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Singer Lou Christie Gone At 82
Perhaps next to Frankie Valli, he had one of the most famous falsetto voices in rock music history. The man behind hits like "Lightnin' Strikes," "Two Faces Have I," and "Rhapsody In The Rain" has died. Lou Christie was 82 and leaves behind some great songs you still hear on oldies stations to this day.
He started writing songs with a high school friend when he was just 15 years old, and they never stopped. Even if they sometimes met resistance.
When he and [songwriting partner] Herbert presented MGM Records with “Lightnin’ Strikes,” label head Lenny Shear “threw it in the wastebasket and said it was a piece of crap!” he recalled. “So we put up our own money to get it played around the country, and it started taking off once it got played.”
My favourite of his tunes was 1969's "I'm Gonna Make You Mine," a great hit in a great year for music.
He's the third music star to die this month - they say it comes in threes - but what's interesting is that Brian Wilson, Sly Stone and Lou Christie were all 82.
Lou Christie, “Lightnin’ Strikes” and “Rhapsody in the Rain” Singer, Dies at 82
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1969's Make You Mine was Christie's last top 10 hit [#10] He released three more singles between 1970 and 1974, none of which peaked any higher than 73. Interesting tidbit about "Rhapsody In The Rain" Early pressings contained the lyrics "Makin' out in the rain" They were later re-issued with "fell in love in the rain" Probably more acceptable for 1966 radio airplay.