Grammy Award-winning American singer-songwriter Roberta Flack was born in the Brookside community of Black Mountain NC. Notable in the areas of jazz, soul, R&B and folk, Flack is best known for singles such as "Killing Me Softly with His Song", "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face", "Where Is the Love" and "The Closer I Get to You" (two of her many duets with Donny Hathaway), and "Feel Like Makin' Love". " Roberta Flack and U2 are the only artists to win the Record of the Year Grammy in back-to-back years with Roberta taking home the award in 1973 for "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" and in 1974 for "Killing Me Softly with His Song".
Although born in Black Mountain, Roberta Flack was raised in Arlington Virginia, but members of the Flack family are reported to still live in the Black Mountain area.
The success of "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" essentially launched Flack's career as a popular singer, and the single became one of her signature songs. In a related bit of trivia, this song was written in 1957 by Ewan MacColl for Peggy Seeger, who was later to become his wife. After Ewan’s death, Peggy Seeger relocated from England to Montreat where she lived for several months before moving to Asheville NC.
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