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Lieberman, Roberta Flack and Killing Me Softly

How Roberta Flack helped Lori Lieberman finally stake her claim to ‘Killing Me Softly’

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

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Lori Lieberman, Who First Sang 'Killing Me Softly with His Song,' Reacts to Roberta Flack's Death: 'Endless Gratitude'

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 Hill singing lead vocals, breathing new life into the breakup ballad.

New York Post on MSN · 3d

How Roberta Flack made ‘Killing Me Softly’ her own — and changed original singer Lori Lieberman’s life: ‘I have endless gratitude’

What she gave to that song was … something I never, ever could have imagined,” said Lori Lieberman, who originally released “Killing Me Softly with His Song” in 1972.

Lauryn Hill, Roberta Flack

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Lauryn Hill Will 'Forever Be Grateful' to Late Singer Roberta Flack: 'Rest in Grace Beloved One'

Lauryn Hill paid tribute to Roberta Flack in a heartfelt Instagram post. Hill covered Flack's 1973 song "Killing Me Softly with His Song," bringing the breakup ballad to a younger audience in 1996.

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Lauryn Hill Pays Tribute to Roberta Flack: ‘One of the Purest Voices’

Flack "moved me and showed me through her own creative choices and standards what else was possible within the idiom of Soul," Fugees singer writes

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Lauryn Hill Shares Eulogy For Roberta Flack

Roberta Flack, best known for “Killing Me Softly With His Song,” passed away at 88. Today, Lauryn Hill, who famously covered that 1973 hit with the Fugees in 1996, shared a eulogy for the R&B icon.

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Roberta Flack obituary: The trainee opera singer whose career was transformed by Clint Eastwood's Play Misty for Me

Roberta Flack, who has died at 88, was a Grammy-winning singer known for hits including The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, originally by the British folk singer Ewan MacColl, and Killing Me ...

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Oprah Winfrey hails Roberta Flack for creating ‘soundtrack to our lives’

Oprah Winfrey has thanked Roberta Flack for creating “the soundtrack to our lives” after the soul singer’s death at the age ...

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Remembering Roberta Flack: 8 timeless hits to salute an unrivaled talent

In an era where popular music is fluid, it is easy to forget the listening world was not always so open. Unless, of course, ...

Roberta Flack, Virtuoso Singer-Pianist Who Ruled the Charts, Dies at 88

With majestic anthems like “Killing Me Softly” and “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face,” Ms. Flack, a former schoolteacher, ...

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