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"Bright Lights and Country Music" was released as a single by Decca Records in August 1965. [3] The song spent 16 weeks on the Billboard Hot Country Singles before reaching number 11 in November 1965. [4] It was later released on his 1965 studio album, also called Bright Lights and Country Music. [2]
Bright Lights and Country Music was released in November 1965 on Decca Records. [2] The album was released as a vinyl record, with six songs on side of the recording. [3] The album peaked at number 6 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart on February 12, 1966.
Cashbox gave a postive review, saying Nelson "spans the C&W canyon from Rick's own "You Just Can't Quit" to "Kentucky Means Paradise" by Merle Travis" [11]. Suggesting that Nelson "cannily captured the idiomatic feel of contemporary country," biographer and music critic Joel Selvin wrote, "Artistically, Bright Lights served as a stunning reversal of field.
Russell wrote hits over several genres. His most notable songs were "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia", his critique of country justice (a No. 1 hit for his then-wife Vicki Lawrence), [1] "Used to Be" (sung by Lawrence) and "As Far As I'm Concerned" (sung by Russell) both from the 1970 film The Grasshopper; and "Little Green Apples", which won a Song of the Year Grammy Award in 1968.
Harlan Perry Howard (September 8, 1927 – March 3, 2002) was an American songwriter, principally in country music. In a career spanning six decades, Howard is credited with writing more than 4,000 songs, over 100 of which reached country music's Top 10. [1]
An answer song, response song or answer record is a song (usually a recorded track) made in answer to a previous song, normally by another artist. The concept became widespread in blues and R&B recorded music in the 1930s to the 1950s.
James Dexter Weatherly (March 17, 1943 – February 3, 2021) was an American singer-songwriter who wrote mostly pop and country music. He played quarterback at the University of Mississippi [1] while also writing music with his own bands. He subsequently chose songwriting over a football career.
William Russell Staines (February 6, 1947 – December 5, 2021) was an American folk musician and singer-songwriter from New Hampshire who wrote and performed songs with a wide array of subjects. Called "the Woody Guthrie of my generation" by singer-songwriter Nanci Griffith , [ 1 ] he also wrote and recorded children's songs .