Roberta Cleopatra Flack is a retired American singer who topped the Billboard charts with the No. 1 singles "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face","Killing Me Softly with His Song",and "Feel Like Makin' Love".
Luther Ronzoni Vandross Jr. was an American soul and R&B singer,songwriter,and record producer. Throughout his career,he achieved eleven consecutive RIAA-certified platinum albums and sold over 40 million records worldwide. Known as the "Velvet Voice",Vandross has been recognized as one of the 200 greatest singers of all time (2023) by Rolling Stone,as well as one of the greatest R&B artists by Billboard. In addition,NPR named him one of the 50 Great Voices. He was the recipient of eight Grammy Awards,including Song of the Year in 2004 for a track recorded shortly before his death,"Dance with My Father". In 2021,he was posthumously inducted into the National Rhythm &Blues Hall of Fame.
Donny Edward Hathaway was an American soul singer,keyboardist,songwriter,backing vocalist,and arranger who Rolling Stone described as a "soul legend". His most popular songs include "The Ghetto","This Christmas","Someday We'll All Be Free",and "Little Ghetto Boy". Hathaway is also renowned for his renditions of "A Song for You","For All We Know",and "I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know",along with "Where Is the Love" and "The Closer I Get to You",two of many collaborations with Roberta Flack. He has been inducted into the St. Louis Walk of Fame and won one Grammy Award from four nominations. Hathaway was also posthumously honored with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2019. Dutch director David Kleijwegt made a documentary called Mister Soul –A Story About Donny Hathaway,which premiered at the International Film Festival Rotterdam on January 28,2020.
Dance with My Father is the thirteenth and final studio album by American singer Luther Vandross. It was released by J Records on June 10,2003 in the United States and served as the follow-up to his self-titled studio album (2001). The album,especially its title track,was dedicated to Vandross's late father Luther Vandross,Sr. and features production credits from Nat Adderley Jr.,Shep Crawford,and Marcus Miller as well as guest appearances by singer Beyoncé,R&B trio Next,and rappers Foxy Brown,Queen Latifah,and Busta Rhymes.
Ralph Anthony MacDonald was an American percussionist,steelpan virtuoso,songwriter,musical arranger,and record producer.
The Essential Luther Vandross is a greatest hits album by American singer Luther Vandross,released on March 5,2002 in the UK and June 10,2003 in the US,by Sony Music and Legacy Recordings as part of The Essential Series. The two-disc compilation features thirty-five tracks from Vandross's recording catalog. The collection contains R&B and pop hit songs spanning from Vandross earlier albums to the later—Dance with My Father,a Grammy win for Best R&B Album.
"Tonight,I Celebrate My Love" is a romantic ballad written by lyricist Gerry Goffin with Michael Masser and recorded by Peabo Bryson and Roberta Flack for their 1983 album of duets,Born to Love,issued as the lead single. The track—produced by Masser—became a million-selling international hit.
The Ultimate Luther Vandross is a greatest hits album by American R&B/soul singer Luther Vandross,released in 2001. The compilation was re-released in 2006 with a different track listing,along with two previously unreleased songs. The unreleased cut "Got You Home" which appears on the 2006 edition of the compilation,earned Vandross a posthumous nomination for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance at the 49th Grammy Awards in 2007.
Keith Douglas Washington is an American R&B vocalist from Detroit who recorded the hit single "Kissing You" in 1991. The song was also used as background music for the ABC television soap opera General Hospital. "Kissing You" was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal Performance Male and won a 1992 Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Single –Male. The song also topped the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart for one week..
"Where Is the Love" is a popular song written by Ralph MacDonald and William Salter,and recorded by Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway. Released in 1972 from their album,Roberta Flack &Donny Hathaway. It peaked at number five on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and spent a week each at number one on the Billboard Easy Listening chart and R&B chart. Billboard ranked it as the No. 58 song for 1972. The song won a Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals.
"So Amazing" is a 1983 song by Dionne Warwick. It was written by Luther Vandross and Marcus Miller and produced by the former for her studio album How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye (1983). Three years later,Vandross himself covered the song for his fifth studio album Give Me the Reason (1986). Released as a single,it entered the top 40 on the UK Singles Chart and earned a Soul Train Music Award nomination in 1988.
Blue Lights in the Basement is the sixth studio album by American singer Roberta Flack,released by Atlantic on December 13,1977. The album was a commercial success,peaking at number eight on the US Billboard 200,becoming her third top-ten album on the chart and reaching number five on the R&B albums chart. On February 27,1978,the album received a Gold certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipments over 500,000 copies.
Roberta Flack is a 1978 album release by American vocalist Roberta Flack:her eighth album release - including her 1972 Donny Hathaway collaboration - Roberta Flack was the parent album of the #1 Adult Contemporary hit "If Ever I See You Again" which also ranked in the Top 40.
The 1972 Atlantic release Roberta Flack &Donny Hathaway is a million-selling duet album by Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway produced by Joel Dorn and Arif Mardin.
Roberta Flack Featuring Donny Hathaway is the ninth studio album by American singer-songwriter Roberta Flack. Released via Atlantic in March 1980,the album features posthumous vocals by close friend and collaborator Donny Hathaway,who had died in 1979. At the 23rd Grammy Awards in 1981,the album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance. The award,however,went to Stephanie Mills for "Never Knew Love Like This Before."
The Best of Roberta Flack is Roberta Flack's first compilation album,released in 1981.
"If Ever I See You Again" is the title of a 1978 hit single by Roberta Flack. The song was composed by Joseph "Joe" Brooks and served as the title song for the 1978 film If Ever I See You Again,which Brooks directed and also starred in with Shelley Hack as his leading lady. Male vocalist Jamie Carr sang the theme song on the film's soundtrack.
Ivan Hampden Jr. is an American jazz and R&B drummer,composer,and record producer. He was Luther Vandross’tour and session drummer from 1987 to 2003.
"Making Love" is a 1982 song written by Burt Bacharach,Bruce Roberts,and Carole Bayer Sager to serve as the theme song for the film of the same name in which,as recorded by Roberta Flack with Bacharach and Bayer Sager producing,it played under the closing credits:a Top 20 hit single for Flack,"Making Love" was included on the singer's 1982 album release I'm the One.
Tawatha Agee is an American vocalist and songwriter. Her voice has been described in The New York Times as an "acrobatic,gospel-charged soprano." She was the lead singer of funk and soul band Mtume;her soulful lead vocals are featured on their 1983 R&B hit "Juicy Fruit".
