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It became a bigger hit when covered by Roberta Flack in 1973. Her version won three Grammy Awards: Song of the Year, Record of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Female Performer and it was number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 4 weeks. It was replaced by “
Flack’s version ranked #360 on Rolling Stone’s list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
Flack’s version also ranked at #82 on Billboard’s Greatest Songs of all time.
Lori Lieberman saw Don McLean singing his composition “
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