It's Monday and it's time for music.
Today I am joining up with other Music Moves Me bloggers (and you can join us at the linky above). We are a group of music loving bloggers who blog about music each Sunday or Monday (or even later in the week). If you have music to share with us, you are most welcome to join! (Music Posts Only-meaning at least one music video, please! Otherwise, your post link may be labeled "No Music" or even removed.)
Our head host is Xmas Dolly, and our co-hosts are Cathy from Curious as a Cathy, joined by the knowledgeable Stacy of Stacy Uncorked and, last but not least, me.
Every other week we have a theme. This week's theme is "You Pick". Sadly, today, I pick a new inductee into Rock and Roll Heaven. Our honoree today is Roberta Flack, who passed away February 24 at the age of 88 from cardiac arrest, In 2002 she revealed she was suffering from ALS, which had taken away her voice.
Her first hit, and perhaps the song she is most famous for, was The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face. I have to admit that, for some reason, this has never been my favorite Roberta Flack song so I am going to pick three others.
Killing Me Softly with His Song, from 1973, was a cover of a 1972 song written for singer Lori Liebermann. Ms. Liebermann states the song was written about fellow singer Don McLean.
(For those interested, here is the original, which did not chart.)
Where Is The Love?, a 1972 duet with Donny Hathaway.
Feel Like Making Love, from 1974.
I also wanted to pay tribute to actor Gene Hackman, who was discovered dead in his Santa Fe, New Mexico home in February, 2025 at age 95 along with his musician wife Betsy Arakawa and their dog. What a tragedy in so many ways. At the time of my writing this post, the cause(s) were still under investigation.
Gene Hackman appeared in at least 72 movies, including The French Connection, Bonnie and Clyde, The Birdcage, and The Royal Tenenbaums. While I don't have any You Tube videos of Gene singing, I found a couple of related songs - sort of. This is not a soft rock song but it does pay tribute to Gene - here are the Hoodoo Gurus, with a song called....Gene Hackman.
And that's a wrap.
Join me again next week for another episode of Music Moves Me. Hopefully, next week's post is happier.
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