This Forever No. 1 column looks at Roberta Flack's "The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face," her transcendent first Hot 100 No. 1 hit.

Roberta Flack, the Grammy-winning singer and pianist whose intimate vocal and musical style made her one of the top ...

Flack is best known for her majestic indelible early hits songs like Killing Me Softly with His Song, Where Is the Love and The Closer I Get to You. The 1973 live recording of Killing Me Softly With ...