Perry Como Live - Killing Me Softly with Her Song

Julie on Sesame Street. November 23, 1973 “Killing Me Softly with His Song“ is a song composed by Charles Fox with lyrics by Norman Gimbel. The song was written in collaboration with Lori Lieberman, who recorded the song in late 1971. In 1973 it became a number-one hit, in US and Canada, for Roberta Flack, also reaching number six in the UK Singles Chart. The song has since been covered by numerous artists. ’I enjoy some of the newer things’, Perry said recently. ’But you have to work at these tunes. They’re more complicated than the old ones. After a while you see how much there is in them’. And this beautiful song is an excellent example of the ’newer things’ Perry spoke of. It was voted a Grammy as song of the year in 1973 and was a smash hit for Roberta Flack, whose recording of it earned two more Grammys — one for Record of the Year and another for Best Pop Vocal Female Performance. It was written by the bright young team of Norman Gimbel and Charles Fox.