Flack

Singer of soul, rhythm and blues, jazz and folk, Roberta Flack was photographed on November 5, 1969, for a Vogue feature “People Are Talking About …” Flack is described as a “warm, direct, deep-eyed singer with a haze of smoky hair … Singing and playing piano in a Washington D.C. nightclub” where “she leaves the customers crying”. Her debut album First Take had just been released, including the song “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face.” Vogue notes that Flack “is a wise young woman … who has everything she needs – self-knowledge to match her talent.” Over her remarkable career, she has won four Grammy Awards, including back to back Record of the Year Awards in 1973 and 1974 for “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” and “Killing Me Softly with His Song”.