Career
He is widely remembered as being one of three writers of the song "Vaya Con Dios", which has been recorded over 500 times. Russell was born in Indiana and had early success with the 1941 song "Oh Foreign Heaven"s Sake", recorded on Bluebird Records by Alvino Rey. In 1952, he collaborated with Inez James and Buddy Pepper on "Vaya Con Dios".
(The film was released in 1952, but was not shown in Los Angeles until twenty years later Under the rules in effect at the time, it was eligible for that year"s Academy Awards)
Lawrence South. Russell died in Los Angeles on February 14, 1954.