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Roberta Flack
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 music, folk, and pop and contributed to the birth of the quiet storm radio format. Her commercial success included the Billboard Hot 100, ''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 (Roberta Flack song), 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 (Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway song), Where Is the Love" and "The Closer I Get to You". She was one of the defining voices of 1970s popular music and remained active in the industry, later finding success with duets such as "Tonight, I Celebrate My Love" with Peabo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Set The Night To Music
"Set the Night to Music" is a song written by Diane Warren and recorded by Starship for their LP, '' No Protection'' (1987). It became a major hit for Roberta Flack in 1991. Starship's original version became a Top 10 hit on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Adult Contemporary chart, reaching number nine in the spring of 1988, and also charted minorly in Canada. The song appeared at the end credits of the 1988 fantasy-comedy film '' Vice Versa'' starring Judge Reinhold and Fred Savage. ''Cash Box'' said of the Starship version that "punctuated by lush strings and acoustic guitars, it's as warm and appealing a ballad as they have ever put on record." Roberta Flack cover Roberta Flack covered "Set the Night to Music" as a duet with Maxi Priest. The song is the title track to Flack's album '' Set the Night to Music'' (1991). Flack's rendition reached number six on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and number nine in Canada; it was her final charting Billboard Hot 100 hit. The song was a big ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feel Like Makin' Love (Roberta Flack Song)
"Feel Like Makin' Love" is a song composed by singer-songwriter and producer Eugene McDaniels, and recorded originally by soul singer-songwriter Roberta Flack. The lyrics describe times that the singer feels romantic, including "watching winter turn to spring" and "holding hands by candlelight." The song has been covered by R&B and jazz artists including D’Angelo, Roy Ayers, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Lou Rawls, Isaac Hayes, George Benson, Bob James, Jeffrey Osborne, Larry Coryell, Johnny Mathis, Ana Mazzotti, and Marlena Shaw. Reception Released nine months before the album of the same title, the song became one of the greatest musical successes of 1974, as well as of Roberta Flack's recording career. Flack's version scored a week at number 1 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 singles chart, making it Flack's third #1 single, making her the first female vocalist since 1940 to top the chart in three consecutive years. "Feel Like Makin' Love" also had five weeks at #1 on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Mountain, North Carolina
Black Mountain is a town in Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 8,426 at the 2020 United States census. It is part of the Asheville metropolitan area. The town is named for the old train stop at the Black Mountain Depot and is located at the southern end of the Black Mountain range of the Blue Ridge Mountains in the Southern Appalachians. History Black Mountain in its present form was incorporated on March 4, 1893. The first recorded inhabitants of the area were the Cherokee. A road was built through the area in 1850 and a railroad followed in 1879. The Black Mountain College Historic District, Black Mountain Downtown Historic District, Blue Ridge Assembly Historic District, Dougherty Heights Historic District, Rafael Guastavino Sr., Estate, Intheoaks, Monte Vista Hotel, South Montreat Road Historic District, and Thomas Chapel A.M.E. Zion Church are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. In September 2024, Black Mountain wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
"The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" is a 1957 folk song written by British political singer-songwriter Ewan MacColl for Peggy Seeger, who later became his third wife. At that time, MacColl was still married to his second wife, Jean Newlove. During the 1960s, it was recorded by various folk singers, including the Kingston Trio, We Five and Peter, Paul and Mary. It became a major international hit for Roberta Flack in 1972, winning Grammy Awards for Record of the Year and Song of the Year. ''Billboard'' ranked it as the number-one Hot 100 single of the year for 1972. History There are two accounts of the origin of the song. Ewan MacColl said that he wrote the song for Peggy Seeger after she asked him to pen a song for the play in which she was performing at the time. He wrote the song and taught it to Seeger over the telephone. Seeger has told a similar story: She started an affair with MacColl in London in 1956, but returned to the U.S. to separate herself from MacColl bec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
The Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award is a special Grammy Award The Grammy Awards, stylized as GRAMMY, and often referred to as The Grammys, are awards presented by The Recording Academy of the United States to recognize outstanding achievements in music. They are regarded by many as the most prestigious ... that is awarded by The Recording Academy to "performers who, during their lifetimes, have made creative contributions of outstanding artistic significance to the field of recording." This award is distinct from the Grammy Hall of Fame Award, which honors specific recordings rather than individuals, and the Grammy Trustees Award, which honors non-performers. The honor was established in 1962, with the first awarded recipient in 1963. Lifetime Achievement Award recipients The following individuals have received Lifetime Achievement Awards, listed by year. References External links Official site {{Grammy Award years Lifetime Achievement Award Lifetime achievem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Beatles
The Beatles were an English Rock music, rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960. The core lineup of the band comprised John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. They are widely regarded as the Cultural impact of the Beatles, most influential band in Western popular music and were integral to the development of Counterculture of the 1960s, 1960s counterculture and the recognition of popular music as an art form. Rooted in skiffle, beat music, beat and 1950s rock and roll, rock 'n' roll, their sound incorporated elements of classical music and traditional pop in innovative ways. The band also explored music styles ranging from Folk music, folk and Music of India, Indian music to Psychedelic music, psychedelia and hard rock. As Recording practices of the Beatles, pioneers in recording, songwriting and artistic presentation, the Beatles revolutionised many aspects of the music industry and were often publicised as leaders of the Baby boomers, era's youth and soc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonard Cohen
Leonard Norman Cohen (September 21, 1934November 7, 2016) was a Canadian songwriter, singer, poet, and novelist. Themes commonly explored throughout his work include faith and mortality, isolation and depression, betrayal and redemption, social and political conflict, and sexual and romantic love, desire, regret, and loss. He was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He was invested as a Companion of the Order of Canada, the nation's highest civilian honour. In 2011, he received one of the Princess of Asturias Awards, Prince of Asturias Awards for literature and the ninth Glenn Gould Prize. In 2023, ''Rolling Stone'' named Cohen the 103rd-greatest singer. Cohen pursued a career as a poet and novelist during the 1950s and early 1960s, and did not begin a music career until 1966. His first album, ''Songs of Leonard Cohen'' (1967), was followed by three more albums of Contemporary folk music, fol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maxi Priest
Max Alfred Elliott (born 10 June 1961), known by his stage name Maxi Priest, is a British reggae vocalist of Jamaican descent. He is best known for singing reggae music with an Contemporary R&B, R&B influence, otherwise known as reggae fusion. He was one of the first international artists to have success in this genre, and one of the most successful reggae fusion acts of all time. Early life Maxi Priest was born in Lewisham, London, the second youngest of nine siblings. His parents had moved to England from Jamaica to provide more opportunity for their family and he grew up listening to gospel music, gospel, reggae, Rhythm and blues, R&B, funk and soul music. He first learned to sing in church, encouraged by his mother, who was a Pentecostal missionary. Priest grew up listening to Jamaican artists such as Dennis Brown, Burning Spear, Coxsone Dodd's Studio One, John Holt (singer), John Holt, Ken Boothe, Beres Hammond and Gregory Isaacs as well as singers like Marvin Gaye, Al Gre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peabo Bryson
Robert Peapo "Peabo" Bryson ( ; born April 13, 1951) is an American singer and songwriter. He is known for singing soul ballads (often as a duet with female singers) including the hit singles " Tonight, I Celebrate My Love", "You're Looking Like Love To Me" and "As Long As There's Christmas" with Roberta Flack, "A Whole New World" with Regina Belle, and " Beauty and the Beast" with Canadian singer Celine Dion, the latter two being contributions to Disney animated feature soundtracks. Bryson is a winner of two Grammy Awards. Early years Born as Robert Peapo Bryson in Greenville, South Carolina, he spent much of his childhood on his grandfather's farm in Mauldin, South Carolina. Bryson's love for music stemmed from his mother, who often took the family to concerts of well-known black artists at the time. Career Bryson marked his professional debut at the age of 14, singing backup for Al Freeman and the Upsetters, a local Greenville group. It was Freeman's difficulty in pronouncin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tonight, I Celebrate My Love
"Tonight, I Celebrate My Love" is a romantic ballad written by lyricist Gerry Goffin with Michael Masser and recorded by Peabo Bryson and Roberta Flack for their 1983 album of duets, '' Born to Love'', issued as the lead single. The track—produced by Masser—became a million-selling international hit. Overview "Tonight, I Celebrate My Love" was one of two Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin co-writes produced by Masser for the ''Born to Love'' album. Although the ''Born to Love'' sessions marked the first time either Peabo Bryson or Roberta Flack had been produced by Masser, Flack had previously recorded two Masser/Goffin co-writes: "Independent Man" (1978 album ''Roberta Flack'') and "Stay With Me" (1980 album '' Roberta Flack Featuring Donny Hathaway''): also Masser's Ron Miller co-write "After You" was featured on Flack's 1977 album '' Blue Lights in the Basement''. Flack's first recording of a Gerry Goffin composition had been a remake of his earliest evocation of nocturnal intima ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Closer I Get To You
"The Closer I Get to You" is a romantic ballad performed by singer-songwriter Roberta Flack and soul musician Donny Hathaway. The song was written by James Mtume and Reggie Lucas, two former members of Miles Davis's band, who were members of Flack's band at the time. Produced by Atlantic Records, the song was released on Flack's 1977 album '' Blue Lights in the Basement'', and as a single in 1978. It became a major crossover hit, becoming Flack's biggest commercial hit after her success with her 1973 solo single, " Killing Me Softly with His Song". Originally set as a solo single, Flack's manager, David Franklin, suggested a duet with Hathaway, which resulted in the finished work. "The Closer I Get to You" spent two weeks as number one on the Hot Soul Singles chart in April 1978, and peaked at number two on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 behind Yvonne Elliman's " If I Can't Have You" and Wings' " With a Little Luck." The song charted in the top ten spots for fourteen weeks in C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Where Is The Love (Roberta Flack And Donny Hathaway Song)
"Where Is the Love" is a popular song written by Ralph MacDonald and William Salter, and recorded by Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway. Released in 1972 from their album, '' Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway''. It peaked at number five on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 singles chart and spent a week each at number one on the ''Billboard'' Easy Listening chart (July 1972) and R&B chart (August 1972). ''Billboard'' ranked it as the No. 58 song for 1972. The song won a Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals. In the lyrics, the singer realizes that the one (s)he loves remains in love with someone else. The singer remarks "I guess it must have been my fate to fall in love with someone else's love. Now all I can do is wait."I Am Woman''. * Both Jerry Vale and Andy Williams released versions in 1972, each on different albums named ''Alone Again (Naturally) (album), Alone Again (Naturally)''. * Sérgio Mendes & Brasil '77 had a top 20 easy listening hit with t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
