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.
This album also features a few cover songs, such as Cher's "Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves", Roger Miller's "Little Green Apples" and Lori Lieberman's "Killing Me Softly with His Song". The album was released on LP, cassette tape, 8-track and open reel stereo tape. Later, in 2003 the first CD release minus the original cover artwork was released by Snuff Garret Music, Inc.
Track listing All songs written by Bobby Russell except where noted.
Side one "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" "Mr. Allison" "Killing Me Softly with His Song" (Charles Fox & Norman Gimbel & Lori Lieberman) "Sensual Man" (Annette Tucker & Jan Rado) "Little Green Apples" "He Did with Me" (Gloria Sklerov & Harry Lloyd)
Side two "(For a While) We Helped Each Other Out" "It Could Have Been Me" (Gloria Sklerov & Harry Lloyd) "Dime a Dance" (Bob Stone) "Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves" (Bob Stone) "How You Gonna Stand It"
Personnel Musicians Vocals by Vicki Lawrence Music played by the Wrecking Crew
Production Arrangement – Artie Butler, Larry Muhoberac Art direction – Beverly Weinstein Design – Ken Kim, Woody Woodward Engineer – Eric Prestidge, Jerry Barnes Liner notes – Carol Burnett Producer – Snuff Garrett
Credits Tracks 1, 2, 5, and 11 published by Pixruss Music Track 3 published by Fox-Gimbel Productions Track 4, 6 and 9 published by Senor Music Track 7 published by Russell-Cason Music Tracks 9 and 10 published by Peso Music Recorded at United / Western Recording, Hollywood, CA Mastered at Artisan Sound Recorders
Charts Chart (1973) Peakposition
References
External links http://themusicofvickilawrence.webstarts.com/the_night_the_lights_went_out_in_georgia.html
https://musicbrainz.org/release-group/46fb8eaf-b247-444a-b116-7e7a9599b594 https://vickilawrence.bandcamp.com/album/the-night-the-lights-went-out-in-georgia http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/vicki_lawrence/the_night_the_lights_went_out_in_georgia/ The A.V. Club http://vinylsamongotherthings.com/vicki-lawrence-the-night-the-lights-went-out-in-georgia/ http://www.negativland.com/archives/012pastor/georgia.html http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-night-the-lights-went-out-in-georgia-mw0000873343