Lauryn Hill and the Fugees covered Roberta Flack's "Killing Me Softly with His Song," bringing the ballad to a new generation ...
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.
Roberta Flack did not write Killing Me Softly. There is some dispute about who did. Two music industry veterans were involved ...
Flack won two Grammys for "Killing Me Softly with His Song": record of the year and best pop vocal performance, female in ...
For the last 40 years, Flack owned and lived in an apartment in none other than The Dakota, one of New York City's most famed apartment buildings, known for its impressive architecture and rich ...
What she gave to that song was … something I never, ever could have imagined,” said Lori Lieberman, who originally released ...
From hits like “Killing Me Softly With His Song” and “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” to era-defining Donny Hathaway ...
The Grammy Award-winning artist and educator had shared an ALS diagnosis in 2022. She was best known for ballads such as "Killing Me Softly With His Song" and "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face." ...
NEW YORK — In an era where popular music is fluid, it is easy to forget the listening world was not always so open. Unless, ...
Roberta Flack, the legendary R&B songstress who rocketed to international stardom with the unforgettable smash hit "Killing Me Softly," has died.
Artist also known for The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face and duets with Donny Hathaway and Peabo Bryson had suffered a stroke in 2016 ...
The Grammy Award-winning artist and educator had shared an ALS diagnosis in 2022. She was best known for ballads such as ...