Flack won two Grammys for "Killing Me Softly with His Song": record of the year and best pop vocal performance, female in ...
The singer, pianist and four-time Grammy winner had two other No. 1 hits with "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" and "Feel ...
Roberta Flack did not write Killing Me Softly. There is some dispute about who did. Two music industry veterans were involved ...
One singer made “Killing Me Softly” iconic, while the other was left out of its history. Later in life, they came together.
She had battled ALS, commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, since 2022. From her 1969 debut album, "First Take," ...
What she gave to that song was … something I never, ever could have imagined,” said Lori Lieberman, who originally released ...
Here, we honor Roberta Flack, who died on Feb. 24 at age 88, by looking at the singer’s second of three No. 1 hits as a recording artist: the instant standard “Killing Me Softly With His Song.” ...
"Killing Me Softly with His Song" was inspired by a poem Lieberman wrote after hearing Don McClean perform "Empty Chairs" Paul Bergen/Redferns; Jim Spellman/WireImage Lori Lieberman is remembering ...
NEW YORK, United States —Roberta Flack, the Grammy-winning singer behind the classic "Killing Me Softly With His Song" and ...
Grammy-winning balladeer Roberta Flack passed away on Monday, February 24. She was 88. Full story: Grammy-winning balladeer ...
Roberta Flack, known for the romantic ballad Killing Me Softly With His Song, passed away on February 24, 2025.
She was the first artist to win two consecutive Record of the Year trophies for 1973’s “First Time I Ever Saw Your Face” and 1974’s “Killing Me Softly with His Song.” “In more than a ...