The music business still had a lot of room for true artists back then. This tune is very much the equal of Empty Chairs.
Killing Me Softly With His Song - by Lori Lieberman
I'd never heard of this singer until a few years ago. I can recall my mother swearing that the Roberta Flack version of this song wasn't the original, but I doubt if Lori's recording ever got much radio airplay. Seeing this video, I now understand how Mom was aware of the earlier version - she always watched Mike Douglas.
So Roberta claimed this Lori's personal experience to be hers which ended being the basis of the song written by Lori's song writers .