<P> Flack's cover version of "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" hit number 76 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1972 . Her Atlantic recordings did not sell particularly well, until actor / director Clint Eastwood chose a song from First Take, "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" written by Ewan MacColl, for the sound track of his directorial debut Play Misty for Me; it became the biggest hit of the year for 1972--spending six consecutive weeks at #1 and earning Flack a million - selling Gold disc . The First Take album also went to #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, has remained an admirer and friend of Flack's ever since . It was awarded the Grammy Award for Record of the Year in 1973 . In 1983, she recorded the end music to the Dirty Harry film Sudden Impact at Eastwood's request . </P> <P> 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 . Flack and Hathaway recorded several duets together, including two LPs, until Hathaway's 1979 death . </P> <P> On her own, Flack scored her second #1 hit in 1973, "Killing Me Softly with His Song" written by Charles Fox and Norman Gimbel, and originally performed by Lori Lieberman . It 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 #1 hit to date on the Hot 100 . That same year, Flack sang the lead on a Sherman Brothers song called "Freedom", which featured prominently at the opening and closing of the movie Huckleberry Finn . </P> <P> Roberta Flack had a 1982 hit single with "Making Love", written by Burt Bacharach (the title track of the 1982 film of the same name), which reached #13 . She began working with Peabo Bryson with more limited success, charting as high as #5 on the R&B chart (plus #16 Pop and #4 Adult Contemporary) with "Tonight, I Celebrate My Love" in 1983 . Her next two singles with Bryson, "You're Looking Like Love To Me" and "I Just Came Here To Dance," fared better on adult contemporary (AC) radio than on pop or R&B radio . </P>

Who is the original singer of the song killing me softly