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The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia. " The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia " is a Southern Gothic murder ballad, written in 1972 by songwriter Bobby Russell and first recorded by his then-wife singer, comedian, and actress Vicki Lawrence. Lawrence's version, from her 1973 album of the same name, went to number one on the US Billboard ...
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The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia Lyrics: He was on his way home from Candletop / Been two weeks gone and he'd thought he'd stop at Webb's / And have him a drink before he went home to her ...
Barry from Sauquoit, Ny On May 5th 1973, Vicki Lawrence performed "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" on the ABC-TV program 'American Bandstand'... Three months earlier on February 4th, 1973 it entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart at position #100; and on April 1st it peaked at #1 (for 2 weeks) and spent 20 weeks on the Top 100...
Ships in the Night. (1974) The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia is the 1973 debut album by Vicki Lawrence, recorded and released on Bell Records. It features the US and Canadian number-one single and title track "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia", written by Bobby Russell. Another song, "He Did with Me", reached number one in Australia.
Vicki's LP of "The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia" was then issued on Friday, April 21, 1973. The LP rose to # 51 on the best selling LP charts in 1973. Vicki's next single off the LP was "He Did With Me" (BELL-45362) which also entered the charts in mid 1973 in the US and went to # 1 on the Australian Charts.
