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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.
The very next year, Flack's "Killing Me Softly With His Song" — another cover given new life by her expressive interpretation (Lori Lieberman first recorded it in 1971) — took home a Grammy in ...
Produced by Dorn, Flack’s lustrous version shot to No. 1 on the pop chart and No. 2 on the R&B charts in early 1973; the “Killing Me Softly” album peaked at No. 3 and went double platinum.
In 2020, The Score ranked 134th on the revised version of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. [86] The following year, their version of "Killing Me Softly" was placed on the revised version of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. [87] MTV ranked it the ninth-greatest hip-hop group of all time (2007).
Lori Lieberman (born November 15, 1951) is an American singer-songwriter who accompanies herself on guitar and piano. [1] She co-wrote and recorded the first version of "Killing Me Softly with His Song", which became a hit single for Roberta Flack in 1973, and again in 1996 with a new arrangement by the Fugees.
2023 marked 50 years since the release of Flack’s most famous album, Killing Me Softly.Rolling Stone later named Flack’s version of “Killing Me Softly With His Song” to its list of the 500 ...
Killing Me Softly with His Song", a 1971 song performed most notably by Roberta Flack in 1973, and subsequently covered by several other performers; Killing Me Softly with Her Song, a 1973 album by Johnny Mathis "Killing Me Softly with His Height", an episode of Hannah Montana; Killing 'em Softly, a 1982 Canadian film
Roberta Flack has died, Fox News Digital can confirm. She was 88 years old. The Grammy award-winning singer, who was known for hits such as "Killing Me Softly With His Song" and "The First Time ...