<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 ." </P>

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