Killing Me Softly With His Song - Muziek
Killing Me Softly With His Song by Roberta Flack
Roberta Flack
Biografie van de kunstenaar Roberta Flack
Roberta Flack Born Roberta Cleopatra Flack On 10th February 1937 In Black Mountain North Carolina Is An American Singer And Musician. She Is Known For Her Classic #1 Singles "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" "Killing Me Softly With His Song" And "Feel Like Makin' Love" And For "Where Is The Love" And "The Closer I Get To You" Two Of Her Many Duets With Donny Hathaway. Flack Was The First Solo Artist To Win The Grammy Award For Record Of The Year On Two Consecutive Years "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" Won At The 1973 Grammys As Did "Killing Me Softly With His Song" At The 1974 Grammys. Flack Performs In The Areas Of Jazz Soul And Folk And Is Best Known For Singles Such As "Killing Me Softly With His Song" Which Won The 1974 Grammy For Record Of The Year And "Where Is The Love" Which Was One Of Her Many Duets With Donny Hathaway. Flack Began Her Professional Career Recording For Atlantic Records Without Much Success Until One Of Her Earliest Recordings "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" 1969 Was Included On The Soundtrack To Clint Eastwood's Directorial Debut Play Misty For Me It Became A Number-One Hit In 1972.
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Roberta-Flack - Killing Me Softly
Lori Lieberman Was The First To Record "Killing Me Softly With His Song" In 1971. It Became A Bigger Hit When Covered By Roberta Flack In 1973. Her Version Won Three Grammy Awards Song Of The Year Record Of The Year And Best Pop Vocal Performance By A Female Performer And It Was Number One On The Billboard Hot 100 For 4 Weeks. It Was Replaced By "Love Train" By The O'Jays Then Returned To The Top Of The U.S. Charts For Another Week. In 1999 Flack's Version Was Inducted Into The Grammy Hall Of Fame. Flack's Version Ranked #360 On Rolling Stone's List Of The 500 Greatest Songs Of All Time. Flack's Version Also Ranked At #82 On Billboard's Greatest Songs Of All Time. Lori Lieberman Saw Don McLean Singing His Composition "Empty Chairs" In Concert. Afterwards Lieberman Wrote A Poem Titled "Killing Me Softly With His Blues" Which Became The Basis For The Song "Killing Me Softly With His Song" Written By Norman Gimbel And Charles Fox.
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Biography - Roberta Flack
Roberta Flack Born Roberta Cleopatra Flack On 10th February 1937 In Black Mountain North Carolina Is An American Singer And Musician. She Is Known For Her Classic #1 Singles "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" "Killing Me Softly With His Song" And "Feel Like Makin' Love" And For "Where Is The Love" And "The Closer I Get To You" Two Of Her Many Duets With Donny Hathaway. Flack Was The First Solo Artist To Win The Grammy Award For Record Of The Year On Two Consecutive Years "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" Won At The 1973 Grammys As Did "Killing Me Softly With His Song" At The 1974 Grammys. Flack Performs In The Areas Of Jazz Soul And Folk And Is Best Known For Singles Such As "Killing Me Softly With His Song" Which Won The 1974 Grammy For Record Of The Year And "Where Is The Love" Which Was One Of Her Many Duets With Donny Hathaway. Flack Began Her Professional Career Recording For Atlantic Records Without Much Success Until One Of Her Earliest Recordings "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" 1969 Was Included On The Soundtrack To Clint Eastwood's Directorial Debut Play Misty For Me It Became A Number-One Hit In 1972.
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Lori Lieberman was the first to record "Killing Me Softly with His Song" in 1971.
It became a bigger hit when covered by Roberta Flack in 1973. Her version won three Grammy Awards: Song of the Year, Record of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Female Performer and it was number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 4 weeks. It was replaced by "Love Train" by The O'Jays, then returned to the top of the U.S. charts for another week. In 1999 Flack's version was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
Flack's version ranked #360 on Rolling Stone's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
Flack's version also ranked at #82 on Billboard's Greatest Songs of all time.
Lori Lieberman saw Don McLean singing his composition "Empty Chairs" in concert. Afterwards, Lieberman wrote a poem titled "Killing Me Softly with His Blues", which became the basis for the song "Killing Me Softly with His Song" written by Norman Gimbel and Charles Fox. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.