{"id":127908,"date":"2025-06-19T12:51:48","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T17:51:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=127908"},"modified":"2025-06-19T12:52:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T17:52:09","slug":"lou-christie-lightnin-strikes-singer-dies-at-82-entertainment-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=127908","title":{"rendered":"Lou Christie, &#8216;Lightnin&#8217; Strikes&#8217; Singer, Dies at 82 \u2013 Entertainment News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1545664804358300\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1545664804358300\" data-ad-slot=\"8616314829\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\" https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=127908 \" rel=\" https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=127908 \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-127909 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/download-27.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"290\" height=\"174\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>By Karen Beishuizen<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lou Christie, who had a huge hit in 1966 with &#8220;Lightnin&#8217; Strikes,&#8221; died on 18 June. He was 82.<\/p>\n<p>After graduating from high school in 1961, he moved to New York. Here he wrote two of his earliest hits in 1963: \u201cThe Gypsy Cried\u201d and \u201cTwo Faces\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>His success got him a place on one of Dick Clark\u2019s Caravan of Stars tours alongside Diana Ross. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>When he showed MGM Records \u201cLightnin\u2019 Strikes,\u201d they threw it in the bin and said it was crap. So he put up his own money to get it played around the country, forcing MGM Records to release the record in December 1965. It became number 1 on his 23rd birthday in 1966.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRhapsody in the Rain\u201d was released in Spring 1966 and in 1969 he had a hit with \u201cI\u2019m Gonna Make You Mine,\u201d and another hit in 1974 with \u201cBeyond the Blue Horizon\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Lugee Alfredo Giovanni Sacco was born on 19 February, 1943, in Glenwillard, Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>Lou Christie is survived by his wife Francesca and daughter Bianca.<\/p>\n<p>Ringside Reports sends their condolences to The Christie Family in their time of grief.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #808000;\"><a style=\"color: #808000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.authorhouse.com\/en\/bookstore\/bookdetails\/232300-BOXING-INTERVIEWS-OF-A-LIFETIME\">Click Here to Order Boxing Interviews Of A Lifetime By &#8220;Bad&#8221; Brad Berkwitt<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"wpforms-container wpforms-container-full\" id=\"wpforms-126533\"><form id=\"wpforms-form-126533\" class=\"wpforms-validate wpforms-form wpforms-ajax-form\" data-formid=\"126533\" method=\"post\" enctype=\"multipart\/form-data\" action=\"\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F127908\" data-token=\"d6be30e4221e193bd22b6619b0a97bf6\" data-token-time=\"1782557359\"><noscript class=\"wpforms-error-noscript\">Please enable JavaScript in your browser to complete this form.<\/noscript><div class=\"wpforms-field-container\"><div id=\"wpforms-126533-field_1-container\" class=\"wpforms-field wpforms-field-name\" data-field-id=\"1\"><label class=\"wpforms-field-label\">Name <span class=\"wpforms-required-label\">*<\/span><\/label><div class=\"wpforms-field-row wpforms-field-medium\"><div class=\"wpforms-field-row-block wpforms-first wpforms-one-half\"><input type=\"text\" id=\"wpforms-126533-field_1\" class=\"wpforms-field-name-first wpforms-field-required\" name=\"wpforms[fields][1][first]\" required><label for=\"wpforms-126533-field_1\" class=\"wpforms-field-sublabel after\">First<\/label><\/div><div class=\"wpforms-field-row-block wpforms-one-half\"><input type=\"text\" id=\"wpforms-126533-field_1-last\" class=\"wpforms-field-name-last wpforms-field-required\" name=\"wpforms[fields][1][last]\" required><label for=\"wpforms-126533-field_1-last\" class=\"wpforms-field-sublabel after\">Last<\/label><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t<div id=\"wpforms-126533-field_4-container\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"wpforms-field wpforms-field-text\"\n\t\t\tdata-field-type=\"text\"\n\t\t\tdata-field-id=\"4\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t<label class=\"wpforms-field-label\" for=\"wpforms-126533-field_4\" >Email Message Name<\/label>\n\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" id=\"wpforms-126533-field_4\" class=\"wpforms-field-medium\" name=\"wpforms[fields][4]\" >\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"wpforms-126533-field_2-container\" class=\"wpforms-field wpforms-field-email\" data-field-id=\"2\"><label class=\"wpforms-field-label\" for=\"wpforms-126533-field_2\">Email <span class=\"wpforms-required-label\">*<\/span><\/label><input type=\"email\" id=\"wpforms-126533-field_2\" class=\"wpforms-field-medium wpforms-field-required\" name=\"wpforms[fields][2]\" spellcheck=\"false\" required><\/div><div id=\"wpforms-126533-field_3-container\" class=\"wpforms-field wpforms-field-textarea\" data-field-id=\"3\"><label class=\"wpforms-field-label\" for=\"wpforms-126533-field_3\">Comment or Message<\/label><textarea id=\"wpforms-126533-field_3\" class=\"wpforms-field-medium\" name=\"wpforms[fields][3]\" ><\/textarea><\/div><script>\n\t\t\t\t( function() {\n\t\t\t\t\tconst style = document.createElement( 'style' );\n\t\t\t\t\tstyle.appendChild( document.createTextNode( '#wpforms-126533-field_4-container { position: absolute !important; 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He was 82. After graduating from high school in 1961, he moved to New York. Here he wrote two of his earliest hits in 1963: \u201cThe Gypsy Cried\u201d and \u201cTwo Faces\u201d. 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