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#1 single, country, Credibility Gap, Music, One Hit Wonder, parody, The Night that the Lights Stayed on in Pittsburgh, The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia, Vicki Lawrence
The Night the Lights Went out in Georgia Vicki Lawrence (Bell, 1972)
Written by Bobby Russell, The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia is a Southern Gothic song sung by actress Vicki Lawrence. Off the album of the same name, the single peaked at #1 in the U.S. Country singer Reba McEntire covered the song in 1991 for her album, For My broken Heart. Comedy group The Credibility Gap recorded a parody song, The Night that The Lights Stayed on in Pittsburgh.
Walk Memory Lane 
The Credibility Gap’s parody came out on 7-inch 45. And the city name was spelled Pittsburg (without the h on the end).
There are a few cities in the US that spell it that way — including West Pittsburg in Pennsylvania!
But I’ve always assumed it was a typo.
Trivia: The Credibility Gap included David Lander and Michael McKean, better known as Lenny & Squiggy from Laverne & Shirley. (And Harry Shearer, and a few other guys whose names I can’t recall.)
Mr. Lander passed away a few years ago. Mr. McKean’s career took a turn toward the serious when he played Jimmy’s brother Chuck on Better Call Saul.