April 19, 2022 by Michele Willens · Arts & Culture

The Friendship That Led to an Iconic Song and 50 Years Later Comes Full Circle

In 1972, Michele Willens dragged Lori Lieberman to a night club in L.A. The rest is musical history.

Editor's Note: A few years ago we ran a lovely piece by Elaine Stukane about the singer Lori Lieberman, who wrote the iconic song "Killing Me Softly With His Song," but never received proper credit. We had no idea that another one of our writers, Michele Willens, was actually instrumental in the creation of the song. To mark the 50th Anniversary of the hit, we're giving you Michele's take.

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None of us “forever youngers” ever imagined looking back 50 years. Sure, our parents did, as they extolled their music over ours, (uh, no), their “good” war over ours (agreed). But we can’t deny having survived five decades, and even use them as lessons while we hopefully continue to learn.

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