Roberta Flack at the piano in 1975. (Ann Limongello / ABC/Disney via Getty Images) Roberta Flack used her upbringing as a classically trained pianist to redefine the ...

Roberta Flack hypnotized audiences with epically slow ballads and helped define a new approach to R&B and soul music. (The new format was named after Smokey Robinson’s 1975 album A Quiet Storm.) Like ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Roberta Flack in 1975. - Ann Limongello/Disney General Entertainment Content/Getty Images Roberta Flack, the Grammy-winning soul ...

Once you put into perspective that chart-topping pop and R&B vocalist-composer Roberta Flack started her career accompanying opera vocalists on piano at one club, performing quiet jazz and blues at ...

Grammy Award winner Roberta Flack, whose tranquil ballads and 1970s songs such as “Killing Me Softly With His Song” and “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” established her as a timeless R&B singer ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Roberta Flack at the piano in 1975. (Ann Limongello / ABC/Disney via Getty Images) Roberta Flack ...