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

“It was a guitar-based ... she heard ‘Killing Me Softly,’ and it resonated with her.” While listening to the song multiple times on the flight, Flack began taking notes to make her own ...

That Bb7 chord is an interesting twist; it’s from outside the key of Ab major, and I’ll talk about it more below. The final “killing me softly” is the more conventional four bars long ...

Here, we honor Roberta Flack, who died on Feb. 24 at age 88, by looking at the singer’s second of three No. 1 hits as a recording artist: the instant standard “Killing Me Softly With His Song.” ...

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.

“Killing Me Softly With His Song” is iconic in its ... “No Tears (In the End)” includes some funky electric guitar, courtesy of Eric Gale. Flack’s voice builds in the second verse ...

Flack scanned the list of audio selections and learned that the composition, “Killing Me Softly With His Song ... The singer jotted some notes and impressions on a napkin.