who's the original singer of killing me softly
Killing Me Softly with His Song According to Lori Lieberman, who performed the original recording in 1971, the song was born of a poem she wrote after experiencing a strong reaction to the Don McLean song "Empty Chairs",[1][2][3] writing some poetic ideas on a napkin at the Troubadour Club after seeing McLean perform the song,[4] then related this information to Gimbel, who took her feelings and put them into words. Then Gimbel passed the words to Fox, who set them to music.[5]