Roberta Flack

Very few of us have escaped being killed softly by the tender voice of Roberta Flack. The six-time Grammy Award-winning singer, who started out as one of the first black teachers in an all-white school in Maryland, delivered some of the most sultry hits of the ’70s: 'The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face', 'Killing Me Softly' and 'Where Is the Love?' Swoon.