Killing Me Softly With His Song

1972 · via Fugees

Agnes Chan’s 1972 recording of “Killing Me Softly With His Song” is the earliest release on file. Charles Fox and Norman Gimbel are credited as its writers. Also recorded by Roberta Flack (released 1973), Howard Carpendale (released 1978) and Lori Lieberman (released 1976), among 361 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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Fugees were not the first to carry this one; Agnes Chan had it on record in 1972, a good while before them. Play hers, then theirs, and listen to how much road a song can cover.

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Credited writers: Charles Fox and Norman Gimbel.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1972.

Other recordings on file · first release year

Roberta Flack1973
Anne Murray1973
John Holt1973
Johnny Mathis1973
Perry Como1973
Shirley Bassey1973
Dottie West1973
Andy Williams1974
Lori Lieberman1976
Howard Carpendale1978
Fugees1996
Ms. Lauryn Hill2005

361 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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