The Pittsburgh native, famed for his distinctive falsetto, also had hits with “The Gypsy Cried,” “Two Faces Have I,” “I’m ...

The soaring singer was known for hits like "The Gypsy Cried," "Rhapsody in the Rain," "Two Faces Have I" and "I’m Gonna Make ...

A late-1960s throwback to the days of clean-cut teen idols — he called himself “the missing link” — he rode his gymnastic ...

Singer Lou Christie, famous for Billboard charting singles “Lightnin’ Strikes” and “Rhapsody in the Rain,” died Wednesday at ...

Lou Christie, the singer-songwriter who scored a No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1966 with his song “Lightnin’ Strikes” ...

Lou Christie, a chart-topping singer and songwriter and Pennsylvania native, had died. He was 82.

Lou Christie was a pop and rock artist know for creating hits like “Lightnin’ Strikes.” Before his death in June 2025, the ...

Lou Christie, who topped the charts in 1966 with "Lightnin' Strikes" and made waves with the controversial "Rhapsody in the ...

I f you were a music-loving teen in the throes of hormones and heartbreak during the 1960s, a Lou Christie tune likely helped ...

A few years later, he made a name for himself when "Rhapsody in the Rain" was banned by radio stations for what was deemed suggestive lyrics. Then in 1988, more than a decade after Christie ...

Lou Christie, the singer-songwriter who reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1966 with the lush “Lightnin’ Strikes” and had another top 20 hit that year with the (for its time) sexually ...