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Killing Me Softly singer Roberta Flack dies

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Lori Lieberman, Who First Sang 'Killing Me Softly with His Song,' Reacts to Roberta Flack's Death: 'Endless Gratitude'

Flack won two Grammys for "Killing Me Softly with His Song": record of the year and best pop vocal performance, female in 1973. The Fugees would record the song over 20 years later with Lauryn Hill singing lead vocals, breathing new life into the breakup ballad.

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How Roberta Flack helped Lori Lieberman finally stake her claim to ‘Killing Me Softly’

One singer made “Killing Me Softly” iconic, while the other was left out of its history. Later in life, they came together.

A music professor breaks down Roberta Flack's Killing Me Softly with His Song

Roberta Flack did not write Killing Me Softly. There is some dispute about who did. Two music industry veterans were involved: composer Charles Fox (who also wrote a lot of TV theme songs, including The Love Boat) and lyricist Norman Gimbel.

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How Roberta Flack made ‘Killing Me Softly’ her own — and changed original singer Lori Lieberman’s life: ‘I have endless gratitude’

"What she gave to that song was ... something I never, ever could have imagined,” said Lori Lieberman, who originally ...

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Roberta Flack, soulful R&B vocalist known for 'Killing Me Softly With His Song,' dies at 88

The Grammy-winner, also known for duets with Donny Hathaway and Peabo Bryson, announced her ALS diagnosis in 2022.

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Lauryn Hill Pays Tribute to Roberta Flack: ‘One of the Purest Voices’

Flack "moved me and showed me through her own creative choices and standards what else was possible within the idiom of Soul, ...

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