Roberta Flack – Killing Me Softly With His Song

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Roberta Flack
Roberta Flack

“Killing Me Softly with His Song” – Single by Roberta Flack from the album Killing Me Softly, with B-side”Just Like a Woman”.
Released: January 22, 1973
Recorded: November 17, 1972

“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.

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Roberta Flack first heard the song on an airplane, when the Lieberman original was featured on the in-flight audio program. After scanning the listing of available audio selections, Flack would recall: “The title, of course, smacked me in the face. I immediately pulled out some scratch paper, made musical staves [then] play[ed] the song at least eight to ten times jotting down the melody that I heard. When I landed, I immediately called Quincy [Jones] at his house and asked him how to meet Charles Fox. Two days later I had the music.” Shortly afterwards Flack rehearsed the song with her band in the Tuff Gong Studios in Kingston, Jamaica, but did not then record it.

In September 1972, Flack was opening for Marvin Gaye at the Los Angeles Greek Theater; after performing her prepared encore song, Flack was advised by Gaye to sing an additional song. Flack later said, “I said well, I got this song I’ve been working on called ‘Killing Me Softly…’ and he said ‘Do it, baby.’ And I did it and the audience went crazy, and he walked over to me and put his arm around me and said, ‘Baby, don’t ever do that song again live until you record it.'”

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This won Grammys in 1974 for Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Female Pop Vocal. Flack’s “First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” won Record of the Year the previous year, making her the first artist to win the award 2 consecutive years.

Roberta Flack - Killing me softly with his song
Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly With His Song

“Killing Me Softly With His Song” a fost compus de Charles Fox și Norman Gimbel, și a fost înregistrat prima dată de Lori Lieberman în 1972.  Roberta Flack a ascultat versiunea lui Lori în timpul unui zbor de la Los Angeles la New York. I-au plăcut titlul și versurile, și a decis să înregistreze melodia.

La premiile Grammy din 1974, Roberta Flack a luat premiile pentru Record of the Year, Song of the Year, și Best Female Pop Vocal.

Roberta Flack a lansat acest single la 22 Ianuarie 1973, de pe albumul Killing Me Softly.

Roberta Flack - Killing me softly with his song

 

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