(Saturday, February 24, 1973) — “Killing Me Softly with His Song” by Roberta Flack peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for five consecutive weeks (Feb. 24, Mar. 3/10/17/31, 1973).

The second of three #1 hits on the chart (1972-1974) for Flack, it ranked #360 on Rolling Stone‘s list of “The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.”