Killing Me Softly With Her Song

Music by Charles Fox and lyrics by Norman Gimbel , 1973

Fox-Gimbel Productions ~ BMI

 

Arranged by Bergen White

Produced by Chet Atkins

 

Recorded in RCA Victor's "Nashville Sound" Studio, Nashville, Tennessee

Recording Engineer: Tom Pick

Recording Technicians: Roy Shockley and Milton Henderson

Released in Stereo & and QuadraDisc 4-Channel

Recording Time 4:28

Recorded March 27th, 1973  ~ Matrix No. CWA4-1271 Take 1 +

 

Over Dub April 4th, 1973  ~ Matrix No. CWA4-1271 Take O.D.

'I enjoy some of the newer things', Perry said recently. 'But you have to work at these tunes. They're more complicated than the old ones. After a while you see how much there is in them'. And this beautiful song is an excellent example of the 'newer things' Perry spoke of. It was voted a Grammy as song of the year in 1973 and was a smash hit for Roberta Flack, whose recording of it earned two more Grammys — one for Record of the Year and another for Best Pop Vocal Female Performance. It was written by the bright young team of Norman Gimbel and Charles Fox. ( notes from "The Incomparable Como" Readers Digest UK compilation 1975 )

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