It bothers me that she's not mentioned in the same breath as Aretha, Chaka, Gladys and Patti or even Diana. There's NO talk about her whatsoever, now why is that?

There's a bio-segment about her in this book which is REALLY insightful, if anybody's intrested



Any Roberta Flack fans?

She has a beautiful voice and i like her songs, it`s just that much of her material is a little TOO slow.

My favorite is the wonderful "Don`t make me wait too long", one of the duets with Donny Hathaway. I don`t have any of their duet albums

LOVE this lady!! Favorite songs are "Feel Like Makin Love" (1974),"Why Don't You Move In With Me" (1977) and "I'm The One" (1982)

If I ever did the top 10 thing (I can never manage to do those anymore), she'd be in there somewhere. Her voice pairs so well with her style of music and playing. Of course, her songs with Donny Hathaway are the stuff of legend. I even loved her as a kid, but then it was more because she was from my home state of North Carolina. My two faves from her:

and

I can't listen to Jesse without almost tearing up.

Has anyone heard the live album she did with Peabo Bryson?



DISC 1:
1. Only Heaven Can Wait (For Love) / You Are My Heaven
2. Make The World Stand Still
3. Feel The Fire
4. God Don't Like Ugly
5. If Only For One Night
6. Love Is A Waiting Game
7. Reachin' For The Sky

DISC 2:
1. Killing Me Softly With His Song
2. More Than Everything
3. Feel Like Makin' Love
4. When Will I Learn
5. Don't Make Me Wait Too Long
6. Back Together Again
7. Love In Every Season / I Believe In You

I love Roberta Flack. Maybe some don’t consider her soulful because she doesn’t belt or scream the way some people equate with soul music or R&B but I could listen to her any day. I knew a lot of ‘early’ RF or at least I thought I did until one day a friend popped in one of her first or second albums ever and I didn’t even know it was her—it was so smooth almost folk-like. I was hooked.

I've never seen her in concert but I did see her perform a song at Phyllis Hyman's memorial and it was both beautiful and heart-breaking.

this is the one my mother has:

and I sampled
"Sunday & Sister Jones"
on a song I did

Another thing that puzzles me.....

Whateva happend to her Bessie Smith Bio-pic she was planning to do in the mid-70's? Anybody still remember that? Dave?

There was a BIG deal back then about this project, which was "supposed" to be a follow-up to Diana's 'Lady Sings The Bluse'.

Speaking of another North Carolina native, Miss Nina Simone. It was reported that she had this "phobia" against Roberta Flack, making threats to Atlantic Records that she'd "bomb" their offices if they kept releasing her albums

Harlepolis said:

I never knew about that.It would have been an interesting project.

SoulAlive said:

Again, thats WHY I suggest you to check that book. You won't be sorry Diane, Natalie, Chaka, Aretha, Gladys, Patti, Millie, Esther,,,each of them have a chapter dedicated for their bios.

The book should be bought for Millie and Esther's chapters alone,,,you won't have a dull moment hearing those ladies through their "words" in the book

Chaka's part was informative about her beef with Rufus MORE than her book which only scratched the surface.

Haven't read Natalie's book, but her chapter was pretty insightful and intresting to me too

Of course, Roberta's chapter was REALLY really informative esp when you put the lack of access to her bios into consideration. For example on a personal light, I never knew that Roberta has a fiery temper, but then again, considering that she is a moody artist, it didn't took me by suprice.

There's a chapter in that book on Dionne Warwick. I just put it on hold at the liberry.

RipHer2Shreds said:

So, you have an access to the book?

Well good then, coz its out-of-print currently and the ONLY place you buy it is from David Nathan's website.

Have to tell you though, haven't read Dionne's chapter.