The backstory for "Killing Me Softly"
March 17, 1973
Roberta Flack spends her fourth of five straight weeks at #1 with “Killing Me Softly With His Song” which went on to be one of the Top 500 Songs of the Rock Era according to Rolling Stone. The song won Flack a 1974 Grammy for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance and Record of the Year. The back story is quite different however, because the song was origina…
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