Roberta Flack Killing Me Softly with His Song

Killing Me Softly with His Song is a song originally composed by Charles Fox with its lyrics written by Norman Gimbel, with assistance from Lori Lieberman, who recorded the song in 1971.

In 1973, American singer Roberta Flack recorded her version and it became a number-one hit on the US Billboard Hot 100 as well as in Canada. The song also reached number six (6) on the UK Singles Chart and top-five in Norway and Netherlands.

That same year, Flack won a Grammy Award for Record of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female, for the song.

Furthermore, Billboard ranked it as the number three (3) song for 1973.

© 1973 Atlantic Records.

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Originally published at www.hitstreet.net on December 4, 2018.