Lori Lieberman

Lori Lieberman (born November 15, 1951) is an American singer. She was born in Los Angeles and grew up in Switzerland, and signed a deal with Capitol Records in the early 1970s. Her self-titled debut album featured the tune "Killing Me Softly with His Song", written by composers Charles Fox and Norman Gimbel after Lieberman saw Don McLean in concert, .^[1][2] Fox and Gimbel developed the tune for Lieberman, and it would go on to be a chart-topping single for Roberta Flack in 1973. Lieberman released several albums on Capitol in the 1970s and also provided music for the Schoolhouse Rock TV show in the late '70s and early '80s. In the 1980s Lieberman receded from the industry and had three children; in the mid-1990s she began recording again for independent labels.

Discography

• Lori Lieberman (Capitol Records, 1972)
• Becoming (Capitol, 1973) US #192^[3]
• Piece of Time (Capitol, 1974)
• Straw Colored Girl
• Letting Go (Millennium, 1978)
• A Thousand Dreams (live) (Pope Music, 1995)
• Home of Whispers (Pope Music, 1996)
• Gone is the Girl (Pope Music, 1998)
• Monterey (Drive On, 2003)
• Gun Metal Sky (Drive On, 2009)
• Takes Courage (V2 Records, 2010)
• "Bend Like Steel" (Drive On Records, 2011)

References

1. ^ Article reproduced under blog entry "Killing Me Softly With His Song" on Don McLean official Web site (www.don-mclean.com).
2. ^ Biography, Allmusic.com
3. ^ Billboard, Allmusic.com

External links

• Official website

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