“By the time she had landed she had listened to Killing Me Softly about four times and scribbled down all the lyrics and all of the chord changes, and she felt that she could do something with ...

Grammy Award winner Roberta Flack, whose tranquil ballads and 1970s songs such as “Killing Me Softly With His Song ... songs told stories that struck a chord with listeners.

“Killing Me Softly with His Song” (1973 ... only to end this breathless encounter on a major chord and a hastened beat. Wow. “I Can See the Sun in Late December” (1975) Several of Stevie ...