<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, author 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 . While there, he encounters his friend Andy, who informs him that Brother's wife has had affairs with both Andy and another man, "that Amos boy, Seth ." Brother leaves the bar angry, and a frightened Andy makes his way home . </P>

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