Forever No. 1 is a Billboard series that pays special tribute to the recently deceased artists who achieved the highest honor our charts have to offer - a Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 single - by taking an extended look back at the chart-topping songs that made them part of this exclusive club.

Roberta Flack, the voice behind beloved renditions of modern standards like “Killing Me Softly With His Song” and “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face,” has died. “We are heartbroken that the glorious Roberta Flack passed away this morning February 24,

The singer, pianist and four-time Grammy winner had two other No. 1 hits with "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" and "Feel Like Makin' Love."

Among the biggest voices of her era, Roberta Flack launched her storied career at Mr. Henry’s, a small bar on Washington’s Capitol Hill.

Roberta Flack did not write Killing Me Softly. There is some dispute about who did. Two music industry veterans were involved: composer Charles Fox (who also wrote a lot of TV theme songs, including The Love Boat) and lyricist Norman Gimbel.

I always dreamed of stardom,” Roberta Flack said in the opening moments of her 2022 eponymous documentary. Directed, produced, and written by Antonino D’Ambrosio, Roberta details her story in her words as well as those from people who knew her well and had instrumental roles in her success including Clint Eastwood,