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The singer, best known for his chart-topping hit 'Lightning Strikes,' died at his Pittsburgh home after battling a brief ...
A late-1960s throwback to the days of clean-cut teen idols — he called himself “the missing link” — he rode his gymnastic ...
Lou Christie, the singer-songwriter who hit No. 1 on the Billboard 100 chart in 1966 with 'Lightnin' Strikes,' has died. The ...
Lou Christie, who was married to former Miss United Kingdom, Francesca Winfield, passed away on Wednesday at the age of ...
Native Pittsburgh singer Lou Christie, who scored No. 1 Billboard hit with “Lightnin’ Strikes” in 1966, is dead. He was 82 ...
Lou Christie, who topped the charts in 1966 with "Lightnin' Strikes" and made waves with the controversial "Rhapsody in the ...
L ou Christie, the locally born singer who in 1966 topped the pop charts with “Lightnin’ Strikes,” died Wednesday. He was 82.
Singer Lou Christie, famous for Billboard charting singles “Lightnin’ Strikes” and “Rhapsody in the Rain,” died Wednesday at ...
Lou Christie, the pop and soft rock singer-songwriter popularly known as the Pittsburgh hitmaker, died on June 17, 2025, USA ...
The only Hot 100 No. 1 for the late Lou Christie was a winning pop-soul confection from one of the greatest periods in top 40 ...
Lou Christie, a chart-topping singer and songwriter and Pennsylvania native, had died. He was 82.
Christie graduated from Moon Area High School and was most well known for the song "Lightnin' Strikes," a number one hit in ...