The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face

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lyricist and composer:	Ewan MacColl

publisher:	Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships) Essex Music Publishing Harmony Music Publishing (subsidiary of Viva Entertainment) MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated) Stormking Music Inc. Westbury Music Ltd.

lyrics page:	https://genius.com/Roberta-flack-the-first-time-ever-i-saw-your-face-lyrics [info]
other databases:	https://mainlynorfolk.info/june.tabor/songs/thefirsttimeeverisawyourface.html [info]
SecondHandSongs:	https://secondhandsongs.com/work/31003 [info]
Songfacts:	http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=441 [info]
Wikidata:	Q3036415 [info]

later translated versions:	Ik leef pas (vanaf je eerste blik) La prima volta La Prima Volta (First Time Ever I Saw Your Face) בפעם הראשונה

Recordings

Date	Title	Attributes	Artist	Length
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1969-02-25	The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face	cover	Roberta Flack	5:22
1969-02-25	The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (single edit)	cover	Roberta Flack	4:20
1971-03-15	The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face	cover	Elvis Presley	3:44
1971-03-15	The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (takes 11–12)	cover	Elvis Presley	4:20
1972-03-31	The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face	cover	Elvis Presley	3:53
1972-03-31	The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face	cover	Elvis Presley	5:27
1972-06-22	The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face	cover and instrumental	Dexter Gordon	5:54
1972-07	The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face	cover and instrumental	Von Freeman	4:31
1972-08-03	The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (a few lines) (rehearsal, 1972-08-03: Las Vegas Hilton, Las Vegas, NV, USA)	cover and partial	Elvis Presley	0:33
1972-08-03	The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (room cassette recording, part 2, 3rd August 1972)	cover	Elvis Presley	0:33
1972	The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face	cover	Finn Kalvik	1:39
1973-09-03	The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (live, 1973-09-03 (midnight): Las Vegas Hilton, Las Vegas, NV, USA)	cover and live	Elvis Presley	4:25
1974-02-01	The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (live, 1974-02-01 (midnight): Las Vegas Hilton, Las Vegas, NV, USA)	cover and live	Elvis Presley	3:14
1974-05-21	The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face	cover and live	Elvis Presley	3:14
1974-08-16	The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (rehearsal, 1974-08-16: RCA Studios, Hollywood, CA, USA)	cover	Elvis Presley	5:13
1974-08-21	The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (incomplete version) (live, 1974-08-21 (midnight): Las Vegas Hilton, Las Vegas, NV, USA)	cover, live and partial	Elvis Presley	2:29
1974-08	The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (The August 1974 RCA rehearsal)	cover	Elvis Presley	4:29
1976-12-29	The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face	cover and live	Elvis Presley	3:39
1983	The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face		Ewan MacColl	2:27
1994-09	The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face	cover	Ann Hampton Callaway	4:46
2001-07-03	First Time Ever I Saw Your Face	cover	Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra feat. Stereophonics	3:57
2003	The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face	cover and live	Sarah Jane Morris	4:20
2010-06-18	The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (live, 2010-06-18: London O2 Arena, London, UK)	cover and live	Leona Lewis	4:46
2010-06-18	The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (live, 2010-06-18: London O2 Arena, London, UK)	cover and live	Leona Lewis	4:47
2010-08	First Time Ever I Saw Your Face	cover	Emily Barker & The Red Clay Halo	4:11
2010-11-06	First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (X Factor performance)	cover and live	Matt Cardle	2:32
2019	The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face	cover	Corinne Hermès	2:37
	First Time (More Rockers remix) (part of “DJ-Kicks: Smith & Mighty” DJ-mix)	cover	On	2:29
	First Time Ever	cover	Joanna Law	6:07
	First Time Ever (7″ mellow groove)	cover	Joanna Law	3:47
	First Time Ever (a cappella)	cover	Joanna Law	2:52
	First Time Ever (bumpy mix)	cover	Joanna Law	7:40
	First Time Ever (mellow groove)	cover	Joanna Law	6:08
	First Time Ever I Saw Your Face	cover	Bert Jansch	1:42
	First Time Ever I Saw Your Face	cover	Barbara Dickson	3:30
	First Time Ever I Saw Your Face	cover	Johnny Cash	3:52
	First Time Ever I Saw Your Face	cover	Vanessa Williams	5:43
	First Time Ever I Saw Your Face		Johnny Cash	3:52
	First Time Ever I Saw Your Face	cover	Marcia Griffiths	3:53
	First Time Ever I Saw Your Face	cover	Elvis Presley	3:47
	First Time Ever I Saw Your Face	cover	Harry Connick, Jr.	3:24
	First Time Ever I Saw Your Face	cover	[unknown]	4:27
	First Time Ever I Saw Your Face	cover	Stereophonics	4:06
	First Time Ever I Saw Your Face		Ricky And Tammy	?:??
	First Time Ever I Saw Your Face	cover	The Chad Mitchell Trio	1:56
	First Time Ever I Saw Your Face	cover	Petula Clark	4:05
	First Time Ever I Saw Your Face	cover	Kristine W	4:16
	First Time Ever I Saw Your Face	cover	Stereophonics feat. Jools Holland	4:04
	First Time Ever I Saw Your Face	cover and live	Nils Lofgren	6:42
	First Time Ever I Saw Your Face	cover	Jeffrey Osborne	4:56
	First Time Ever I Saw Your Face	cover	Roberta Flack	5:25
	First Time Ever I Saw Your Face	cover	Sloan Wainwright	4:15
	First Time Ever I Saw Your Face	cover	Gordon Lightfoot	3:13
	First Time Ever I Saw Your Face	cover	Lena Martell	4:02
	First Time Ever I Saw Your Face	cover and instrumental	[unknown]	2:57
	First Time Ever I Saw Your Face	cover	Michel Simone	5:50
	First Time Ever I Saw Your Face	cover and instrumental	Rachel Z Trio	8:02
	First Time Ever I Saw Your Face	cover	Vern Gosdin	4:58
	First Time I Ever Saw Your Face	cover	Marcia Griffiths	4:08
	First Time I Saw Your Face (More Rockers mix)	cover	On	5:57
	First Time I Saw Your Face (More Rockers mix)	cover	On	?:??
	First Time I Saw Your Face (On vocal mix)	cover	On	?:??
	First Time I Saw Your Face (Yorkshire dub mix)	cover	On	6:54
	First Time I Saw Your Face (Yorkshire dub mix)	cover	On	?:??
	Roberta Flack Medley: Killing Me Softly With His Song / The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face	cover and medley	Di Scherling	7:20
	The Deep / The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face	cover	Box Office Poison / Ministry of Ska	10:07
	The First Time	cover	Montréal Jazz Club	3:48
	The First Time (stereo)	cover	The Kingston Trio	2:52
	The First Time	cover	We Five	2:25
	The First Time	cover	Annie Moses Band	5:09
	The First Time (Ever I Saw Your Face)	cover	Maysa	4:45
	The First Time (Ever I Saw Your Face)	cover	Joe & Eddie	2:35
	The First Time (Ever I Saw Your Face)	cover	The Highwaymen	2:26
	The First Time Ever	cover	Vern Gosdin	4:30
	The First Time Ever (I Saw Your Face)	cover and live	The Temptations	6:16
	The First Time Ever (I Saw Your Face) (5.1 mix)	cover	Johnny Mathis	3:39
	The First Time Ever (I Saw Your Face)	cover	The Temptations	4:12
	The First Time Ever (I Saw Your Face)	cover	Arthur Fiedler & Boston Pops	5:15
	The First Time Ever (I Saw Your Face)	cover	Arthur Fiedler & Boston Pops	5:15
	The First Time Ever (I Saw Your Face)	cover	Nana Mouskouri	3:05
	The First Time Ever (I Saw Your Face)	cover	Johnny Mathis	3:36
	The First Time Ever I Saw Her Face	cover	Elvis Presley	3:45
	The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face	cover	Kings Road	?:??
	The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face		Dexter Gordon	5:53
	The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face		Dexter Gordon	5:53
	The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face	cover	King’s Road	4:38
	The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face	cover	Elvis Presley	3:43
	The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face		Ronnie Aldrich	3:36
	The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face		Kerri Powers	5:06
	The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face	cover	Inger Marie Gundersen	5:16
	The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face	cover	Panpipe Ensemble	2:56
	The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face	cover and instrumental	[unknown]	4:29
	The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face		Peggy Seeger	2:34
	The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face	cover	James Blake	4:01
	The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face	cover	Céline Dion	4:08
	The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face	cover	Kate Ceberano	4:18
	The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face	cover	The Geoff Love Singers	?:??
	The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face	cover	George Michael	5:18
	The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face	cover	Christine Sullivan	7:30
	The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face	cover and instrumental	[unknown]	2:59
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