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| From | Craig Leve <snapcracklepopster@gmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: The original version of "Killing Me Softly" by the composer, |
| Date | Sun, 24 Oct 2021 11:27:31 -0700 |
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Wow. Thanks for this Mike. Illuminating and kinda disappointing give how
much I love that song (and I Got a Name).
-craig
On Sun, Oct 24, 2021 at 8:44 AM Mike Bennett <mrhonorama@hotmail.com> wrote:
> It is a Gimbel/Fox song, but there is some controversy over how the song
> came to be. It seems undisputed that Gimbel had been playing around with
> the lyrics "killing" and "softly" together. He was having an affair with
> the 20 year old Lieberman, who Gimbel and Fox had signed to a production
> deal. The song was alleged inspired by Lieberman seeing Don McLean, calling
> Gimbel to describe what she felt, and Gimbel then go back to those words to
> write the song. Lieberman told that story when she introduced the song. Yet
> years late, both Gimbel and Fox tried to downplay this version. Don McLean
> had the story up on his website -- Gimbel tried to get him to take it off,
> and McLean's people produced a newspaper article with Gimbel quoted as
> corroborating Lieberman's story.
>
> There is no doubt the team wrote the song, but the treatment of Lieberman
> reflects poorly on both me, particularly Gimbel.
>
> ________________________________
> From: audities-owner@smoe.org <audities-owner@smoe.org> on behalf of
> Craig Leve <snapcracklepopster@gmail.com>
> Sent: Sunday, October 24, 2021 10:27 AM
> To: audities@smoe.org <audities@smoe.org>
> Subject: Re: The original version of "Killing Me Softly" by the composer,
>
> I don't pipe in here very often - but this is important. This woman 'Lori
> Lieberman' did not write "Killing Me Softly"- it was written by the great
> Norman Gimbel (who passed away in 2019) and Charles Fox songwriting team
> who also wrote "I Got a Name" (best known by Jim Croce), the Happy Days,
> Laverne & Shirley themes, as well as Love, American Style. Gimbel also
> wrote the lyrics for The Girl from Ipanema.
>
> On Fri, Sep 17, 2021 at 5:23 PM Mark London <mrl@psfc.mit.edu> wrote:
>
> >
> https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DMGlGJp3IarQ%26ab_channel%3D65Seasons&data=04%7C01%7C%7C18351ff82f0c41275b0108d99702f387%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637706861193743615%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=PsrUC8yExCTxPKcqPuGov%2Fd%2Frwq7NBn6O3uMJVLfvP8%3D&reserved=0
> >
> >
>
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