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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.
Rambo wrote over 2500 songs throughout her lifetime, and many have been recorded by hundreds of artists. [ 1 ] Songs are listed in alphabetical order and followed in parentheses by other notable artists who have recorded or performed the song.
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]
The song spent 13 weeks on the Billboard Hot Country Singles before reaching number 11 in April 1966. [4] It was later released on his 1965 studio album Bright Lights and Country Music . [ 2 ]
In Australia they wrote with Rod McCormack and recording artist Shane Nicholson. The album was released on 12 November 2007 in Australia and peaked at number thirty-seven on the Australian ARIA Albums Chart. [5] At the ARIA Music Awards of 2008, Chaos and Bright Lights was nominated for Best Country Album. [6]
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.