“It was a guitar-based folk song,” Lieberman, 73, said about the 1971 song that Flack recorded in January 1973. "My version was a small folk song." Flack won two Grammys for "Killing Me Softly ...

Sure, the singer was the first to record “Killing Me Softly With His Song” in 1972 ... “It had a back beat and it had strings and it was guitar-based. And what she made it into was something ...

She was known for songs including The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face and Killing Me Softly With His Song ... in Virginia and started classical piano lessons at the age of nine.

Grammy-winning singer Roberta Flack has died at the age of 88 (Picture: Paul Natkin/Getty Images) Singer Roberta Flack, known for the hit Killing Me Softly ... piano lessons at the age of nine.

She was known for songs including The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, originally by Ewan MacColl, and Killing Me Softly With His Song ... but grew up in Virginia and started classical piano lessons ...

She began formal lessons aged nine, coming second in a statewide competition, and at 15 was awarded a music scholarship by Howard University in Washington. The Killing Me Softly album, released in ...

The TV star, 71, shared a video of her welcoming the singer on to her chat show to sing hits including Killing Me Softly With His Song ... but grew up in Virginia and started classical piano lessons ...

Mighty stuff, this. “Killing Me Softly with His Song” (1973) Hip-hop generations know this ballad penned by Charles Fox and Norman Gimbel from its interpretation by the Fugees and Lauryn Hill ...

She was known for songs including The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, originally by Ewan MacColl, and Killing Me Softly With His ... and started classical piano lessons at the age of nine.

Roberta Flack, the Grammy Award-winning singer best known for “Killing Me Softly With His Song,” has died. She was 88. “We are heartbroken that the glorious Roberta Flack passed away this ...