Name: First Take
Brand: Roberta Flack

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Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH

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2023-03-31

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349783741

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Roberta Flack

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Rhino

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Funk / Soul

Roberta Flack is a renowned soul singer-songwriter born on February 10, 1937 in Black Mountain, North Carolina, USA. She is considered one of the best and most prestigious artists of the golden phase of soul music and has been a strong influence on artists like Erykah Badu. With an impressive career spanning since 1969, she has recorded 16 albums, both solo and in collaboration with other talented musicians.

Flack's soulful voice and powerful lyrics have captivated audiences worldwide. Her smash hit singles "Killing Me Softly," "First Time Ever I Saw Your Face," and "Feel Like Makin' Love" are some of her most iconic songs that have left a lasting impact on the music industry.

In addition to her solo work, Flack has also collaborated with notable artists such as Donny Hathaway and Peabo Bryson, recording two albums with each of them. She has contributed to soundtracks including "Bustin Loose" (1981) and performed the title song for the movie "Making Love" (1982), written by Burt Bacharach. Notably, she released a duet with Maxi Priest titled "Set The Night To Music" in 1991.

Throughout her career, Flack has worked with esteemed producers such as Joel Dorn, Arif Mardin, Ralph MacDonald, Eugene McDaniels, Joe Ferla, Joseph Brooks

Rhino Records, also known as Rhino, is a renowned music label that was established in 1973 by Richard Foos. Starting as a record store in Westwood California, Rhino quickly gained recognition with its first successful release "Go To Rhino Records" by Wild Man Fischer in 1975. The label's early logo featured "Rocky the Rhino" and focused on novelty, surf, local new wave bands, and reissues of out-of-print records from other labels.

Under the guidance of Bill Inglot for production, Ken Perry for mastering, and A&R team Gary Stewart and James Austin, Rhino expanded its catalog to include a wide range of reissues by the mid-1980s. The label underwent a logo redesign during this time period to simply "Rhino". In 1984, Rhino released its first CD and became known for manufacturing high-quality CDs made by Sanyo (1984-85) and various manufacturers from Japan or Switzerland thereafter.

In 1985, Rhino entered into a distribution deal with Capitol Records which lasted until 1992. This partnership allowed access to Capitol's back catalog and led to the release of reissues of old Capitol albums. Additionally, EMI and Rhino acquired the Roulette family of labels in 1989. As their deal with Capitol came to an end in 1992, Time-Warner offered an opportunity for growth. Half of the label was sold to Time-Warner

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Roberta Flack, debut album, released on June 20, 1969. After a track from this album, "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face", was included by Clint Eastwood in his 1971 film, Play Misty for Me, with the song becoming a number 1 hit in the United States, the album reached number 1 on the Billboard album chart and Billboard R&amp;B album chart. In the 2020 edition of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list, the album was ranked number 451.

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