Roberta Flack

Flack began her professional career recording for Atlantic Records without much success, until one of her earliest recordings, "The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face," was included on the soundtrack to Play Misty For Me[?], becoming a #1 hit in 1972 (see 1972 in music).

Flack soon began working with Hathaway, with her second number one hit being "Killing Me Softly" (1973; see 1973 in music). She and Hathaway continued recording successfully together until Hathaway's suicide in 1979 (see 1979 in music). She began working with Peabo Bryson[?] with more limited success, though she has charted with "Tonight I Celebrate My Love" (1983; see 1983 in music) and "Set the Night to Music" (1991; see 1991 in music), a duet with Maxi Priest[?].