From Our Forgotten Hits Music Historian, Chuck Buell ...
It was 51 years ago this week that Roberta Flack scored her first Number One hit with "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face."
The song was nearly three-years-old when, as a movie director, Clint Eastwood included it in his film Play Misty For Me, which led to an “edited for radio air play” version that went to Number One and stayed there for six weeks. It went on to take the 1973 Grammy Awards for both Record of the Year and Song of The Year.
“First Time” was also played as the wake-up song for the U.S. astronauts aboard Apollo 17 on their last day in Lunar orbit (Friday, December 15, 1972.)
All that being said, Face It! It’s time for yet another “Chuck Buell ‘In Your Face!’ Minute Medley!”
( With a Special CB Never Heard Before Duet Open featuring Roberta Flack and Johnny Cash! )
CB ( which stands for “Cheeky-face Boy!” )
