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

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

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

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

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 explicit “Rhapsody in the Rain,” died Wednesday.

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

The artist reached number one of the Billboard Hot 100 in 1966 with the catchy single Lightin' Strikes - when he was just 23 years old. And he had another top 20 hit that year with Rhapsody in the ...

Lou Christie, the singer-songwriter who hit No. 1 on the Billboard 100 chart in 1966 with 'Lightnin' Strikes,' has died. The ...

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

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 ...