Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly With His Song "Killing Me Softly with His Song" is a song composed by Charles Fox with lyrics by Norman Gimbel. In 1973, it became a number-one hit in the United States, Australia, and Canada for Roberta Flack, and also reached number six on the UK Singles Chart. Flack's version won the 1974 Grammy for Record of the Year and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. The Fugees' version won the 1997 Grammy for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal. | Music &

Roberta Flack discovered Lori Lieberman’s “Killing Me Softly With His Song” on a plane from L.A. to New York, and made it her own. “Roberta Flack” is now streaming: https://to.pbs.org/3kwj0sR [VID: Footage of Roberta Flack and Lori Lieberman performing. Transcript: I had gone out to California to do a special, got on the plane in L.A. to come back to New York, by myself, and I opened the brochure that describes what music you can select, and there's a song, "Killing Me Softly With His Song." Hmm