Thursday 23 January 2014

Roberta Flack - Feel Like Makin' Love (1974)


Feel Like Makin' Love is a song composed by Eugene McDaniels, and recorded originally by Roberta Flack.
Released nine months before the album of the same title, the song became one of the greatest musical successes of 1974, as in America it went to no.1 in both Pop & the R&B/Soul charts; in the UK it reached no.34. The song went on to receive three Grammy nominations in 1975: Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female. Flack had won Record Of the Year in '73 &'74 for The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face and Killing Me Softly with His Song respectively.
The song has been covered by a host of of artists including D'Angelo, Marlena Shaw & Isaac Hayes and most notably, George Benson.

- The Oakland Stroke


Dutch single release
French release
US release

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