The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face

"The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" adalah sebuah lagu folk dari Ewan MacColl dan Peggy Seeger. Saat itu, mereka masih sepasang kekasih, meski MacColl masih menikah dengan istri keduanya, Jean Newlove. Seeger menyanyikannya saat mereka tampil di Inggris. Selama tahun 1960-an, lagu ini kembali direkam oleh Roberta Flack pada tahun 1972, dan berhasil memenangkan Penghargaan Grammy untuk Rekaman Terbaik^[1] dan Lagu terbaik.^[2]

Referensi

↑ "Record of the Year - The 15th Annual Grammy Awards (1972)". The Recording Academy. 1972. Diakses tanggal Mei 15, 2018.{{cite web}}: Pemeliharaan CS1: Tanggal diterjemahkan otomatis (link)
↑ "Top 100 Hits of 1972/Top 100 Songs of 1972". Musicoutfitters.com. Diakses tanggal April 27, 2021.{{cite web}}: Pemeliharaan CS1: Tanggal diterjemahkan otomatis (link)

Pranala luar

Superseventies.com - with quotes from Roberta Flack and information on the song's background
"Céline Dion - The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (Official Audio)" di YouTube
"The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (from the 1998 "These are Special Times" TV special)" di YouTube

l b s Singel nomor satu Billboard Year-End (1960–1979)
1960: "Theme from A Summer Place" – Percy Faith 1961: "Tossin' and Turnin'" – Bobby Lewis 1962: "Stranger on the Shore" – Mr. Acker Bilk 1963: "Sugar Shack" – Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs"/Surfin' U.S.A." - The Beach Boys 1964: "I Want to Hold Your Hand" – The Beatles 1965: "Wooly Bully" – Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs 1966: "Ballad of the Green Berets" – Sgt. Barry Sadler"/California Dreamin' - The Mamas and the Papas 1967: "To Sir, with Love" – Lulu 1968: "Hey Jude" – The Beatles 1969: "Sugar, Sugar" – The Archies 1970: "Bridge over Troubled Water" – Simon & Garfunkel 1971: "Joy to the World" – Three Dog Night 1972: "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" – Roberta Flack 1973: "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" – Tony Orlando and Dawn 1974: "The Way We Were" – Barbra Streisand 1975: "Love Will Keep Us Together" – Captain & Tennille 1976: "Silly Love Songs" – Wings 1977: "Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)" – Rod Stewart 1978: "Shadow Dancing" – Andy Gibb 1979: "My Sharona" – The Knack
Daftar lengkap (1946–1959) (1960–1979) (1980–1999) (2000–2019)

Singel nomor satu Billboard Year-End (1960–1979)

1960: "Theme from A Summer Place" – Percy Faith
1961: "Tossin' and Turnin'" – Bobby Lewis
1962: "Stranger on the Shore" – Mr. Acker Bilk
1963: "Sugar Shack" – Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs"/Surfin' U.S.A." - The Beach Boys
1964: "I Want to Hold Your Hand" – The Beatles
1965: "Wooly Bully" – Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs
1966: "Ballad of the Green Berets" – Sgt. Barry Sadler"/California Dreamin' - The Mamas and the Papas
1967: "To Sir, with Love" – Lulu
1968: "Hey Jude" – The Beatles
1969: "Sugar, Sugar" – The Archies
1970: "Bridge over Troubled Water" – Simon & Garfunkel
1971: "Joy to the World" – Three Dog Night
1972: "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" – Roberta Flack
1973: "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" – Tony Orlando and Dawn
1974: "The Way We Were" – Barbra Streisand
1975: "Love Will Keep Us Together" – Captain & Tennille
1976: "Silly Love Songs" – Wings
1977: "Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)" – Rod Stewart
1978: "Shadow Dancing" – Andy Gibb
1979: "My Sharona" – The Knack

l b s Penghargaan Grammy untuk Rekaman Terbaik Tahun Ini
1959−1980	"Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare)" oleh Domenico Modugno (1959) "Mack the Knife" oleh Bobby Darin (1960) "Theme from A Summer Place" oleh Percy Faith (1961) "Moon River" oleh Henry Mancini (1962) "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" oleh Tony Bennett (1963) "Days of Wine and Roses" oleh Henry Mancini (1964) "The Girl from Ipanema" oleh Astrud Gilberto & Stan Getz (1965) "A Taste of Honey" oleh Herb Alpert dan the Tijuana Brass (1966) "Strangers in the Night" oleh Frank Sinatra (1967) "Up, Up and Away" oleh The 5th Dimension (Billy Davis Jr., Florence LaRue, Marilyn McCoo, Lamont McLemore, Ron Townson) (1968) "Mrs. Robinson" oleh Simon and Garfunkel (Art Garfunkel, Paul Simon) (1969) "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" oleh The 5th Dimension (Billy Davis Jr., Florence LaRue, Marilyn McCoo, Lamont McLemore, Ron Townson) (1970) "Bridge over Troubled Water" oleh Simon and Garfunkel (Art Garfunkel, Paul Simon) (1971) "It's Too Late" oleh Carole King (1972) "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" oleh Roberta Flack (1973) "Killing Me Softly with His Song" oleh Roberta Flack (1974) "I Honestly Love You" oleh Olivia Newton-John (1975) "Love Will Keep Us Together" oleh The Captain and Tennille (Daryl Dragon, Toni Tennille) (1976) "This Masquerade" oleh George Benson (1977) "Hotel California" oleh Eagles (Don Felder, Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Randy Meisner, Joe Walsh) (1978) "Just the Way You Are" oleh Billy Joel (1979) "What a Fool Believes" oleh The Doobie Brothers (Jeffrey Baxter, John Hartman, Keith Knudsen, Michael McDonald, Tiran Porter, Patrick Simmons) (1980)
1981−2000	"Sailing" oleh Christopher Cross (1981) "Bette Davis Eyes" oleh Kim Carnes (1982) "Rosanna" oleh Toto (Bobby Kimball, Steve Lukather, David Paich, Jeff Porcaro, David Hungate, Steve Porcaro) (1983) "Beat It" oleh Michael Jackson (1984) "What's Love Got to Do with It" oleh Tina Turner (1985) "We Are the World" oleh USA for Africa (1986) "Higher Love" oleh Steve Winwood (1987) "Graceland" oleh Paul Simon (1988) "Don't Worry, Be Happy" oleh Bobby McFerrin (1989) "Wind Beneath My Wings" oleh Bette Midler (1990) "Another Day in Paradise" oleh Phil Collins (1991) "Unforgettable" oleh Natalie Cole with Nat King Cole (1992) "Tears in Heaven" oleh Eric Clapton (1993) "I Will Always Love You" oleh Whitney Houston (1994) "All I Wanna Do" oleh Sheryl Crow (1995) "Kiss from a Rose" oleh Seal (1996) "Change the World" oleh Eric Clapton (1997) "Sunny Came Home" oleh Shawn Colvin (1998) "My Heart Will Go On" oleh Celine Dion (1999) "Smooth" oleh Santana (Rodney Holmes, Tony Lindsay, Karl Perazzo, Raul Rekow, Benny Rietveld, Carlos Santana, Chester Thompson) bersama Rob Thomas (2000)
2001−2020	"Beautiful Day" oleh U2 (Bono, Adam Clayton, The Edge, Larry Mullen Jr.) (2001) "Walk On" oleh U2 (Bono, Adam Clayton, The Edge, Larry Mullen Jr.) (2002) "Don't Know Why" oleh Norah Jones (2003) "Clocks" oleh Coldplay (Guy Berryman, Jon Buckland, Will Champion, Phil Harvey, Chris Martin) (2004) "Here We Go Again" oleh Ray Charles dan Norah Jones (2005) "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" oleh Green Day (Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt, Frank Edwin Wright III) (2006) "Not Ready to Make Nice" oleh Dixie Chicks (Martie Maguire, Natalie Maines, Emily Robison) (2007) "Rehab" oleh Amy Winehouse (2008) "Please Read the Letter" oleh Alison Krauss dan Robert Plant (2009) "Use Somebody" oleh Kings of Leon (Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill, Nathan Followill) (2010) "Need You Now" oleh Lady Antebellum (Hillary Scott, Charles Kelley, Dave Haywood) (2011) "Rolling in the Deep" oleh Adele (2012) "Somebody That I Used to Know" oleh Gotye bersama Kimbra (2013) "Get Lucky" oleh Daft Punk bersama Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers (2014) "Stay with Me" (versi Darkchild) oleh Sam Smith (2015) "Uptown Funk" oleh Mark Ronson bersama Bruno Mars (2016) "Hello" oleh Adele (2017) "24K Magic" oleh Bruno Mars (2018) "This Is America" oleh Childish Gambino (2019) "Bad Guy" oleh Billie Eilish (2020)
2021−sekarang	"Everything I Wanted" oleh Billie Eilish (2021) "Leave the Door Open" oleh Silk Sonic (2022) "About Damn Time" oleh Lizzo (2023) "Flowers" oleh Miley Cyrus (2024) "Not Like Us" oleh Kendrick Lamar (2025)

l b s Grammy Award for Song of the Year
1959−1980	"Volare" – Domenico Modugno (penulis lagu) (1959) "The Battle of New Orleans" – Jimmy Driftwood (penulis lagu) (1960) "Theme from Exodus" – Ernest Gold (penulis lagu) (1961) "Moon River" – Johnny Mercer & Henry Mancini (penulis lagu) (1962) "What Kind of Fool Am I?" – Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley (penulis lagu) (1963) "Days of Wine and Roses" – Johnny Mercer & Henry Mancini (penulis lagu) (1964) "Hello, Dolly!" – Jerry Herman (penulis lagu) (1965) "The Shadow of Your Smile" – Paul Francis Webster & Johnny Mandel (penulis lagu) (1966) "Michelle" – John Lennon & Paul McCartney (penulis lagu) (1967) "Up, Up, and Away" – Jimmy Webb (penulis lagu) (1968) "Little Green Apples" – Bobby Russell (penulis lagu) (1969) "Games People Play" – Joe South (penulis lagu) (1970) "Bridge over Troubled Water" – Paul Simon (penulis lagu) (1971) "You've Got a Friend" – Carole King (penulis lagu) (1972) "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" – Ewan MacColl (penulis lagu) (1973) "Killing Me Softly with His Song" – Norman Gimbel & Charles Fox (penulis lagu) (1974) "The Way We Were" – Alan and Marilyn Bergman & Marvin Hamlisch (penulis lagu) (1975) "Send In the Clowns" – Stephen Sondheim (penulis lagu) (1976) "I Write the Songs" – Bruce Johnston (penulis lagu) (1977) "Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)" – Barbra Streisand & Paul Williams (penulis lagu) / "You Light Up My Life" – Joe Brooks (penulis lagu) (1978) "Just the Way You Are" – Billy Joel (penulis lagu) (1979) "What a Fool Believes" – Kenny Loggins & Michael McDonald (penulis lagu) (1980)
1981−2000	"Sailing" – Christopher Cross (penulis lagu) (1981) "Bette Davis Eyes" – Donna Weiss & Jackie DeShannon (penulis lagu) (1982) "Always on My Mind" – Johnny Christopher, Mark James & Wayne Carson (penulis lagu) (1983) "Every Breath You Take" – Sting (penulis lagu) (1984) "What's Love Got to Do with It" – Graham Lyle & Terry Britten (penulis lagu) (1985) "We Are the World" – Michael Jackson & Lionel Richie (penulis lagu) (1986) "That's What Friends Are For" – Burt Bacharach & Carole Bayer Sager (penulis lagu) (1987) "Somewhere Out There" – James Horner, Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil (penulis lagu) (1988) "Don't Worry, Be Happy" – Bobby McFerrin (penulis lagu) (1989) "Wind Beneath My Wings" – Larry Henley & Jeff Silbar (penulis lagu) (1990) "From a Distance" – Julie Gold (penulis lagu) (1991) "Unforgettable" – Irving Gordon (penulis lagu) (1992) "Tears in Heaven" – Eric Clapton & Will Jennings (penulis lagu) (1993) "A Whole New World" – Alan Menken & Tim Rice (penulis lagu) (1994) "Streets of Philadelphia" – Bruce Springsteen (penulis lagu) (1995) "Kiss from a Rose" – Seal (penulis lagu) (1996) "Change the World" – Gordon Kennedy, Wayne Kirkpatrick & Tommy Sims (penulis lagu) (1997) "Sunny Came Home" – Shawn Colvin & John Leventhal (penulis lagu) (1998) "My Heart Will Go On" – James Horner & Will Jennings (penulis lagu) (1999) "Smooth" – Itaal Shur & Rob Thomas (penulis lagu) (2000)
2001−2020	"Beautiful Day" – Adam Clayton, David Evans, Laurence Mullen & Paul Hewson (penulis lagu) (2001) "Fallin'" – Alicia Keys (penulis lagu) (2002) "Don't Know Why" – Jesse Harris (penulis lagu) (2003) "Dance with My Father" – Richard Marx & Luther Vandross (penulis lagu) (2004) "Daughters" – John Mayer (penulis lagu) (2005) "Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own" – Adam Clayton, David Evans, Laurence Mullen & Paul Hewson (penulis lagu) (2006) "Not Ready to Make Nice" – Emily Burns Erwin, Martha Maguire, Natalie Maines Pasdar & Dan Wilson (penulis lagu) (2007) "Rehab" – Amy Winehouse (penulis lagu) (2008) "Viva la Vida" – Guy Berryman, Jonathan Buckland, William Champion & Christopher Martin (penulis lagu) (2009) "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" – Thaddis "Kuk" Harrell, Beyoncé Knowles, Terius Nash & Christopher Stewart (penulis lagu) (2010) "Need You Now" – Dave Haywood, Josh Kear, Charles Kelley & Hillary Scott (penulis lagu) (2011) "Rolling in the Deep" – Adele Adkins & Paul Epworth (penulis lagu) (2012) "We Are Young" – Jack Antonoff, Jeff Bhasker, Andrew Dost & Nate Ruess (penulis lagu) (2013) "Royals" – Joel Little & Ella Yelich O'Connor (penulis lagu) (2014) "Stay with Me" (versi Darkchild) – James Napier, William Phillips & Sam Smith (penulis lagu) (2015) "Thinking Out Loud" – Ed Sheeran & Amy Wadge (penulis lagu) (2016) "Hello" – Adele Adkins & Greg Kurstin (penulis lagu) (2017) "That's What I Like" – Christopher Brody Brown, James Fauntleroy, Philip Lawrence, Bruno Mars, Ray Charles McCullough II, Jeremy Reeves, Ray Romulus & Jonathan Yip (penulis lagu) (2018) "This Is America" – Donald Glover, Ludwig Göransson & Jeffery Lamar Williams (penulis lagu) (2019) "Bad Guy" – Billie Eilish O'Connell & Finneas O'Connell (penulis lagu) (2020)
2021−sekarang	"I Can't Breathe" – Dernst Emile II, H.E.R. & Tiara Thomas (penulis lagu) (2021) "Leave the Door Open" – Brandon Anderson, Christopher Brody Brown, Dernst Emile II & Bruno Mars (penulis lagu) (2022) "Just Like That" – Bonnie Raitt (penulis lagu) (2023) "What Was I Made For?" – Billie Eilish O'Connell & Finneas O'Connell (penulis lagu) (2024) "Not Like Us" – Kendrick Lamar (penulis lagu) (2025)