"Killing Me Softly with His Song" has one of the longest ... Wyclef Jean or Pras Michael. It was essentially formulating the ...

Roberta Flack so completely owned “Killing Me Softly with His Song” — her signature tune that topped the charts in 1973 — it’s hard to believe that it wasn’t actually her song originally.

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

The following year her gentle, pure voice charmed middle America once again when Killing Me Softly with His Song reached the top of the charts and ran off with another Grammy for single of the year.

I hesitate to admit that I always thought that Killing Me Softly was a lightweight bit of adult contemporary pop, but it turns out that there is far more to the song - and its singer - than ...

Roberta Flack, the beloved, Grammy-winning 1970s singer best known for such hits as “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” and “Killing Me Softly ... musician Michael Henderson on the ...

10:31 a.m. Feb. 24, 2025: This story was updated with additional details. NEW YORK — Roberta Flack, the Grammy-winning singer and pianist whose intimate vocal and musical style on “Killing Me ...

Legendary pop and R&B vocalist Roberta Flack, known for hits like "Killing Me Softly" and "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face," has passed away at 88, her publicist confirmed. Flack died at home ...

Roberta Flack, the legendary R&B songstress who rocketed to international stardom with the unforgettable smash hit “Killing Me Softly,” has died. She was 88. No cause of death was given at the ...

CREDIT: Michael Putland/Getty Images After graduating ... That same year her ‘Killing Me Softly’ album saw her take home Record of the Year and Best Female Pop Performance at the 1974 Grammys ...