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Roberta, A.J. and Chuck

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Marc Myers
Aug 03, 2019
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Last week in
The Wall Street Journal, my "Anatomy of a Song" column explored the evolution of Killing Me Softly With His Song (go here). I interviewed Charles Fox, the song's composer; Lori Lieberman, the first artist to record the song; and Roberta Flack, whose fascinating rendition climbed to #1 on Billboard's pop chart for five weeks in 1973 and won …

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