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Written by: Norman Gimbel, Charles Fox
Produced by: Joel Dorn
Released: Jan '73 on Atlantic
Charts: 16 weeks
Top spot: No. 1

Inspired by a Don McLean gig at L.A.'s Troubadour, folk singer Lori Lieberman jotted down the idea for the song, then took it to Gimbel and Fox (of Happy Days fame). Flack heard Lieberman's recording on an in-flight radio station and "absolutely freaked," she said. She tracked down the songwriters, then spent three months in the studio with Dorn perfecting the track.

Appears on: Killing Me Softly (Atlantic)

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