Roberta Flack ~ Similar Artists

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The O'Jays - 88% match to Roberta Flack

The core of this long-standing soul group, Eddie LeVert (16 June 1942, Birmingham, Alabama, USA) and Walter Williams (b. 25 August 1942, USA), sang together as a gospel duo prior to forming the Triumphs in 1958. This doo-wop-influenced quintet was completed by William Powell (b.... Read more

Billy Paul - 87% match to Roberta Flack

Paul Williams, 1 December 1934, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Although Paul had been an active singer in the Philadelphia area since the 50s, singing in jazz clubs and briefly with Harold Melvin And The Blue Notes, it was not until he met producer Kenny Gamble that his career... Read more

Gladys Knight & The Pips - 86% match to Roberta Flack

Minnie Riperton - 84% match to Roberta Flack

8 November 1947, Chicago, Illinois, USA, d. 12 July 1979, Los Angeles, California, USA. A former singer with the Gems, Riperton recorded under the name "Andrea Davis" prior to joining the Rotary Connection. She remained with this adventurous, black pop/psychedelic group between... Read more

Bobby Womack - 82% match to Roberta Flack

4 March 1944, Cleveland, Ohio, USA. A founder member of the Valentinos, this accomplished musician also worked as a guitarist in Sam Cooke's touring band. He scandalized the music fraternity by marrying Barbara Campbell, Cooke's widow, barely three months after the ill-fated... Read more

The Stylistics - 80% match to Roberta Flack

The Stylistics were formed in 1968 from the fragments of two Philadelphia groups, the Monarchs and the Percussions, by Russell Thompkins Jnr. (21 March 1951, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA), Airrion Love (b. 8 August 1949, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA), James Smith (b. 16... Read more

Al Green - 79% match to Roberta Flack

Albert Greene, 13 April 1946, Forrest City, Arkansas, USA. Having served his musical apprenticeship in the Greene Brothers, a fraternal gospel quartet, this urbane singer made his first recordings in 1960. Four years later he helped form the Creations with Curtis Rogers and... Read more

Donny Hathaway - 77% match to Roberta Flack

1 October 1945, Chicago, Illinois, USA, d. 13 January 1979, New York City, New York, USA. Originally schooled in the gospel tradition, this versatile artist was raised in St. Louis and majored in musical theory at Howard University in Washington DC. He performed in a cocktail... Read more

The Spinners - 76% match to Roberta Flack

Formed in 1954 at Ferndale High School, near Detroit, Michigan, USA, and originally known as the Domingoes, Henry Fambrough (10 May 1935, Detroit, Michigan, USA, some sources cite 1938), Robert "Bobby" Smith (b. 10 April 1937, Detroit, Michigan, USA), Billy Henderson (b. 9... Read more

Ann Peebles - 73% match to Roberta Flack

27 April 1947, East St. Louis, Missouri, USA. An impromptu appearance at the Rosewood Club in Memphis led to Peebles' recording contract. Band leader Gene Miller took the singer to producer Willie Mitchell, whose skills fashioned an impressive debut single, "Walk Away' (1969).... Read more