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Roberta Flack Discography
This discography documents albums and singles released by American recording artist Roberta Flack. Albums Studio albums * ''First Take'' reached its peak position in 1972. Live albums Soundtrack albums Compilation albums Singles Guest appearances With Les McCann *''Comment Comment may refer to: * Comment (linguistics) or rheme, that which is said about the topic (theme) of a sentence * Bernard Comment (born 1960), Swiss writer and publisher Computing * Comment (computer programming), explanatory text or informat ...'' (Atlantic, 1970) References {{DEFAULTSORT:Flack, Roberta Rhythm and blues discographies Discographies of American artists Soul music discographies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Single (music)
In music, a single is a type of release, typically a song recording of fewer tracks than an LP record or an album. One can be released for sale to the public in a variety of formats. In most cases, a single is a song that is released separately from an album, although it usually also appears on an album. In other cases a recording released as a single may not appear on an album. Despite being referred to as a single, in the era of music downloads, singles can include up to as many as three tracks. The biggest digital music distributor, the iTunes Store, accepts as many as three tracks that are less than ten minutes each as a single. Any more than three tracks on a musical release or thirty minutes in total running time is an extended play (EP) or, if over six tracks long, an album. Historically, when mainstream music was purchased via vinyl records, singles would be released double-sided, i.e. there was an A-side and a B-side, on which two songs would appear, one on each si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quiet Fire (Roberta Flack Album)
''Quiet Fire'' is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Roberta Flack, released in November 1971 by Atlantic Records. It was recorded at Atlantic Recording Studios, Regent Studios, and The Hit Factory in New York City. The album peaked at number 18 on the ''Billboard'' Top LPs & Tape, and its single "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow" charted at number 76 on the Hot 100. Critical reception In a contemporary review for ''The Village Voice'', Robert Christgau gave ''Quiet Fire'' a "C", writing that Flack occasionally "sounds kind, intelligent, and very likable, but she often exhibits the gratuitous gentility you'd expect of anyone who said 'between you and I.'" In a retrospective review, ''The Rolling Stone Album Guide'' (1992) gave it two out of five stars and claimed it "barely sparks at all". AllMusic's Stephen Cook was more enthusiastic, giving it four-and-a-half out of five stars and calling it "one of Flack's best". He believed its "varied mix all comes off soundin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Set The Night To Music (album)
''Set the Night to Music'' is an album released by Roberta Flack in 1991 on Atlantic Records. The title track, written by Diane Warren and originally the 11th track of Starship's 1987 album '' No Protection'', was remade as a duet with Maxi Priest and reached number 6 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and number 2 on the Hot Adult Contemporary chart. In Canada, "Set the Night to Music" peaked at number nine on the pop singles chart and number one on the Adult Contemporary chart. It became the 17th biggest Canadian Adult Contemporary hit of 1991. Track listing #"The Waiting Game" (Claude Gaudette, Alan Roy Scott) - 4:38 #*Rap performed by Quincy Jones #" Set the Night to Music" (Diane Warren) - 5:23 #*Duet with Maxi Priest #"When Someone Tears Your Heart In Two" (Bob Gaudio, Madeline Stone) - 4:04 #"Something Your Heart Has Been Telling Me" (Bette Midler, Robert Kraft, Barry Reynolds) - 4:56 #"You Make Me Feel Brand New" ( Thomas Bell, Linda Creed) - 4:58 #"Unforgettable" (Irving Gor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oasis (Roberta Flack Album)
''Oasis'' is Roberta Flack's first solo album of newly recorded songs since 1982's '' I'm the One''. (Subsequent to her 1983 duet album with Peabo Bryson: '' Born to Love'', Flack had with producer Ahmet Ertegun in 1985 recorded fourteen lesser known mid-twentieth century R&B songs but the tracks, intended for a ''Miss Melody and the Uptown Harlem Stompers'' album, were not completed to the satisfaction of Flack who put the project "on hold": the tracks remain unreleased.) Released 1 November 1988, ''Oasis'' features the number-one U.S. singles, "Oasis" (R&B), and "Uh-uh Ooh-ooh Look Out (Here It Comes)" (Dance/Club Play). _Oasis_>_Charts_&_Awards__>_Billboard_Singles.html" ;"title="allmusic > Oasis > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles">allmusic > Oasis > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles/ref> Track listing #"Oasis" (Marcus Miller, Mark Stephens) - 6:09 #"All Caught Up in Love" (Siedah Garrett, Marvin Hamlisch) - 4:06 #"Uh-Uh Ooh-Ooh Look Out (Here It Comes)" ( Nickolas Ashf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Capitol Records
Capitol Records, LLC (known legally as Capitol Records, Inc. until 2007) is an American record label distributed by Universal Music Group through its Capitol Music Group imprint. It was founded as the first West Coast-based record label of note in the United States in 1942 by Johnny Mercer, Buddy DeSylva, and Glenn E. Wallichs. Capitol was acquired by British music conglomerate EMI as its North American subsidiary in 1955. EMI was acquired by Universal Music Group in 2012, and was merged with the company a year later, making Capitol and the Capitol Music Group both distributed by UMG. The label's circular headquarters building is a recognized landmark of Hollywood, California. Both the label itself and its famous building are sometimes referred to as "The House That Nat Built." This refers to one of Capitol's most famous artists, Nat King Cole. Capitol is also well known as the U.S. record label of the Beatles, especially during the years of Beatlemania in America from 1964 ... [...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 1983 hit "Tonight, I Celebrate My Love" with Roberta Flack. Bryson has contributed to two Disney animated feature soundtracks. Bryson is a winner of two Grammy Awards. Early years and career Born Robert Peapo Bryson in Greenville, South Carolina, Peabo Bryson spent much of his childhood on his grandfather's farm in Mauldin, South Carolina. His love for music stemmed from his mother, who often took the family to concerts of well-known African-American artists at the time. Bryson marked his professional debut at age 14, singing backup for Al Freeman and the Upsetters, a local Greenville group. It was Freeman's difficulty in pronouncing Bryson's French West-Indian name, Peapo, that led Bryson to perform as Peabo. Two years later, he left home to tour the Chitlin' Circuit with another local band, Moses Dill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Born To Love (Peabo Bryson And Roberta Flack Album)
''Born to Love'' is a 1983 studio album of duets by American singers Peabo Bryson and Roberta Flack. It was released by Bryson's label Capitol Records on July 22, 1983 in the United States. The album yielded the hit single "Tonight, I Celebrate My Love", written by Gerry Goffin and Michael Masser. The track "Maybe" was written and recorded for the film ''Romantic Comedy'' (1983). Critical reception AllMusic editor Rob Theakston called ''Born to Love'' "not an essential album by any means, but nonetheless an enjoyable listen." Track listing Personnel Musicians * Roberta Flack – lead vocals, backing vocals (9) * Peabo Bryson – lead vocals, backing vocals (4) * Randy Kerber – Fender Rhodes (1) * Michael Boddicker – synthesizers (2, 5) * Greg Phillinganes – acoustic piano (2, 5) * Paul Delph – Prophet-10 programming (3), Prophet-10 (6) * Bob Gaudio – acoustic piano (3), Rhodes piano (3), Prophet-10 (3), programming (3), LinnDrum (3), arrangements (3, 6, 8), vocal a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I'm The One (Roberta Flack Album)
''I'm the One'' is an album by Roberta Flack released in May 1982 which reached #59 on the Billboard 200, album chart in ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' whose Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, R&B album chart afforded the album a #16 peak. The Burt Bacharach/Carole Bayer Sager-produced "Making Love (song), Making Love", which appeared in the Making Love, film of the same name and in the spring of 1982 had afforded Flack her final solo Top 40 hit (#13 on the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100), was included on the ''I'm the One'' album along with eight new tracks co-produced by William Eaton, Ralph MacDonald, William Salter and Flack herself. The track "I'm the One," given parallel single release with the album, peaked at #42 on the Hot 100 where it marked Flack's final solo appearance, although she'd return to the Hot 100 in 1983 with the duets "Tonight, I Celebrate My Love" (#16) and "You're Looking Like Love to Me" (#58) (both with Peabo Bryson) and again in 1991 with "Set the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roberta Flack Featuring Donny Hathaway
''Roberta Flack Featuring Donny Hathaway'' is the ninth studio album by American singer-songwriter Roberta Flack. Released via Atlantic Records, Atlantic in March 1980, the album features posthumous work, posthumous vocals by close friend and collaborator Donny Hathaway, who had died in 1979. At the 23rd Annual Grammy Awards, 23rd Grammy Awards in 1981, the album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance, Best Female R&B Vocal Performance. The award, however, went to Stephanie Mills for "Never Knew Love Like This Before." Overview Intended as her second duets album with Donny Hathaway (following 1972's ''Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway''), Flack's ninth studio album project became a Flack solo album with Hathaway as guest due to Hathaway's death after recording only two songs with her. On 13 January 1979 Hathaway and Flack had recorded the duets "Back Together Again" and "You Are My Heaven" - the latter the last song Hathaway would eve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Phonographic Industry
British Phonographic Industry (BPI) is the British recorded music industry's Trade association. It runs the BRIT Awards, the Classic BRIT Awards, National Album Day, is home to the Mercury Prize, and co-owns the Official Charts Company with the Entertainment Retailers Association, and awards UK music sales through the BRIT Certified Awards. Structure Its membership comprises hundreds of music companies including all three "major" record companies in the UK (Warner Music UK, Sony Music UK, & Universal Music UK), and over 450 independent record labels and small to medium-sized music businesses. The BPI council is the management and policy forum of the BPI. It is chaired by the chair of BPI, and includes the chief executive, chief operating officer (COO) and the general counsel. In addition it includes 12 representatives from the recorded music sector, six from major labels, two each from the three major companies, and six from the independent sector, which are selected by votin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roberta Flack (album)
''Roberta Flack'' is a 1978 album release by American vocalist Roberta Flack: her eighth album release - including her 1972 Donny Hathaway collaboration - ''Roberta Flack'' was the parent album of the #1 Adult Contemporary hit "If Ever I See You Again" which also ranked in the Top 40. Background Since signing with Atlantic Records in 1968 Flack had overall abided by her original contract's terms of recording an album every two years: however her December 1977 album release ''Blue Lights in the Basement'' had been issued thirty-three months subsequent to Flack's precedent album '' Feel Like Makin' Love'' and in the spring of 1978 Atlantic Records president Jerry Greenberg insisted that Flack cut a new album to honor her contract, despite Flack's ''Blue Lights in the Basement'' album being a current release. Greenberg was largely motivated by the prospect of having Flack record the theme song from the upcoming film ''If Ever I See You Again'' written by Joe Brooks and featu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blue Lights In The Basement
''Blue Lights in the Basement'' is the sixth studio album by American singer Roberta Flack released by Atlantic on December 13, 1977. The album was a commercial success, peaking at number eight on the US ''Billboard'' 200, becoming her third top-ten album on the chart and reaching number five on the R&B albums chart. On February 27, 1978, the album received a Gold certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipments over 500,000 copies. The album features the single "The Closer I Get to You", a duet with best friend and fellow soul musician Donny Hathaway, which became the biggest hit from the album, peaking at #2 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, and reaching #1 on the Hot Soul Singles chart. The collaboration with Hathaway would be one of his final singles released in his lifetime before his death in 1979. The ''Blue Lights in the Basement'' track "After You" (a song released originally by Diana Ross in 1976) would be the first of several Mich ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
