Roberta Flack - The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face



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1972 - Written by Ewan MacColl 1957
Folk singer Ewan MacColl wrote this in 1957 for his wife, Peggy Seeger**. She was in a play and phoned him for suggestions on a song for a romantic scene. MacColl wrote this on the spot, in less than an hour, and taught it to her over the phone - Source Songfacts Roberta's version first appears o
n her 1969 album "First Take", it was then popularized by Clint Eastwood in his 1971 directorial debut "Play Misty for Me", resulting in it being shortened to a four minute single and released by Atlantic Records in 1972 It reached number fourteen in the UK and stayed at number one in the United St
ates for six weeks, which led to Roberta winning the Record of the Year Award, and Ewan the Grammy Award for Song of the Year. Roberta Flack Home Page http://www.robertaflack.com/ Check out the "nusound" Video Response where (Producer) Joel Dorn - talks about Roberta Flack & Clint Eastwood
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-u729cbaNxE
** There's a discrepancy in web accounts as to whether Peggy Seeger was his wife, lover and/or mother of his child when he wrote this song. Also Kirsty was born two years later but I believe her mother was his 2nd and earlier wife. Formerly on thingsihaveseen


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touching and ... ( 1 week ago by blootette)
touching and beautiful
Bluestorm..that's ... ( 1 week ago by Crazycow22523027)
Bluestorm..that's lovely! x
PASSED? I don't ... ( 1 week ago by parkcityskibum)
PASSED? I don't think so.
When I first heard ... ( 1 week ago by parkcityskibum)
When I first heard Roberta Flack, I felt the earth move myself. I was in a bad place and she spoke to that place and made it bearable. To this day, she is the soul, if a soul exists. I would love to hear her live again...but Africa? Probably not on my peraonal itenerary.
this will be my ... ( 1 week ago by 80s90shousemami76)
this will be my wedding song
some voices simply ... ( 1 week ago by knightrider5188)
some voices simply have the power to lift and carry you to another place. I think this is probably how hypnosis works. You know you can snap out of if you wanted to ...but you really don't want to turn the dial during this track.
So wonderful. Thank ... ( 1 week ago by simoneticm)
So wonderful. Thank you!
I love this song, ... ( 1 week ago by burrybeast)
I love this song, it gets stuck in my head. So beautiful!!
hauntingly, ... ( 6 days ago by sweetsauce2007)
hauntingly, hypnotic, and touching!!!!!!!
Nessuno ha mai ... ( 4 days ago by andalusa2)
Nessuno ha mai guardato nei miei occhi con tanta passione e questa canzone
è stupenda. Grazie di esistere, il calore delle tue parole mi riscalda nei giorni più tristi. ti amo cippo cià.
johnny cash ... ( 4 days ago by mynameisloader)
johnny cash murdered this
i love this song.. ... ( 4 days ago by kartowskiromgirl)
i love this song..it's wonderful..
The first time ever ... ( 4 days ago by GLG47)
The first time ever I heard her voice...
this song is SO ... ( 3 days ago by happylaf)
this song is SO beautiful, i have no words to describe it
muito bom ( 3 days ago by wil136rio)
muito bom
Beautiful song! ( 3 days ago by navinjonson)
Beautiful song!
Roberta, you 're so ... ( 3 days ago by weltechno)
Roberta, you 're so amazing. I kept listening
this song over and over again.
My Mum wrote this ... ( 2 days ago by MASSIVEBOSS)
My Mum wrote this for Roberta back in the day, and my Mum never received a penny
Hmm, would your mum ... ( 2 days ago by kerfuffle2)
Hmm, would your mum happen to be a man called Ewan MacColl? Wait, I know, it's Peggy Seeger. Wait, she didn't write it. He wrote it for her ...
the first time ever ... ( 2 days ago by lichakk)
the first time ever I heard this song, I loved it, I loved Roberta and I loved the people I was with in a college in Iowa. we were young and life was great. thanks for the memory of a winter night.
lovely history ... ( 1 day ago by RandomCoke)
lovely history behind this song. masterpieces are often created by accident XD
Flack is SO ... ( 1 day ago by simguyyyy)
Flack is SO under-rated these days. She sings the title song in Ridley Scott's "Someone To Watch Over Me", and it's got to be one of the best recordings of that song ever. And this song here is breathtaking as well - just seems note-perfect.
i love her voice ( 1 day ago by yiliaozhang)
i love her voice
Array ( 9 hours ago by myluv122)
I love it!
It reminds me of someone special.



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