Killing Me Softly
"Killing Me Softly with His Song" is a 1971 song composed by Charles Fox and Norman Gimbel. Roberta Flack's 1973 version won three Grammy Awards: 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 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.