Single:
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face entered the Australian singles chart* on 10 April 1972 and peaked at #1. The song was #10 on the Top 100 of 1972.
Album:
The song is on First Take which entered the Australian albums chart* on 28 April 1972 and peaked at #9.
Songwriter:
Ewan MacColl
Producer:
Joel Dorn
Record label of Australian release:
Atlantic
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
Songfacts:
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face was the breakout hit for Roberta Flack thanks, in part, to its use in the 1972 Clint Eastwood movie Play Misty For Me.
The song won the Grammy awards in 1973 for Song of the Year and Record of the Year, beating out Don McLean’s American Pie in both categories.
Read more: www.songfacts.com/facts/roberta-flack/first-time-ever-i-saw-your-face
Lyrics:
The first time, ever I saw your face
I thought the sun rose in your eyes
And the moon and the stars
Were the gifts you gave
To the dark, and the endless sky
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