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Paired with SOLRoberta Flack, whose tender vocals made her one of R&B's most beloved singers, died on Feb. 24 at 88. Born in North Carolina to musical parents, Flack learned to play the piano at 9. A prodigy, she soon became one of the youngest students ever accepted to Howard University when, at 15, she was offered a full scholarship to study music. She began her professional singing career in 1968 and would release two albums before her career truly took off: 1969's First Take, which has since garnered wide acclaim, and 1970's Chapter Two. Her rise to prominence came when director Clint Eastwood used one of her songs, "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face," in his first film, 1971's Play Misty for Me. Flack's rendition of the tune — originally penned by British folkie Ewan MacColl — soon became a smash hit and won the 1973 Grammy Award for Record of the Year. The very next year, Flack's "Killing Me Softly With His Song"(first recorded by Lori Lieberman in 1971) took home a Grammy in the same category. Flack continued scoring hits throughout the '70s and '80s, often dueting with artists such as Donny Hathaway and Peabo Bryson. In 1996, her music once again felt suddenly ubiquitous, as the Fugees' cover of "Killing Me Softly With His Song" dominated pop radio. Later, Flack would be honored for her influential contributions to music across genres with such accolades as a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1999 and the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2020.
