Killing me softly - There was a girl - Medley - Ray Conniff.flv

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[Sonnyarroyo]

@cmulwee001 YES, I LOVE LORI'S VERSION. BUT THIS VERSION HAS A DIFFERENT TEMPO AND A MEDLEY THAT MADE IT DIFFERENT FROM LORI'S VERSION. I ALSO LIKE THIS RCÇ VERSION. THANKS FOR POSTING.

[ep61611]

In my quest for this song a few years ago, I actually contacted Roberta Flack since hers was the most popular version (and the only person I knew who did it at the time). I insisted that she did the song while she insisted that she didn't.

Boy, do I feel like a fool now - I told her I'd prove it to her and send her a copy as son as I found it. She's still waiting to hear from me...

(sorry, Roberta - you were right and I was wrong)

[sct353]

@john54542 John, Ray also wrote a beautiful song called 'Here today and gone tomorrow' which is the closing track from the excellent 'Harmony' album. It's loaded up on Youtube already if you check it out. Wonderful performance from the singers.

[john54542]

@sct353 I also just discovered this about a month ago after buying a pile of Conniff LPs at Goodwill. To me this is one of the best songs he's ever recorded, which he also happened to write. It's a shame he didn't do more writing. I'm liking it more and more all the time. Anyway, surely there are many hidden gem songs from the past just waiting to be discovered. Thanks for chiming in.

[sct353]

@john54542 I couldn't agree more John. Heard this for the first time only weeks ago and was blown away by it. Where has it been all these years?

[john54542]

I never cared much for Roberta Flack's version of this song, but Conniff's version is outstanding, especially with the touching song "there was a girl" added, which to me is the real highlight here.

[ep61611]

This song is a link to a bygone era for me. This is the only version of the song that I heard while stationed in Berlin, Germany in 1973/74. After leaving Germany, it took over 30 years to find the song again.

The US Army no longer occupies Berlin like "back in the day". This song is the only link to those days and some of the greatest memories of my life. It will always be a special song for me.

[nmfeld]

I will always love this fantastic song of R/CONNIFF .., memories of my youth ...

[nlopezmanio]

Where ever you are in the world during the 60's & 70's, you'll love this music. In love, with family & friends. It's like a time machine that bring you back.

[cmulwee001]

Although best known in a version by Roberta Flack, "Killing Me Softly" was first recorded by then folk singer/songwriter Lori Lieberman, who was supposedly in her late teens when she recorded it. Lori wrote a poem based on her experiences of seeing Don McLean at the Troubador.

Check out Lieberman's original to hear where it all began