As people remember famed singer Roberta Flack, we meet the songwriter who wrote the lyrics to "Killing Me Softly": Lori Lieberman. Songwriter Lori Lieberman on writing lyrics for 'Killing Me Softly' ...

Roberta Flack so completely owned “Killing Me Softly with His Song” — her signature tune that topped the charts in 1973 — ...

“Killing Me Softly” not only made Rolling Stone’s list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, it made the list twice. The 1973 Roberta Flack hit is at Number 273, while the 1996 Fugees hit comes in at ...

In November of 1971, 19-year-old singer Lori Lieberman was coaxed by a friend into seeing McLean perform at the Troubadour in Los Angeles and found herself utterly moved by the “American Pie” singer’s ...

"Killing Me Softly with His Song" was inspired by a poem Lieberman wrote after hearing Don McClean perform "Empty Chairs" Paul Bergen/Redferns; Jim Spellman/WireImage Lori Lieberman is remembering ...

Parasocial relationships are often explored through the lens of celebrities and social media influencers, but well before our current era of online connection, Lori Lieberman captured this feeling of ...

Singer Roberta Flack died yesterday at the age of 88. She won two Record of the Year Grammys in a row in the 1970's with "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" and "Killing Me Softly with His Song." ...

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 Song,” has died ...

Wyclef Jean reflected on the success of one of the Fugees' biggest hits and how it benefited the original songwriter as much as it did them. The rapper made an appearance on an episode of the 85 South ...

Roberta Flack was inspired to remake "Killing Me Softly with His Song" after hearing Lori Lieberman's original on a flight from LA to New York. In fact, the classic — which won Flack her second ...