Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!americast.com!americast.com!americast-post Newsgroups: americast.latimes.metro From: americast-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: americast-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: Bobby Russell; Songwriter of 'Little Green Apples,' 'Honey' Date: Tue, 24 Nov 92 06:06:07 EST Message-ID: HEADLINE: Bobby Russell; Songwriter of 'Little Green Apples,' 'Honey' Publication Date: Monday November 23, 1992 BYLINE: Bobby Russell, 52, who wrote such song hits as "Little Green Apples," "Honey" and "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia." "Little Green Apples," recorded by Roger Miller, O.C. Smith and Patti Page, won Grammy awards in 1968 for song of the year and best country song. That same year, "Honey," recorded by Bobby Goldsboro, was voted song of the year by the Country Music Assn. "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" was a 1973 favorite recorded by Vicki Lawrence. On Thursday in Nicholasville, Ky., of coronary artery disease. This article is copyright 1992 The Los Angeles Times Home Edition. Redistribution to other sites is not permitted except by arrangement with American Cybercasting Corporation. For more information, send-email to usa@AmeriCast.COM