Roberta Flack has had a health scare, when receiving the ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ from the Jazz Foundation, as she fell ill prior to the event, and was rushed from New York’s Apollo Theater to a nearby hospital. She was released a few hours later with a clean bill of health. It’s hard to believe but Roberta is now 81 years of age. Over the span of her carer, Roberta’s earned four Grammy and an American Music award. Here are our favorite Robert Flack songs. Her recent medical incident gives us a reason to share her #1 songs…
These were all #1’s #1 singles “The Closer I Get to You”, “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face”, “Where Is the Love” “Killing Me Softly with His Song” and “Feel Like Makin’ Love.”