- Who Wrote Killing Me Softly
- Killing Me Softly Original Song
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- Song Killing Me Softly With His Song
Watch Killing Me Softly With His Song (Alternate Version), video video by Fugees on TIDAL. Home Featured About. Login Start Free Trial Start Free. Along with expertly curated playlists and original content — making it a trusted source for music and culture. Watch Killing Me Softly With His Song (Alternate Version), video video. Killing Me Softly With His Song, which was a number 1 single for both Roberta Flack and later the Fugees, was composed by Charles Fox and the lyrics written by Norman Gimbel.
Roberta Flack was the first to make the song POPULAR, but shewas far from being the first person to sing it. So here is a briefhistory of how this song came to be:
The original artist to perform 'Killing ME Softly(With HisSong)' was folk singer Lori Lieberman.
Lieberman wrote a poem titled 'Killing Me Softly With HisBlues', based on her experiences of seeing Don McLean in concert,performing 'Empty Chairs'(not 'American Pie', as commonlybelieved).
Lori presented her poem to the songwriting team of NormanGimlbel and Charles Fox, who turned her poem into a song especiallyfor her. The song was included on Lieberman's self titled debutalbum. Other artists to record and/or release the song before Flackinclude Hysear Don Walker(instrumental), Anne Murray(on her'Danny's Song' album), and Bobby Goldsboro, with little or nofanfare.
Flack was on a plane, when she happened to listen to Lieberman'soriginal recording,via special headphone, that containedprerecorded music. Roberta loved the song so much, that, when shelanded, she knew she wanted to record it. Her cover version becamea million sellar earning 'Record Of The Year' Award.
Though Flack's version was the most popular, to me Lieberman'soriginal will always be the definitive version.
Posted by Chris Mulwee Feb. 23rd, 2011
When was Killing Me Softly with His Song created?
Killing Me Softly with His Song was created on 1996-05-31.
Who wrote the lyrics for the song 'Killing Me Softly With His Song'?
Killing Me Softly With His Song, which was a number 1 single for both Roberta Flack and later the Fugees, was composed by Charles Fox and the lyrics written by Norman Gimbel.
What was the number 1 song on March 7 1973?
What does the song Killing Me Softly mean?
The lyrics of this song mean killing someone by breaking their heart , nothing physical at all. The song is sung by Roberta Flack .
Which song was Number 1 in the charts on 16 March 1973?
What was the number one pop music song on March 8 1973?
What was the first song Elton John sang?
The first song he sang that was recorded was Scarecrow.
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What was the first song Demi Lovato sang in camp rock?
the first song that was played that she sang was who will i be but the first one that she actually in person sang is this is me
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The first song they sang and wrote was What Makes You Beautiful
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Number one song march 15th 1973?
'Killing Me Softly With His Song' by Roberta Flack was the number 1 hit song on March 15, 1973.
Well known song that starts with a k?
kansas city keep on lovin you keep on truckin killing me softly with his song kind of a drag
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the first song she sang that made her famous was 'Pon de Replay'
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Released | August 1, 1973 | |||
Genre | Pop, blues[1], R&B[2] | |||
Length | 40:57 | |||
Label | Atlantic | |||
Producer | Joel Dorn | |||
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Killing Me Softly is a studio album by American singer-songwriter Roberta Flack, released on August 1, 1973, by Atlantic Records.[3] She recorded the album with producer Joel Dorn for 18 months.[4]
Killing Me Softly reached number three on the BillboardTop LPs & Tape and number two on the Soul LPs chart.[5] The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) certified the album gold on August 27, 1973, and double platinum on January 30, 2006, denoting shipments of two million copies in the United States.[3] It was nominated for a Grammy Award for Album of the Year, which it lost to Stevie Wonder's 1973 album Innervisions.[citation needed] The album's title track was released as a single and topped the Billboard Hot 100.[5] It won the 1974 Grammy Award for Record of the Year.[citation needed]
Critical reception[edit]
In a contemporary review for the Chicago Tribune, Clarence Page said Killing Me Softly has a hit title track and 'other potential hits, adding up to one of [Flack's] better albums'.[6]John S. Wilson, writing in The New York Times, felt that Flack and producer Joel Dorn 'have resisted the pitfalls of overproducing that you would suppose such a long gestation period would induce'.[4]Billboard called the record a 'delicate, introspective work' by Flack, whom the magazine deemed a 'masterful interpreter of clean lyrics fusing a sophisticated pop sound with that dark side of the blues'.[1]
Robert Christgau was less impressed in Creem, giving Killing Me Softly a 'C' while comparing Flack negatively to Jesse Colin Young because she also 'always makes you wonder whether she's going to fall asleep before you do'.[7] In a retrospective review, The Rolling Stone Album Guide (1992) gave the record two-and-a-half out of five stars and found its music 'innocuous'.[8]AllMusic's Ron Wynn gave it four and a half stars in his retrospective review, writing that the album 'continued in the same tradition as Chapter Two and Quiet Fire', featuring 'simmering ballads, declarative message songs, and better-than-average up-tempo numbers'.[9]
Track listing[edit]
- 'Killing Me Softly with His Song' (Charles Fox, Norman Gimbel) 4:49
- 'Jesse' (Janis Ian) 4:03
- 'No Tears (In the End)' (Ralph MacDonald, William Salter) 4:56
- 'I'm the Girl' (James Alan Shelton) 4:55
- 'River' (Gene McDaniels) 5:03
- 'Conversation Love' (Terry Plumeri, Bill Seighman) 3:43
- 'When You Smile' (Ralph MacDonald, William Salter) 3:44
- 'Suzanne' (Leonard Cohen) 9:44
Who Wrote Killing Me Softly
Personnel[edit]
Credits are adapted from AllMusic.[10]
- Roberta Flack – arranger, piano, vocals
- Deodato – conductor, string arrangements
- William Eaton – brass arrangement
- Alfred Ellis – brass arrangement, conductor
- Kermit Moore – arranger, cello
- Don Sebesky – conductor, horn arrangements, string arrangements
- Eric Gale – guitar
- Ron Carter – bass
- Grady Tate – drums
- Ralph MacDonald – congas, percussion, tambourine
- Technical
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Killing Me Softly Original Song
- Bob Liftin – engineer
- Gene Paul – engineer
- Barry Diament – mastering
- Rod Dyer – design
- Burt Goldblatt – photography
- David Redfern – inside photo
- Jack Shaw – associate producer
Charts[edit]
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Chart (1973) | Peak position[5] |
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U.S. BillboardSoul LPs | 2 |
U.S. BillboardTop LPs & Tape | 3 |
References[edit]
- ^ ab'Top Album Picks'. Billboard: 52. August 25, 1973. Retrieved May 18, 2013.
- ^'Killing Me Softly - Roberta Flack'. AllMusic. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
- ^ ab'Searchable Database'. Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH. Retrieved November 30, 2012.
- ^ abDove, Ian; Wilson, John S. (August 22, 1973). 'Records: The Rewards of Penderecki; Teresa Brewer Roberta Flack'. The New York Times. p. 43. Retrieved May 18, 2013.(subscription required)
- ^ abc'Killing Me Softly - Roberta Flack : Awards'. Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved November 30, 2012.
- ^'Sound: New Wonder in solid soulful realm'. Chicago Tribune. September 16, 1973. section 6, p. F11. Retrieved May 18, 2013.(subscription required)
- ^Christgau, Robert (December 1971). 'The Christgau Consumer Guide'. Creem. Retrieved November 30, 2012.
- ^Anthony DeCurtis, James Henke, Holly George-Warren (October 27, 1992). The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. p. 248. ISBN0679737294.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
- ^Wynn, Ron. 'Killing Me Softly - Roberta Flack'. AllMusic. Retrieved November 30, 2012.
- ^'Killing Me Softly - Roberta Flack : Credits'. AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved November 30, 2012.
External links[edit]
- Killing Me Softly at Discogs (list of releases)
Song Killing Me Softly With His Song
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