This discography documents albums and singles released by American recording artist Roberta Flack. As a solo artist, Flack hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 record chart three times, with "Killing Me Softly with His Song," "Feel Like Making Love" and "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face," which spent six weeks at the top of the chart in Spring 1972. "Killing Me Softly" won the 1974 Grammy Award for Record of the Year. She also had hits by collaborating with three male singers: Donny Hathaway ("Where Is The Love" and "The Closer I Get to You"), Peabo Bryson ("Tonight I Celebrate My Love") and Maxi Priest ("Set the Night to Music").

The Recording Industry Association of America certified three of Flack's albums as platinum and seven as gold. Her biggest selling album was "Killing Me Softly," released in 1973 on Atlantic Records.

Albums

Studio albums Year Album Peak chart positions Certifications(sales threshold) Record label US USR&B USJazz AUS CAN NLD NOR NZ UK 1969 First Take 1 1 3 9 4 — 17 — 47 RIAA: Platinum MC: Gold Atlantic 1970 Chapter Two 33 4 2 29 49 — — — — RIAA: Gold 1971 Quiet Fire 18 4 5 — — — — — — RIAA: Gold 1972 Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway 3 2 — 22 25 — — — — RIAA: Gold 1973 Killing Me Softly 3 2 — 11 13 9 6 — 40 RIAA: 2× Platinum MC: Gold 1975 Feel Like Makin' Love 24 5 11 19 37 — — — — 1977 Blue Lights in the Basement 8 5 — 88 9 — — — — RIAA: Gold 1978 Roberta Flack 74 37 — — 75 — — — — BPI: Silver 1980 Roberta Flack Featuring Donny Hathaway 25 4 9 — — — — — 31 RIAA: Gold 1982 I'm the One 59 16 — 74 — — — — — 1983 Born to Love (with Peabo Bryson) 25 8 — 35 39 21 — 43 15 RIAA: Gold BPI: Silver Capitol 1988 Oasis 159 24 — — — — — — — Atlantic 1991 Set the Night to Music 110 — — — — — — — — 1992 Stop the World — — — — — — — — — Toshiba EMI 1994 Roberta — — — — — — — — — Atlantic 1997 The Christmas Album/Holiday — — — — — — — — — Capitol 1999 Friends: Roberta Flack Sings Mariko Takahashi — — — — — — — — — Victor Ent 2012 Let It Be Roberta: Roberta Flack Sings the Beatles 181 30 — — — — — — — 429 "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

First Take reached its peak position in 1972.

Live albums Year Album Peak chart positions Record label US USR&B 1980 Live & More (with Peabo Bryson) 52 10 Atlantic 2008 At Her Best – Live (live video/audio recordings from 1975 and 2001; unauthorized release) — — Immortal 2012 S.O.U.L. (live recordings from 1985 tour) — — Sony Music

Soundtrack albums Year Album Peak chart positions Record label US USR&B 1981 Bustin' Loose 161 48 MCA

Compilation albums Year Album Peak chart positions Certifications Record label US USR&B AUS NZ UK 1981 The Best of Roberta Flack201 — 44 21 — RIAA: Platinum ARIA: 2× Platinum Atlantic 1984 Greatest Hits — — — — 35 K-tel 1993 Softly with These Songs: The Best of Roberta Flack — — — 24 7 RIAA: Gold ARIA: Gold BPI: Platinum Atlantic 2006 The Very Best of Roberta Flack — — 41 — 50 BPI: Silver Rhino 2011 Love Songs — — — — 20 "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Singles Year Single (A-side, B-side)Both sides from same album except where indicated Peak chart positions Certifications Album US USR&B USAC US Cash Box USDan. AUS CAN NLD NZ UK 1969 "Compared to What"b/w "Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye" — — — — — — — — — — First Take 1970 "How Many Broken Wings"b/w "Baby, Baby"Both sides with Les McCann — — — — — — — — — — Comment "Reverend Lee"b/w "Business Goes On as Usual" — — — 125 — — — — — — Chapter Two 1971 "Do What You Gotta Do"b/w "Let It Be Me" 117 — — 106 — — — — — "You've Got a Friend"b/w "Gone Away" (from Chapter Two)Both sides with Donny Hathaway 29 8 36 28 — — 82 — — — Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'"b/w "Be Real Black for Me"Both sides with Donny Hathaway 71 30 — 57 — — — — — — 1972 "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow"b/w "Go Up Moses" 76 38 15 66 — — — — — — Quiet Fire "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"b/w "Trade Winds" (Non-album track) 1 4 1 1 — 1 1 9 — 14 RIAA: Gold BPI: Platinum RMNZ: GoldFirst Take "Where Is the Love"b/w "Mood"Both sides with Donny Hathaway 5 1 1 7 — 55 35 — — 29 RIAA: GoldRoberta Flack & Donny Hathaway 1973 "Killing Me Softly with His Song"b/w "Just Like a Woman" (from Chapter Two) 1 2 2 1 — 1 1 3 — 6 RIAA: Gold BPI: Gold RMNZ: GoldKilling Me Softly "Jesse"b/w "No Tears (In the End)" 30 19 3 12 — 36 23 — — — 1974 "Feel Like Makin' Love"b/w "When You Smile" (from Killing Me Softly) 1 1 1 1 — 13 1 29 — 34 RIAA: GoldFeel Like Makin' Love 1975 "Feelin' That Glow"b/w "Some Gospel According to Matthew" 76 25 38 65 — — 79 — — — 1977 "25th of Last December"b/w "Why Don't You Move in with Me" — 52 28 92 — — 79 — — — Blue Lights in the Basement 1978 "The Closer I Get to You" (with Donny Hathaway)b/w "Love Is the Healing" 2 1 3 2 — — 1 — 16 42 RIAA: Gold "If Ever I See You Again"b/w "I'd Like to Be Baby to You" (from Blue Lights in the Basement) 24 37 1 38 — — 26 — — — Roberta Flack "When It's Over"b/w "Come Share My Love" — 82 — — — — — — — — 1979"You Are Everything"b/w "Knowing That We're Made for Each Other" — 98 — — — — — — — — 1980 "You Are My Heaven" (with Donny Hathaway)b/w "I'll Love You Forever and Ever" (Non-album track) 47 8 46 78 — — — — — — Roberta Flack Featuring Donny Hathaway "Back Together Again" (with Donny Hathaway)b/w "God Don't Like Ugly" 56 8 — 91 6 — — — — 3 "Don't Make Me Wait Too Long"b/w "Only Heaven Can Wait (For Love)" 104 67 — — — — 44 — — — "Make the World Stand Still" (with Peabo Bryson)b/w "Only Heaven Can Wait (For Love)" — 13 — — — — — — — — Live & More 1981 "Love Is a Waiting Game"b/w "More Than Everything"Both sides with Peabo Bryson — 46 — — — — — — — — "You Stopped Loving Me"b/w "Qual E Malindrinho" 108 32 — — — — — — — — Bustin' Loose soundtrack "Lovin' You (Is Such an Easy Thang to Do)"b/w "Hittin' Me Where It Hurts" — — — — — — — — — — 1982 "Making Love"b/w "Jesse" (from Killing Me Softly) 13 29 7 14 — 63 43 — — — I'm the One "I'm the One"b/w "'Til the Morning Comes" 42 24 10 36 — — 4 — — — — "In the Name of Love"b/w "Happiness" — 80 24 — — — — — — — "Our Love Will Stop the World" (with Eric Mercury)b/w "Only Heaven Can Wait (For Love)" (from Live & More) — 65 — — — — — — — — Non-album track 1983 "This Side of Forever"B-side by The Enforcers: "Robbery Suspects" — — — — — — — — — — Sudden Impact and The Best of Dirty Harry (soundtrack) "Remember When (So Much in Love)" (with Peabo Bryson)B-side by Peabo Bryson: "Don't Play with Fire" — — — — — — — — — — Don't Play with Fire "Tonight, I Celebrate My Love"b/w "Born to Love"Both sides with Peabo Bryson 16 5 4 14 — 10 4 6 11 2 MC: Gold BPI: SilverBorn to Love "Maybe"b/w "Can We Find Love Again"Both sides with Peabo Bryson — 68 — — — — — — — — "You're Lookin' Like Love to Me" (with Peabo Bryson)B-side by Peabo Bryson: "Let Me Be the One You Need" (Non-album track) 58 41 5 67 — — — — — — "Heaven Above Me"b/w "Can We Find Love Again"Both sides with Peabo Bryson — — — — — — — — — 84 1984 "I Just Came Here to Dance"b/w "Can We Find Love Again"Both sides with Peabo Bryson — — 15 — — — — — — — "If I'm Still Around Tomorrow" (with Sadao Watanabe)B-side by Sadao Wantanabe: "West Side Drive" — 79 31 — — — — — — — Rendezvous 1986 "We Shall Overcome"b/w "Let Me Be a Light to Shine" (with Howard Hewett) — — — — — — — — — — Non-album track 1988 "Oasis"b/w "You Know What It's Like" — 1 13 — — — — — — — Oasis 1989 "Uh-Uh Ooh-Ooh Look Out"b/w "You Know What It's Like" — 37 — — 1 — — — — 72 "Shock to My System"b/w "You Know What It's Like" — — — — — — — — — — 1991 "Set the Night to Music" (with Maxi Priest)b/w "Natural Thing" 6 45 2 5 — 80 9 — 50 76 Set the Night to Music 1992 "You Make Me Feel Brand New"CD single with two versions — 50 — — — — — — — — 1996 "Killing Me Softly with His Song" (Reborn Club Vox)12" record with four additional mixes — — — — 1 — — — — — Non-album track 1997 "The Christmas Song"b/w "25th Of Last December" — — — — — — — — — — The Christmas Album 2010 "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" (UK re-release) — — — — — — — — — 47 Love Songs 2011 "We Can Work It Out"CD single with two versions — — — — — — — — — — Let It Be Roberta: Roberta Flack Sings The Beatles 2018 "Running"CD single — — — — — — — — — — Non-album track 2021 "What's Going On"Previously unreleased 1971 recording of Marvin Gaye's songRoberta Flack – 'What's Going On' (Review) on Thesoulhouse.net. — — — — — — — — — — Quiet Fire (50th Anniversary Edition) "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Other charted songs Title Year Peak chart positions Album JPN For "In My Life": "In My Life" 2012 39 Let It Be Roberta

Guest appearances With Les McCann Comment (Atlantic, 1970)

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