section_path: Career/1970s
section_name: 1970s
paragraph_text: 1970s
  
  Flack's second album, Chapter Two, appeared in 1970 and marked the start of her collaboration with Hathaway as arranger, accompanist and backing singer. In 1971, Flack participated in the legendary Soul to Soul concert film by Denis Sanders which was headlined by Wilson Pickett along with Ike & Tina Turner, Santana, The Staple Singers, Les McCann, Eddie Harris, The Voices of East Harlem and others. The U.S. delegation of musical artists featured in the film was invited to perform for the 14th anniversary of the March 6 Independence Day of Ghana. The film was digitally reissued on DVD and CD in 2004 but for unknown reasons Flack refused permission for her image and recording to be included. Her a cappella performance of the traditional spiritual " Oh Freedom ", retitled "Freedom Song" on the original Soul to Soul LP soundtrack, is only available in the VHS version of the film.
  
  Flack's cover version of " Will You Love Me Tomorrow " hit No. 76 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1972. Her Atlantic recordings did not sell particularly well, until actor/director Clint Eastwood used a song from First Take, " The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face ", written by Ewan MacColl, for the soundtrack of his directorial debut Play Misty for Me.
  
  Atlantic rush-released the song as a single and it became the biggest hit of 1972, spending six consecutive weeks at No. 1 and earning Flack a million-selling gold disc. "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" finished the year as Billboard 's top song of 1972. The First Take album also went to No. 1 and eventually sold 1.9 million copies in the United States. Eastwood, who paid $2,000 for the use of the song in the film, remained an admirer and friend of Flack's ever after. The song was awarded the Grammy Award for Record of the Year and Song of the Year in 1973. In 1983, Flack recorded the end music to the Dirty Harry film Sudden Impact, at Eastwood's request.
  
  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 of which became million-selling gold singles. Flack and Hathaway recorded several duets together, including two LPs, until Hathaway's death in 1979. After his death, Flack released their final LP as Roberta Flack Featuring Donny Hathaway.
  
  On her own, Flack scored her second No. 1 hit in 1973, " Killing Me Softly with His Song " written by Charles Fox, Norman Gimbel l, and Lori Lieberman. "Killing Me Softly" was awarded both Record of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female, at the 1974 Grammy Awards. Its parent album was Flack's biggest-selling disc, eventually earning double platinum certification. In 1974, Flack released " Feel Like Makin' Love ", which became her third and final No. 1 hit to date on the Hot 100 and her eighth million-seller. She produced the single and her 1975 album of the same name under the pseudonym Rubina Flake. In 1974, Flack sang the lead on a Sherman Brothers song, "Freedom", which featured prominently at the opening and closing of the movie Huckleberry Finn. In the same year, she performed "When We Grow Up" with a teenage Michael Jackson on the television special Free to Be... You and Me, and a year later in 1975 performed two Johnny Marks songs, "To Love And Be Loved" and "When Autumn Comes", for the animated Christmas special The Tiny Tree. "Blue Lights in the Basement (1977) included a chart-topping duet with Hathaway on "The Closer I Get to You", and in 1978 they began working on on a second album of duets, which was half-completed when Hathaway, a paranoid schizophrenic who suffered mood swings and bouts of depression, took his own life in 1979. Flack, devastated, completed the album and it was released in 1980 as "Roberta Flack featuring Donny Hathaway".
  
  Flack's second album, Chapter Two, appeared in 1970 and marked the start of her collaboration with Hathaway as arranger, accompanist and backing singer. In 1971, Flack participated in the legendary Soul to Soul concert film by Denis Sanders which was headlined by Wilson Pickett along with Ike & Tina Turner, Santana, The Staple Singers, Les McCann, Eddie Harris, The Voices of East Harlem and others. The U.S. delegation of musical artists featured in the film was invited to perform for the 14th anniversary of the March 6 Independence Day of Ghana. The film was digitally reissued on DVD and CD in 2004 but for unknown reasons Flack refused permission for her image and recording to be included. Her a cappella performance of the traditional spiritual " Oh Freedom ", retitled "Freedom Song" on the original Soul to Soul LP soundtrack, is only available in the VHS version of the film.
  
  Flack's cover version of " Will You Love Me Tomorrow " hit No. 76 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1972. Her Atlantic recordings did not sell particularly well, until actor/director Clint Eastwood used a song from First Take, " The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face ", written by Ewan MacColl, for the soundtrack of his directorial debut Play Misty for Me.
  
  Atlantic rush-released the song as a single and it became the biggest hit of 1972, spending six consecutive weeks at No. 1 and earning Flack a million-selling gold disc. "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" finished the year as Billboard 's top song of 1972. The First Take album also went to No. 1 and eventually sold 1.9 million copies in the United States. Eastwood, who paid $2,000 for the use of the song in the film, remained an admirer and friend of Flack's ever after. The song was awarded the Grammy Award for Record of the Year and Song of the Year in 1973. In 1983, Flack recorded the end music to the Dirty Harry film Sudden Impact, at Eastwood's request.
  
  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 of which became million-selling gold singles. Flack and Hathaway recorded several duets together, including two LPs, until Hathaway's death in 1979. After his death, Flack released their final LP as Roberta Flack Featuring Donny Hathaway.
  
  On her own, Flack scored her second No. 1 hit in 1973, " Killing Me Softly with His Song " written by Charles Fox, Norman Gimbel l, and Lori Lieberman. "Killing Me Softly" was awarded both Record of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female, at the 1974 Grammy Awards. Its parent album was Flack's biggest-selling disc, eventually earning double platinum certification. In 1974, Flack released " Feel Like Makin' Love ", which became her third and final No. 1 hit to date on the Hot 100 and her eighth million-seller. She produced the single and her 1975 album of the same name under the pseudonym Rubina Flake. In 1974, Flack sang the lead on a Sherman Brothers song, "Freedom", which featured prominently at the opening and closing of the movie Huckleberry Finn. In the same year, she performed "When We Grow Up" with a teenage Michael Jackson on the television special Free to Be... You and Me, and a year later in 1975 performed two Johnny Marks songs, "To Love And Be Loved" and "When Autumn Comes", for the animated Christmas special The Tiny Tree. "Blue Lights in the Basement (1977) included a chart-topping duet with Hathaway on "The Closer I Get to You", and in 1978 they began working on on a second album of duets, which was half-completed when Hathaway, a paranoid schizophrenic who suffered mood swings and bouts of depression, took his own life in 1979. Flack, devastated, completed the album and it was released in 1980 as "Roberta Flack featuring Donny Hathaway".