A lot of great music topped the charts during 1973, our founding year. Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Eisenhower Public Library every other Sunday with selections from Billboard Magazine’s Hot 100 Singles.

In 1973, “Killing Me Softly with His Song” became a number-one hit in the United States, Australia and Canada for Roberta Flack, and also reached number six in the UK Singles Chart. The album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Album of the Year, which it lost to Stevie Wonder’s 1973 album Innervisions.

In 1996, the Fugees recorded the song with Lauryn Hill on lead vocals. Their version became a number-one hit in twenty countries.

Listen to the song above or stream the entire Hot 100 on Spotify.