HEY DJ 4Uheydj4u.com“Killing Me Softly With His Song” by Roberta Flack
“Killing Me Softly With His Song” by Roberta Flack finished No. 3 on the year-end Top 100 of 1973, the chart of the songs that did best over the whole year, making it one of the ten biggest hits of the year.
Year-end peakNo. 31973
Year-end charts11973
ArtistRoberta Flack5 year-end hits
Decade1970ssee the decade’s Top 100
The No. 1 song of 1973 was “Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree” by Tony Orlando and Dawn. Roberta Flack had 5 different songs on the year-end charts (see them all).
Play “Killing Me Softly With His Song”. Hear it on the Hey DJ 4U decks, then mix it with the rest of the 1973 chart.
▶ Play it♪ Apple MusicAround it on the 1973 chart
| # | Song | Artist | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree | Tony Orlando and Dawn | ▶♪ |
| 2 | Bad Bad Leroy Brown | Jim Croce | ▶♪ |
| 3 | Killing Me Softly With His Song | Roberta Flack | ▶♪ |
| 4 | Let's Get It On | Marvin Gaye | ▶♪ |
| 5 | My Love | Paul McCartney and Wings | ▶♪ |
| 6 | Why Me | Kris Kristofferson | ▶♪ |
More hits by Roberta Flack
| # | Song | Artist | Year-end | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face | Roberta Flack | 1972 #1 | ▶♪ |
| 2 | Feel Like Makin' Love | Roberta Flack | 1974 #35 | ▶♪ |
| 3 | Making Love | Roberta Flack | 1982 #46 | ▶♪ |
| 4 | Tonight I Celebrate My Love | Peabo Bryson and Roberta Flack | 1983 #96 | ▶♪ |
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Source: Billboard’s year-end singles chart, as compiled on Wikipedia. Hey DJ 4U is an independent site, not affiliated with Billboard. Spotted an error? Tell us.