<Table> <Tr> <Td> "No, No" (1970) </Td> <Td> "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" (1972) </Td> <Td> "He Did With Me" (1973) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> "No, No" (1970) </Td> <Td> "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" (1972) </Td> <Td> "He Did With Me" (1973) </Td> </Tr> <P> "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" is a Southern Gothic song, written in 1972 by songwriter Bobby Russell and sung by Vicki Lawrence, an American pop music singer, actress, and comedian . Lawrence's version, from her 1973 Bell Records album of the same name, was a number one hit on the Billboard Hot 100 after its release . In addition to several other renditions, the song was again a hit in 1991 when Reba McEntire recorded it for her album For My Broken Heart . McEntire's version was a single, as well, reaching number 12 on Hot Country Songs . </P> <P> Returning home from a two - week trip to a place called Candletop, a man, identified only as "Brother", stops for a drink at Webb's Bar before going home to his wife . His friend Andy Woodlow stops in to inform Brother that while he's been away his wife has been having an affair with a man named Seth Amos . Brother is infuriated by this news, but his anger is exacerbated when Andy confesses that he too has been messing around with Brother's wife . Now in fear for his own safety, Andy leaves Webb's Bar and walks back to his house nearby . </P>

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