Flack won two Grammys for "Killing Me Softly with His Song": record of the year and best pop vocal performance, female in ...

Roberta Flack did not write Killing Me Softly. There is some dispute about who did. Two music industry veterans were involved ...

Roberta Flack's intimate vocal and musical style on "Killing Me Softly with His Song" and other hits made her one of the top ...

Flack's music was introduced to a new generation in the '90s thanks to the Fugees. With Lauryn Hill on lead vocals, their ...

Roberta Flack, the R&B singer behind the landmark hits 'The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face' and 'Killing Me Softly With His ...

What she gave to that song was … something I never, ever could have imagined,” said Lori Lieberman, who originally released ...

Flack won two Grammys for "Killing Me Softly with His Song": record of the year and best pop vocal performance, female in 1973. The Fugees would record the song over 20 years later with Lauryn ...

The Fugees released a hit remake of “Killing Me Softly with His Song” in 1996. Corbis/VCG via Getty Images “They would never have recorded the song from my version,” said Lieberman.

Flack transformed the song from a pop/folk tune to one that drew from a wide range of American music forms – pop, soul and jazz.

Lauryn Hill has penned a tribute to the late Roberta Flack, whose "Killing Me Softly With His Song" inspired the hit version recorded by the Fugees.

One singer made “Killing Me Softly” iconic, while the other was left out of its history. Later in life, they came together.