Here, we honor Roberta Flack ... “Killing Me Softly With His Song,” was written by Norman Gimbel and Charles Fox. Gimbel was then best-known for writing English-language lyrics to such ...

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.

Singer Roberta Flack ... Time Ever I Saw Your Face" in his 1971 movie Play Misty For Me, Flack's popularity soared. The string of albums that followed — Chapter Two, Quiet Fire, Killing Me Softly, ...

Roberta Flack, the voice behind beloved renditions of modern standards like “Killing Me Softly With His Song” and “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face,” has died. “We are heartbroken ...

ELIZABETH BLAIR, BYLINE: Roberta Flack sang with clarity and tenderness. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "KILLING ME SOFTLY WITH HIS SONG") ROBERTA FLACK: (Singing) Strumming my pain with his fingers.

Legendary pop/R&B vocalist Roberta Flack, who was launched to stardom in the early ’70s by the Grammy-winning hits “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” and “Killing Me Softly With His ...

Roberta Flack ... according to a spokesperson. Flack, known for number 1 singles such as “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face,” “Killing Me Softly with His Song,” and “Feel Like Makin ...

Roberta Flack could have ... old singer named Lori Lieberman. Flack scanned the list of audio selections and learned that the composition, “Killing Me Softly With His Song,” was written ...

This story originally appeared on NPR. Singer Roberta Flack, who broke through as one of the most important and beloved singers of the 1970s and beyond with a sound that combined soul, jazz, rock and ...