The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face

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The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face by Roberta Flack

About The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face

"The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" is a 1957 folk song written by political singer / songwriter Ewan MacColl for Peggy Seeger, who was later to become his wife. At the time the couple were lovers, although MacColl was married to someone else. MacColl wrote the song for Seeger, also a folk singer, after she asked him to pen a song for a play she was in. MacColl wrote the song and taught it to Seeger over the phone. The alternative version of the creation of this song is that MacColl was challenged by a friend to write a love song .

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About this song

Credited to: Roberta Flack
Album: Best 60s Pop · Track 37 of 50
Released: January 22, 2025
Duration: 4:20
Ranking: #2 most played Roberta Flack track on Foxsoundi
On Last.fm: 205,856 listeners on Last.fm

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From the album: Best 60s Pop

I Got You Babe by Sonny & Cher ,
I'm a Believer by The Monkees ,
Can’t Take My Eyes off You by Frankie Valli ,
For What It's Worth by Buffalo Springfield ,
Stand by Me by Ben E. King ,
Light My Fire - Radio Edit by The Doors ,
I Say a Little Prayer by Aretha Franklin ,
You’ll Never Walk Alone by Gerry & The Pacemakers ,
It Don't Matter to Me - Single Version by Bread ,
Goldfinger by Shirley Bassey ,
(Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay by Otis Redding ,
Under the Boardwalk by The Drifters ,
Good Lovin’ - Single Version by The Young Rascals ,
Both Sides Now by Joni Mitchell ,
When a Man Loves a Woman by Percy Sledge ,
Crimson and Clover - Single Version by Tommy James & The Shondells ,
Walk On By by Dionne Warwick ,
Helplessly Hoping by Crosby, Stills & Nash ,
Hold On, I'm Coming by Sam & Dave ,
Alfie by Cilla Black ,
The Young Ones by Cliff Richard & The Shadows ,
Never My Love - Single Version; Overdub Mix by The Association ,
Apache by The Shadows ,
Carolina in My Mind by James Taylor ,
Crying in the Rain by The Everly Brothers ,
A World Without Love by Peter And Gordon ,
In the Midnight Hour by Wilson Pickett ,
Georgy Girl by The Seekers ,
Big Girls Don’t Cry by Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons ,
The Locomotion by Little Eva ,
A Beautiful Morning by The Rascals ,
B-A-B-Y by Carla Thomas ,
Leaving On a Jet Plane by Peter, Paul and Mary ,
Sweet Soul Music by Arthur Conley ,
From Russia with Love - 1995 Remaster by Matt Monro ,
Green Onions by Booker T. & the M.G.'s ,
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face by Roberta Flack ,
The James Bond Theme - 1995 Remaster by John Barry Seven & Orchestra ,
Trains and Boats and Planes by Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas ,
Knock on Wood by Eddie Floyd ,
Always See Your Face by Love ,
Soul Finger by The Bar-Kays ,
Beginnings by Chicago ,
Rhythm of the Rain by The Cascades ,
Silence Is Golden by The Four Seasons ,
Walkin’ Back to Happiness by Helen Shapiro ,
Cry to Me by Solomon Burke ,
Tennessee Waltz by Alma Cogan ,
Comin' Home Baby by Mel Tormé ,
Windmills of Your Mind by Noel Harrison ,