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"Killing Me Softly with His Song" is a song composed by Charles Fox with lyrics by Norman Gimbel. The lyrics were written in collaboration with Lori Lieberman after she was inspired by a Don McLean performance in late 1971. Denied writing credit by Fox and Gimbel, Lieberman released her version of the song in 1972, but it did not chart.
Softly, as I Leave You is a 1964 studio album by American singer Frank Sinatra. Arranged by Ernie Freeman, several tracks such as "Softly, as I Leave You", "Then Suddenly Love" and "Available" departed from Sinatra's signature vocal jazz style by flirting with a more contemporary pop sound. The rest of the album is pieced together with ...
Songs for Swingin' Lovers! is the tenth studio album by American singer Frank Sinatra, and his fourth for Capitol Records. It was arranged by Nelson Riddle and released in March 1956 on LP and January 1987 on CD. It was the first album ever to top the UK Albums Chart.
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Take Me: 1942, 1961: Rube Bloom, Mack David: Take Me Out to the Ball Game: 1946 (film) Jack Norworth, Albert Von Tilzer: Take My Love: 1950: Joel Herron, Frank Sinatra, Jack Wolf Take the A Train: 1965 (television) Billy Strayhorn: Taking a Chance on Love: 1954: Vernon Duke, John Latouche, Ted Fetter: Talk to Me: 1959: Eddie Snyder, Rudy Vallee ...
Killing Me Softly is a studio album by American singer-songwriter Roberta Flack, released on August 1, 1973, by Atlantic Records. [3] She recorded the album with producer Joel Dorn for 18 months. [4] The album was dedicated to Rahsaan Roland Kirk. [5] Killing Me Softly reached number three on the Billboard Top LPs & Tape and number two on the ...
The Frank Sinatra Student Center at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem was dedicated in his name in 1978. [316] From his youth, Sinatra displayed sympathy for black Americans and worked both publicly and privately all his life to help the struggle for equal rights. He blamed racial prejudice on the parents of children. [561]
It was originally an Italian success by Mina, entitled "Piano" ("Softly"). Mina published a recording of the song first as a single in 1960 and later on an EP and on three LPs. English songwriter Hal Shaper noticed the song and in November 1961 wrote English lyrics to the melody, calling it "Softly, as I Leave You."