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The 1972 Atlantic release Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway is a million-selling duet album by Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway produced by Joel Dorn and Arif Mardin. Flack and Hathaway were both solo artists on the Atlantic roster who'd enjoyed critical acclaim, but Flack had enjoyed limited commercial success.
Roberta Flack Featuring Donny Hathaway is the ninth studio album by American singer-songwriter Roberta Flack.Released via Atlantic in March 1980, the album features posthumous vocals by close friend and collaborator Donny Hathaway, who had died in 1979.
Stephanie Mills and Robert Brookins recorded a version that peaked at number 18 on the R&B Songs chart in 1988. Guitarist Zachary Breaux recorded an instrumental version for his album Groovin' in 1992. Australian singer Rick Price and New Zealand singer Margaret Urlich had a hit on the Australian charts with the song in 1993.
In 1972, Flack began recording regularly with Donny Hathaway, scoring hits such as the Grammy-winning "Where Is the Love" (1972) and later "The Closer I Get to You" (1978), both million-selling gold singles. [20] Flack and Hathaway recorded several duets together, including two LPs, until Hathaway's 1979 death.
Flack and Donny Hathaway, good friends while attending Howard University, had recorded a self-titled album of duets in 1972. [3] Five years later, the duo collaborated again on "The Closer I Get to You". [4] Roberta Flack, one of the members of the touring band in 1976 "The Closer I Get to You" was not originally written as a duet.
Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway: 3 2 — 22 25 — RIAA: Gold [5] 1973 Killing Me Softly: 3 2 — 11 13 40 RIAA: 2× Platinum [5] MC: Gold [6] 1975 Feel Like Makin' Love: 24 5 11 19 37 — 1977 Blue Lights in the Basement: 8 5 — 88 9 — RIAA: Gold [5] 1978 Roberta Flack: 74 37 — — 75 — BPI: Silver [7] 1980 Roberta Flack Featuring Donny ...
Softly with These Songs: The Best of Roberta Flack is the third compilation album by American singer Roberta Flack, ... Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway (1972) 2:43: 4.
His second LP, Donny Hathaway, consisted mostly of covers of contemporary pop, soul, and gospel songs. His third album Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway was an album of duets with former Howard University associate and label mate Roberta Flack, for whom he previously sang backup on "Killing Me Softly with His Song" that established him, especially ...