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

Once she had the lyrics, Lieberman met with Gimbel ... Record of the Year — in 1974. When the Fugees recorded their version of “Killing Me Softly with His Song” in 1996, it won the group ...

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.

Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean, Stevie Wonder and more honored their friend Roberta Flack with emotional performances at her recent memorial service in New York.

Roberta Flack's intimate vocal and musical style on "Killing Me Softly with His Song" and other hits made her one of the top recording artists of the 1970s and an influential performer long after.

Rapper and singer Lauryn Hill paid tribute to Roberta Flack at a public memorial service held in New York’s Abyssinian Baptist Church on March 10, 2025. Flack passed away on February 24, 2025.

My fellow Gen X-ers know Killing Me Softly best from the Fugees cover. Despite the very different musical setting, Lauryn Hill’s vocal follows Roberta Flack’s phrasing closely, and the music ...

Roberta Flack, best known for her '70s hits 'Killing Me Softly' (later covered by the Fugees) and 'The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face,' has died.