Name that song
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Not lyrics, but a song question:
Roberta Flack recorded "Killing me softly with His Song", who FIRST recorded it? HINT: "His song" was actually "Her Song."
The winner of this question gets a free beer from me if they show up at the May 17, Gettysburg, PA, G2G.
PS: Don't look it up on the Internet, see if you know it off the top of your head.
Roberta Flack recorded "Killing me softly with His Song", who FIRST recorded it? HINT: "His song" was actually "Her Song."
The winner of this question gets a free beer from me if they show up at the May 17, Gettysburg, PA, G2G.
PS: Don't look it up on the Internet, see if you know it off the top of your head.
Last edited by MWG2; Jan 13, 2008 at 03:48 PM. Reason: Add PS
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"Killing Me Softly with His Song" is a 1971 song composed by Charles Fox and Norman Gimbel. The song was inspired by a poem by Lori Lieberman, "Killing Me Softly with His Blues", which she wrote after seeing a then-unknown Don McLean perform the song Empty Chairs live.
Lieberman was the first to record Fox and Gimbel's song, in 1971, but it became a bigger hit when covered by Roberta Flack in 1973. Her version won 3 Grammys: Song of the Year, Record of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Female Performer and it was number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 4 weeks. It was replaced by "Love Train" by the The O'Jays, then returned to the top of the U.S. charts for another week. In 1999 Flack's version was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
:)
Lieberman was the first to record Fox and Gimbel's song, in 1971, but it became a bigger hit when covered by Roberta Flack in 1973. Her version won 3 Grammys: Song of the Year, Record of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Female Performer and it was number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 4 weeks. It was replaced by "Love Train" by the The O'Jays, then returned to the top of the U.S. charts for another week. In 1999 Flack's version was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
:)
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I dont find any reference to them singing that song. But many references to the song being writtin in 1971 by Charles Fox and Norman Gimbel. I find a reference to Perry Como doing a cover with the lyric change...
Kingston Trio does not list that song on any album in their discogrphy ???????
Kingston Trio does not list that song on any album in their discogrphy ???????
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Not lyrics, but a song question:
Roberta Flack recorded "Killing me softly with His Song", who FIRST recorded it? HINT: "His song" was actually "Her Song."
The winner of this question gets a free beer from me if they show up at the May 17, Gettysburg, PA, G2G.
PS: Don't look it up on the Internet, see if you know it off the top of your head.
Roberta Flack recorded "Killing me softly with His Song", who FIRST recorded it? HINT: "His song" was actually "Her Song."
The winner of this question gets a free beer from me if they show up at the May 17, Gettysburg, PA, G2G.
PS: Don't look it up on the Internet, see if you know it off the top of your head.
"Killing Me Softly with His Song" is a 1971 song composed by Charles Fox and Norman Gimbel. The song was inspired by a poem by Lori Lieberman, "Killing Me Softly with His Blues", which she wrote after seeing a then-unknown Don McLean perform the song Empty Chairs live.
Lieberman was the first to record Fox and Gimbel's song, in 1971, but it became a bigger hit when covered by Roberta Flack in 1973. Her version won 3 Grammys: Song of the Year, Record of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Female Performer and it was number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 4 weeks. It was replaced by "Love Train" by the The O'Jays, then returned to the top of the U.S. charts for another week. In 1999 Flack's version was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
:)
Lieberman was the first to record Fox and Gimbel's song, in 1971, but it became a bigger hit when covered by Roberta Flack in 1973. Her version won 3 Grammys: Song of the Year, Record of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Female Performer and it was number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 4 weeks. It was replaced by "Love Train" by the The O'Jays, then returned to the top of the U.S. charts for another week. In 1999 Flack's version was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
:)
Word for word!!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing..._with_His_Song
