One singer made “Killing Me Softly” iconic, while the other was left out of its history. Later in life, they came together.

It was a guitar-based folk song,” Lieberman, 73, said about the 1971 song that Flack recorded in January 1973. "My version was a small folk song."Flack won two Grammys for "Killing Me Softly with His Song": record of the year and best pop vocal performance,

"What she gave to that song was ... something I never, ever could have imagined,” said Lori Lieberman, who originally released "Killing Me Softly with His Song" in 1972.