Music History Week: The True Story of "Killing Me Softly With His Song"

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Strong Reception with Eli James

Eli James

15 episodes

2 months ago

Welcome to Strong Reception with Eli James. This podcast covers a whole host of subjects, ranging from election reform in New York City to the history of cover songs. It's for the civic-minded, the historically curious and those who love exclaiming, "I didn't know that!" Hear a range of great interviews with those who know their stuff, and those who are trying to change stuff.

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Music History Week: The True Story of "Killing Me Softly With His Song"

Strong Reception with Eli James

48 minutes 22 seconds

5 years ago

Music History Week: The True Story of "Killing Me Softly With His Song"

Fugees. Flack. Lieberman? The wonderfully talented yet woefully unheralded singer-songwriter Lori Lieberman explains how she conceived, co-wrote and was the first to record the '70s (and '90s) classic "Killing Me Softly With His Song" — without ever getting a songwriting credit, and while under the thumb of a domineering management team that tried to suppress her story and her career. In this interview, Lori and I talk about her early years as a recording and touring artist in the '70s, her return to what is now a thriving music career after a long time away, and her extraordinary voice, which, after many years in the shadows, is finally being heard.

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