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#290 - Three For Thursday: Roberta Flack | Heard It Through the GREGvine | BienVenue: The Painters Mill Music Fair
Nick brings us a Three For Thursday for Roberta Flack, who passed this week at the age of 88. She grew up in Arlington, VA, and upon graduating high school at the age of 15, she received a full music scholarship to Howard University. She began singing professionally in 1968, was signed to Atlantic Records, and went on to have a whirlwind of a successful career in the 1970s. Her voice touched a generation and she will be missed.
Songs:
Roberta Flack - “Compared to What”
Roberta Flack - “Killing Me Softly (With His Song)”
Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway - “I (Who Have Nothing)”
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