Roberta Flack, best known for her '70s hits 'Killing Me Softly' (later covered by the Fugees) and 'The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face,' has died.

The recordings of vibraphonist Roy Ayers are part of the foundation of contemporary R&B and hip-hop; Jay-Z, Mary J. Blige and many others have sampled his work.

Though her chart eminence faded at the close of the ’70s, Flack continued to ... club Mr. Henry’s was attended by jazz pianist Les McCann, then a crossover star at Atlantic Records.

Those are just two of Flack’s most familiar recordings, in a career that also included hit collaborations with singers like Donny Hathaway and Peabo Bryson, and later explorations into jazz ...

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