Editing Roberta Flack (section)

===1980–1991===
[[File:Roberta Flack.jpg|thumb|Flack in 1995]]
She found a new duetting partner in [[Peabo Bryson]] and they released "Live and More" in 1980.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/obituaries/article/roberta-flack-obituary-singer-who-fused-soul-jazz-and-folk-q6gsbmfmt |website=thetimes.com |title=The Times Register: Obituary Roberta Flack |date=25 February 2025 |access-date=28 February 2025}}</ref> "Born to Love" in 1983 produced a hit single, "[[Tonight, I Celebrate My Love]]", which reached No. 2 on the UK charts.<ref name="guardian1" /> Flack had a hit single in 1982 with "[[Making Love (song)|Making Love]]", written by [[Burt Bacharach]] (the title track of the [[Making Love|1982 film of the same name]]), which reached No. 13. 

Flack continued to tour in the 1980s, often backed by a live orchestra.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/obituaries/article/roberta-flack-obituary-singer-who-fused-soul-jazz-and-folk-q6gsbmfmt |website=thetimes.com |title=The Times Register: Obituary Roberta Flack |date=25 February 2025 |access-date=28 February 2025}}</ref> In 1986 she sang the theme song "Together Through the Years" for the [[NBC]] television series ''Valerie'', later known as ''[[The Hogan Family]]''. The song was used throughout the show's six seasons. In 1987, Flack supplied the voice of Michael Jackson's mother in the 18-minute short film for "[[Bad (Michael Jackson song)|Bad]]".<ref>{{cite web |title=Bad by Michael Jackson |url=https://www.songfacts.com/facts/michael-jackson/bad |website=Songfacts |publisher=Songfacts, LLC |access-date=December 4, 2020 |archive-date=November 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108103711/https://www.songfacts.com/facts/michael-jackson/bad |url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Oasis (Roberta Flack album)|Oasis]]'' was released in 1988 and failed to make an impact with pop audiences, though the title track reached No. 1 on the [[Rhythm and blues|R&B]] chart and a remix of "[[Uh-Uh Ooh-Ooh Look Out (Here It Comes)]]" topped the [[Hot Dance Club Play|dance]] chart in 1989, after failing to chart on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]].<ref>{{cite book |title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=207}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title= Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=100}}</ref>

In 1991, Flack found herself again in the US [[Top 40|Top 10]] with a cover of the [[Diane Warren]]-penned song "[[Set the Night to Music]]", performed as a duet with British-Jamaican [[reggae]] singer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/obituaries/article/roberta-flack-obituary-singer-who-fused-soul-jazz-and-folk-q6gsbmfmt |website=thetimes.com |title=The Times Register: Obituary Roberta Flack |date=25 February 2025 |access-date=28 February 2025}}</ref> [[Maxi Priest]], that peaked at No. 6 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] charts and No. 2 AC.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/roberta-flack/chart-history/hsi/|title=Roberta Flack &#124; Biography, Music & News|website=Billboard.com|access-date=February 24, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/roberta-flack/chart-history/asi/|title=Roberta Flack &#124; Biography, Music & News|website=Billboard.com|access-date=February 24, 2025}}</ref> In 1996 [[The Fugees]] released a [[hip-hop]] remix of "Killing  Me Softly".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/obituaries/article/roberta-flack-obituary-singer-who-fused-soul-jazz-and-folk-q6gsbmfmt |website=thetimes.com |title=The Times Register: Obituary Roberta Flack |date=25 February 2025 |access-date=28 February 2025}}</ref>