Killing Me Softly With His Song

…Your Face” (1972) and “Killing Me Softly with His Song” (1973), and for her duets with soul music singer Donny Hathaway “Where Is the Love” (1972) and “The Closer I Get to You” (1977). Flack excels at telling stories through her music, which draws on an eclectic variety of…

…Roberta Flack’s 1973 hit “Killing Me Softly with His Song,” was much better received, selling more than 18 million copies and earning two Grammy Awards. Hill, who had been pursuing a degree in history at Columbia University, abandoned her studies, and the group’s members decided to pursue their individual…