who wrote the lyrics to killing me softly
Norman Gimbel
title: Killing Me Softly with His Song text: Killing Me Softly with His Song "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 the United States and Canada for Roberta Flack, also reaching number six in the UK Singles Chart. The song has been covered by many artists; the version by the Fugees won the 1997 Grammy for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal. According to Lori Lieberman, who performed the title: Killing Me Softly with His Song text: original recording in 1971, the song was born of a poem she wrote after experiencing a strong reaction to the Don McLean song "Empty Chairs", writing some poetic ideas on a napkin at the Troubadour Club after seeing him perform the song, and then relating this information to Norman Gimbel, who took her feelings and converted them into song lyrics. Gimbel passed his lyrics to Charles Fox, who set them to music. According to Gimbel, he was introduced to the Argentinian-born composer Lalo Schifrin (then of "" fame) and began writing songs to a number of Schifrin's films. Both Gimbel title: Norman Gimbel text: Roberta Flack sang a cover of "Killing Me Softly with His Song". Co-written with Charles Fox, it was originally written for LA bistro singer Lori Lieberman after she shared a poem with them that she had written after seeing Don McLean live in concert. The song won him his second Grammy Award for Song of the Year. The same year his and Fox's "I Got a Name", recorded by Jim Croce, from the 1973 film "The Last American Hero," was voted "Best Film Song" by the Young New York Film Critics. In 1979 he had his only Emmy nomination for title: Killing Me Softly with His Song text: that sample.'" They then added a bass reggae drop. Initially, the Fugees wanted to change the lyrics of the song to make it anti-drugs and anti-poverty but the songwriters, Norman Gimbel and Charles Fox, refused. The Fugees' version features "percussive rhythms" with "a synth sitar sound, Wyclef's blurted chants, Hill's vocal melisma on the scatted bridge, and a bombastic drum-loop track". In January 1997, "Spin" called the song "an instant classic, pumped out of every passing car from coast to coast, with Lauryn Hill's timeless voice never losing its poignant kick". Celebrating the album's 20th anniversary in February 2016, "Billboard" title: Killing Me Softly with His Song text: Flack won the 1973 Grammy Award for Record of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female, for the single, with Gimbel and Fox earning the Song of the Year Grammy. In 1996 a house remix of Flack's version went to number one on the US dance chart. In 1999 Flack's version was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. It ranked number 360 on "Rolling Stone"s list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time and number 82 on "Billboard"s greatest songs of all time. Hip hop group Fugees covered the Flack version of the song (as "Killing Me