Lou Christie
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Biography
[Edit]While Lou Christie's shrieking falsetto was among the most distinctive voices in all of pop music, he was also one of the first solo performers of the rock era to compose his own material, generating some of the biggest and most memorable hits of the mid-'60s. Born Lugee Alfredo Giovanni Sacco in Glen Willard, PA on February 19, 1943, he won a scholarship to Moon Township High School as a teen; there he studied music and vocal technique, later joining a group dubbed the Classics. Between 1959 and 1962, in collaboration with a variety of Pittsburgh-area bands, he cut a series of records for small local labels, adopting the stage name Lou Christie along the way. Eventually he made the acquaintance of Twyla Herbert, a classically trained musician and self-proclaimed mystic some 20 years his senior; they became songwriting partners, and in 1962 penned "The Gypsy Cried," which he recorded on two-track in his garage. The single became a local phenomenon, and was eventually licensed for national release by the Roulette label, peaking at number 24 on the pop charts in 1963.
After relocating to New York and landing session work as a backing vocalist, Christie wrote and recorded a follow-up, "Two Faces Have I"; it landed in the Top Ten, but shortly after its release he began a two-year stint in the Army. He returned to action in 1966, picking up right where he left off with his biggest hit yet — the lush, chart-topping "Lightnin' Strikes." Christie's next smash, 1966's "Rhapsody in the Rain," was notorious for being among the more sexually explicit efforts of the period. After brief stays with Colpix and Columbia, he next moved to the Buddah label, scoring one last Top Ten hit in 1969 with "I'm Gonna Make You Mine." Drug problems plagued Christie during the early '70s, and after getting clean at a London rehab clinic, he dropped out of music, working variously as a ranch hand, offshore oil driller, and carnival barker; by the 1980s, he was making the occasional appearance on oldies package tours, and in 1997 issued Pledging My Love, his first new material in over a quarter-century. On October 21, 2003, Christie appeared at the Bottom Line in New York City, with performances from the show (one of the last to be held at the longstanding venue) heard on Greatest Hits Live at the Bottom Line, released by Varèse Sarabande the following year).
Title: Lou Christie & Joey Dee - Live At the Rock N Roll Palace
Artist: Lou Christie, Joey Dee
Genre: Pop
Title: The Many Sounds, Styles & Songs of Lou Christie
Artist: Lou Christie
Genre: Pop, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Lightnin' Strikes (Re-Recorded Versions) - Single
Artist: Lou Christie
Title: Lou Christie: His Very Best (Re-Recorded Version)
Artist: Lou Christie
Title: Original Sinner The Very Best Of The MGM Recordings
Artist: Lou Christie
Title: Christmas Cheer
Artist: Jingle Bell Dogs, Dwight Twilley, Bobby Vee, Ron Dante, ROCKY BURNETTE, Andrew Gold, Chris Montez, Lou Christie, Gary Lewis, Tommy Roe
Genre: Rock, Pop, Teen Pop, Traditional Pop Music
Title: Don't Knock My Love - Single
Artist: Lou Christie, Pia Zadora
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Disco
Collections
Title: 100 '50s & '60s Hits (Re-Recorded Versions)
Genre: Rock
Title: The Definitive Love Collection (Re-Recorded Versions)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Pop
Title: Super Hits of the 1960s (Re-Recorded Versions)
Genre: Rock
Title: Flashback - 60's Party
Genre: Pop
Title: Platinum Trax 50 #1 Hits, One by One
Genre: Pop
Title: The Greatest 60's Music Album
Genre: Pop
Title: 100 '60s Hits (Re-Recorded Version) [Remastered]
Genre: Rock
Title: 100 Hits: Essential Rock 'N' Roll Classics Live
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll
Title: Burnzy's Last Call (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Genre: Pop
Title: 1960s Happy Days
Genre: Rock
Title: Back to the 60's, Vol. 2 (Re-Recorded Versions)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock
Title: Greatest Pop Hits from the '60's & '70's
Genre: Pop
Title: We Are Family: Pop Hits from the 70's
Genre: Pop
Title: Big Girls Don't Cry: Pop Hits from the 60's
Genre: Pop
Title: Billy Don't Be a Hero: Hits of the 70's
Genre: Pop
Title: 60s Rock 'N' Roll (Re-Recorded Version)
Genre: Rock
Title: Party Music of the 50's & 60's
Genre: Pop
Title: Put the Top Down - Summer 60's
Genre: Rock
Title: Christmas Doo Wop & Pop, Vol. 2
Genre:
Title: 50's & 60's Radio Magic
Genre: Pop
Title: Party Records of the 50's & 60's
Genre: Pop
Title: Sugar Sugar Hits from the 50s & 60s
Genre: Pop
Title: 100 Classics - Malt Shop Memories
Genre: Rock
Title: Top of the Chart & Doo Wop, Vol. 4
Genre: Rock
Title: Top of the Chart & Doo Wop, Vol. 2
Genre: Rock
Title: 60s Gold Groove (Re-Recorded / Remastered Versions)
Genre: Pop
Title: Love...'60s Style
Genre: Rock
Title: The Best of Doo Wop Harmonies, Vol. 3
Genre: Pop
Title: 100 Timeless Love Songs (Re-Recorded Versions)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock
Title: 50 #1 Hits (Re-Recorded / Remastered Versions)
Genre: Pop
Title: Christmas Doo Wop & Pop, Vol. 4
Genre:
Title: 60's Pop - Those Were the Days (Re-Recorded Versions)
Genre: Pop
Title: Back to the 60's, Vol. 2 (Re-recorded Version)
Genre: Pop
Title: The 60S: Reasons to Hop
Genre: Pop
Title: The 60S: Reasons to Hop, Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Everlasting Love - 16 Songs Celebrating the Joy of Love
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock
Title: New Beginnings - 18 Songs About New Love
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock
Title: Memories of Doo Wop and More, Vol. 3
Genre: Pop
Title: The Hits of Pop & Doo Wop, Vol. 3
Genre: Pop
Title: 150 Rock 'N' Roll Classics (Re-Recorded Versions)
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll
Title: The Best of Doo Wop Harmonies, Vol. 4
Genre: Pop
Title: 60s Classics (Re-Recorded Versions)
Genre: Pop
Title: Various Rock & Roll
Genre: Rock
Title: 60's All Time Classics
Genre: Pop
Title: Hits, Hits, & Hits, Vol. 3
Genre: Rock
Title: Soda Shop: Hits Of The 50s
Genre: Pop
Title: Rock 'N' Roll Years - 1965
Title: Golden Years - 1965
Featuring albums
Title: 8 Best of Hits of the 60's (Original Artist Re-Recordings)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Pop
Title: Rain Man / Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Before Sunset and Before Sunrise
Artist: Before Sunset, Before Sunrise
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Rain Man (Soundtrack)
Artist: Hans Zimmer
Genre: Rock, Country, Pop Rock, Synth Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Summer In The City (CD1)
Artist: Dreamboats, The Miniskirts
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rock, Pop Rock
Title: Wild Palms (Original ABC Event Series Soundtrack)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: I Love the 60's: 1965 (Re-Recorded Versions)
Artist: Various Artists
Title: All Out 60s
Artist: Shirley Bassey, Tom Jones, Dusty Springfield, Bob Lind, The Isley Brothers, The Love Affair, The Overlanders, Twinkle, The McCo