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Alyssa Wray performs “Killing Me Softly with His Song” by Roberta Flack, American Idol 2021 Season 19 Top 16. Startattle.com – American Idol.
Contestant: Alyssa Wray (18 years old), a college student from Perryville, Kentucky
Round: Top 16
Song: “Killing Me Softly with His Song” by Roberta Flack
Result: TBA
Alyssa Wray American Idol Season 19 “Killing Me Softly with His Song”
Alyssa Wray American Idol “Killing Me Softly with His Song”
Show: American Idol
Season: American Idol 2021 (Season 19)
Host: Ryan Seacrest
Judges: Katy Perry, Luke Bryan, Lionel Richie
The nineteenth season of the reality show singing competition American Idol premiered on February 14, 2021 on the ABC television network. It is the fourth season to air on ABC since the series reboot; Ryan Seacrest returns as host. Katy Perry, Luke Bryan, and Lionel Richie return as judges and Bobby Bones as mentor.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, the show offered its first ever live virtual auditions to aspiring contestants through its Idol Across America program using custom-built Zoom technology. The remote auditions took place from August 10 to October 28, 2020 in 50 states plus Washington, D.C. as well as a number of open call auditions, and from these the producers selected the contestants who can then audition in front of the judges.
Lieberman was the first to record the song in late 1971, releasing it in early 1972. Helen Reddy has said she was sent the song, but “the demo… sat on my turntable for months without being played because I didn’t like the title”.
Roberta Flack first heard the song on an airplane, when the Lieberman original was featured on the in-flight audio program. After scanning the listing of available audio selections, Flack would recall: “The title, of course, smacked me in the face. I immediately pulled out some scratch paper, made musical staves play the song at least eight to ten times jotting down the melody that I heard. When I landed, I immediately called Quincy at his house and asked him how to meet Charles Fox. Two days later I had the music.” Shortly afterwards Flack rehearsed the song with her band in the Tuff Gong Studios in Kingston, Jamaica, but did not then record it.
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