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Lauryn Hill Pays Tribute to Roberta Flack: ‘One of the Purest Voices’
Lauryn Hill has penned a tribute to the late Roberta Flack, whose "Killing Me Softly With His Song" inspired the hit version recorded by the Fugees.
Lauryn Hill has penned a tribute to the late Roberta Flack, whose rendition of “Killing Me Softly With His Song” inspired the hit version recorded decades later by the Fugees. The songs she recorded from ‘Compared To What’ to ‘The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face’ to her version of ‘Ballad Of The Sad Young Men’ fascinated me with their beauty and sophistication.” While Lieberman’s original wasn’t a big hit, Flack — who heard the song by chance on an airplane — turned it into a Number One smash, ultimately winning a Grammy for Record of the Year for her rendition in 1973.
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