"Killing Me Softly with His Song" was inspired by a poem Lieberman wrote after hearing Don McClean perform "Empty Chairs" Paul Bergen/Redferns; Jim Spellman/WireImage Lori Lieberman is remembering ...

For decades, nobody really knew Lori Lieberman’s secret. Sure, the singer was the first to record “Killing Me Softly With His Song” in 1972, but it wasn’t until Roberta Flack covered it a ...

For decades, nobody really knew Lori Lieberman’s secret. Sure, the singer was the first to record “Killing Me Softly With His Song” in 1972, but it wasn’t until Roberta Flack covered it a ...

Flack’s version of the song, which was composed by Charles Fox and written by Lori Lieberman and Norman Gimbel, earned her two Grammys. US songwriter Lieberman told the PA news agency that Flack ...

Flack’s version of the song, which was composed by Charles Fox and written by Lori Lieberman and Norman Gimbel, earned her two Grammys. Roberta Flack backstage at the Grammy Awards in Los ...

Penned by Charles Fox and Norman Gimbel, the number was inspired by singer Lori Lieberman’s reaction to a performance by pop folkie Don McLean. Lieberman’s 1971 recording of the tune failed to ...

The very next year, Flack's "Killing Me Softly With His Song" — another cover given new life by her expressive interpretation (Lori Lieberman first recorded it in 1971) — took home a Grammy in ...