Who song The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia?
Who song The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia?
Reba McEntire
The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia/Artists
Who Sang The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia in the 70s?
Vicki Lawrence
The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia
| “The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia” | |
|---|---|
| Songwriter(s) | Bobby Russell |
| Producer(s) | Snuff Garrett |
| Vicki Lawrence singles chronology | |
| “No, No” (1970) “The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia” (1972) “He Did with Me” (1973) |
Who first recorded when the lights went out in Georgia?
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….Charts.
| Chart (1973) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard 200 | 51 |
What happened when the lights went out in Georgia?
This song tells the tale of a man who finds out from his friend Andy that his wife had cheated on him with both Andy and a guy named Seth. This being Georgia, he gets a gun and sets out to kill Andy, but when he gets there Andy is already dead. The police show up, arrest him for killing Andy and he is hanged.
Is the night that the lights went out in Georgia a true story?
According to Wikipedia, ‘The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia’ is “a Southern Gothic song” written by Bobby Russell and performed in 1972 by his then-wife Vicki Lawrence. Reba McEntire covered it in 1991. The movie was only very loosely based on the song “The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia”.
Who Killed Andy in The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia?
He goes home to find small footprints trailing from his house to Andy’s, and he follows them with his gun. Once he gets there, he finds Andy dead and gets convicted for his murder. You find out later that the real culprit was the song’s narrator — Andy’s “Little Sister” — who killed Andy and Brother’s wife.
Who wrote The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia lyrics?
Bobby Russell
The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia/Lyricists