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- Bobby Russell was born on April 19, 1941 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. He was a composer and writer, known for The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia (1981), The Grasshopper (1970) and Kill Me Again (1989). He was married to Vicki Lawrence. He died on November 19, 1992 in Nicholasville, Kentucky, USA.
- SpouseVicki Lawrence(June 29, 1972 - 1974) (divorced)
- Country and pop songwriter.
- Had a Top 30 crossover hit in 1971 with "Saturday Morning Confusion".
- Several of his songs became hits for other performers, including "Little Green Apples" (for O.C. Smith), "Honey" (for Bobby Goldsboro), and "The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia" (for then-wife Vicki Lawrence).
- Ex-brother-in-law of Joni Lawrence.
- Russell's best-known songs were lyric-heavy, with lines that seem artfully torn from conversation. Two of those songs ruled the radio in 1968, the year Bobby Goldsboro had a five-week pop #1 and three-week country #1 with "Honey." The hit song inspired numerous cover versions, as did another Russell-penned 1968 hit, "Little Green Apples.".
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