Did Vicki Lawrence do the first version of "Killing Me Softly?"

[Taverner]

Or was she covering it too?

[Lyric]

1. I thought Roberta Flack did it first

I could be wrong

[Bjornsdotter]

2. Roberta Flack

....sang it in the early 70's and had a hit with it.

Cheers

[usaftmo]

8. Definitely Roberta Flack.

We went to high school in the same county. Arlington County, Virginia :woohoo:

[Left Is Write]

3. No, she didn't. Both her version and Roberta Flack's version were remakes, but

it was Roberta's version that became a hit. They're both from 1973.

[EOTE]

4. Remakes of who's version?

I was under the impression that Roberta Flack wrote the song in response to hearing Don McLean's "American Pie". No?

[Left Is Write]

5. No.

Here's the info on the song's origins:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_Me_Softly_with_His_Song


Vicki Lawrence's version was on the 1973 album The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia. I have no idea if it was ever released as a single, but it never hit the Billboard charts if it was.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

6. Lori Lieberman recorded it first

and it was inspired by Don McLean's "Empty Chairs"

Here's the Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_Me_Softly_with_His_Song

[lies and propaganda]

7. I was like 'Mama? from Mama's Family?"

doink