Lou Christie, who topped the Billboard Hot 100 In 1966 with “Lightnin ‘StrikesHas Died. He was 82.
A Representative, Mary Fox, Confirmed to Usa today on June 18 that Pitsburgh-Born Singer Had Died June 17. a cause of death was not Given.
The FalSetto-WILEDING ChRISTIE Started His Ascent from Glenwillard, Pennsylvania, Choirboy to a teen idol when “the gypsy cried” Started RISING Up The Charts in 1963, Followed by “Two Faces Have I.” With the heit song, Cowritten by Twyla Herbert, He Went from Lugee Alfredo Giovanny Sacco to Lou Christie.
A few Years later, He Made a Name for HimSelf when “RHAPSODY in the Rain” was banned by rayo stations for what was depic suggestive lyrics. THEN in 1988, More Than A Decade after Christie RISED HIS RISEDITION of “Beyond the Blue Horizon,” The Song Made An App PEPEARANCE In The Oscar-Winning Film “Rain Man.” It was also inclusted in the Soundtrack of 1993’s “A Homes of our OWN.”
Lou Christie Continied to Perform INTO HIS 80s
Christie, According to his WebsiteStarted His Career in a Two-TRACK Studio in Glenwillard with no musical traineing. He Told the Beaver County TimesPart Of
“I Though everyone couold sing,” Christie SAID. “Where I Finised, I will, all this applause, and i was like, ‘oh, what is this? This is Kind of Cool.’ ‘
As a Moon Area High School Student, He Form A Band Called The Crewnecks, Followed by Another Group Called Lugee & the Lions. With the lions, He Performed “In Church Basements or School Gymnasiums. We’d Do Five a Week, Maybe Three or Four on A Weekend.”
Christie Appared to Have PerFormed as Recently as 2023, where he was 80.
Explaining How He Still Performing INTO HIS 70s in 2016, Christie Said, “I’m not a liquor Drinker and I Don’t Smoke or Go Out to Places where the music is so l Have a Discussion.
He added, “Where you’re Performing in Wales and England or Traveling Through The South and Beating Yourself Up With Such a Busy Schedule for Years You Start to Wonder does anyone real Know What I’m Out there doing, other than the Fans, who are so dedicated.
Contrabuting: Scott Tady, The Beauty Times
