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    • Apr 19, 1941
    Songwriter Bobby Russell is born in Nashville, Tennessee. His hits include Bobby Goldsboro's "Honey," Roger Miller's "Little Green Apples" and Reba McEntire's "The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia"
    Oct 18, 1968
    Songwriter Bobby Russell claims Song of the Year with "Honey" during the second annual Country Music Association awards at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium
    Mar 12, 1969
    Songwriter Bobby Russell takes Song of the Year and Best Country Song, for "Little Green Apples," during the 11th annual Grammy Awards
    Aug 25, 1969
    Jimmie Rodgers performs his hits "Oh-Oh, I'm Falling In Love Again" and "Honeycomb" on CBS-TV's "Carol Burnett Presents The Jimmie Rodgers Show." The program also features "Honey" songwriter Bobby Russell, whose wife--Vicki Lawrence--is a regular
    Jul 26, 1973
    "The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia" songwriter Bobby Russell and wife Vicki Lawrence appear on the NBC variety series "The Helen Reddy Show." The episode also features Billy Preston and "I Honestly Love You" songwriter Peter Allen
    Aug 18, 1973
    Vicki Lawrence sings "The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia" on the syndicated series "The Bobby Goldsboro Show" with her husband, Bobby Russell, who wrote it
    Nov 19, 1992
    Songwriter Bobby Russell dies in Nicholasville, Kentucky. He penned Bobby Goldsboro's "Honey," Roger Miller's "Little Green Apples" and the Reba McEntire country hit "The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia"
    Oct 2, 1994
    The Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame inducts Buddy Holly, "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" author Richard Leigh, "Honey" creator Bobby Russell and "I'll Think Of Something" team Jerry Foster & Bill Rice at the Loews Vanderbilt Plaza
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