Amoeba Music

By the end of 1971, singer-pianist Roberta Flack had recorded three critically-acclaimed albums for Atlantic Records: First Take (1970), Chapter Two (1970), and Quiet Fire (1971). Each contained a smattering of socially conscious tunes (such as “Go Up Moses” from Quiet Fire, which she co-wrote with producer Joel Dorn and the Reverend Jesse Jackson) and a larger amount of gentle ballads sung in velvety alto tones at the type of ultra-slow tempos associated with such jazz cult favorites as Shirley Horn and Jimmy Scott. Flack’s own cult had become nationwide, especially among jazz fans and college students, and she began to attract a degree of mainstream attention when “You’ve Got a Friend,” a duet with... Read More

City Of Origin:

Black Mountain, North Carolina, United States

Genre:

Soul, Pop Soul

Birthdate:

02/10/1937