The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face

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

First Take · Track 6 of 8

Released

January 1, 1970

Duration

4:20

Ranking

#2 most played Roberta Flack track on Foxsoundi

On Last.fm

204,264 listeners on Last.fm

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From the album: First Take