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The Fugees members, Wonder, Rev. Al Sharpton, ... Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean and Stevie Wonder perform ‘Killing Me Softly with His Song’ at Roberta Flack’s memorial service .

Yes, “Killing Me Softly With His Song” won the Grammy Award for Record of the Year in 1974. Casey Monroe Casey focuses on writing about singers and vocal performers.

The name changed to “Killing Me Softly with His Song,” and it became the last track on Lieberman’s first record with Capital Records, released in 1972. The song did not chart. Advertisement ...

In 1996, ‘Killing Me Softly with His Song’, was reinvented by the Fugees with lead vocalist Lauryn Hill. ‘Where Is the Love’, a duet with Donny Hathaway, brings together their two ...

Lauryn Hill and the Fugees covered Roberta Flack's "Killing Me Softly with His Song," bringing the ballad to a new generation Sarah Morris/Getty; Ann Limongello/Disney General Entertainment ...

Most of Killing Me Softly is in Ab major, and it uses five chords from that key: Abmaj7, Bbm7, Dbmaj7, Eb7 and Fm7. There are three sections in the song, the first of which is the chorus.

The other secondary dominant in Killing Me Softly is Bb7, which takes us temporarily into the key of Eb. This a much milder dissonance; it’s more like expecting strawberry jam and getting marmalade.

Here's the story of Roberta Flack’s “Killing Me Softly With His Song,” her second of three No. 1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100.

Speaking to The New York Post, Lieberman, who was the first to sing "Killing Me Softly with His Song," shared how Flack, who died on Monday, Feb. 24 at 88 years old, impacted her.

The Fugees released a hit remake of “Killing Me Softly with His Song” in 1996. Corbis/VCG via Getty Images “They would never have recorded the song from my version,” said Lieberman.