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  2. Lightnin' Strikes - Wikipedia

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    "Lightnin' Strikes" is a song written by Lou Christie and Twyla Herbert, and recorded by Christie on the MGM label. It was a hit in 1966, making it first to No. 1 in Canada in January 1966 on the RPM Top Singles chart, [1] then to No. 1 in the U.S. on the Billboard Hot 100 in February, No. 3 on the New Zealand Listener chart in May, [2] and No. 11 on the UK Record Retailer chart.

  3. Lou Christie - Wikipedia

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    But Christie's new management promoted the record in California, and when it gained some traction (eventually reaching No. 2 on KHJ the last two weeks of 1965), MGM released it. "Lightnin' Strikes" reached #1 in the US on Christie's 23rd birthday on February 19, 1966, entered the UK Top 20, becoming his first hit in that country, and peaked at ...

  4. Lightnin' Strikes (Verve Folkways album) - Wikipedia

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    Lightnin' Strikes (reissued as Nothin' But the Blues) is an album by blues musician Lightnin' Hopkins recorded in Los Angeles in 1965 and released on the Vee-Jay label. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Reception

  5. EnLightnin'ment - Wikipedia

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    Lynn Van Matre of the Chicago Tribune writes, "One of the big songs of 1966 was Christie's "Lightnin' Strikes", which sold more than a million copies, reached the No. 1 pop single spot, and now serves as the inspiration for the play-on-words title of a new CD collection of the singer-songwriter's vintage hits."

  6. Scott Tady: Locally made Titanic film debuts in Sewickley ...

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    Lightnin' Strikes for Lou. Unearthed from the vaults comes "Gypsy Bells," a new compilation of rarely heard 1960s songs from Beaver Valley chart-topper Lou Christie.

  7. Lightning Strikes - Wikipedia

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    Lightnin' Strikes", a 1965 song by Lou Christie "Lightning Strikes" (Aerosmith song), 1982 "The Lightning Strike", a 2008 song by Snow Patrol

  8. Lightnin' Strikes (Vee-Jay album) - Wikipedia

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    Lightnin' Strikes is an album by the blues musician Lightnin' Hopkins, recorded in Texas in 1962 and released on the Vee-Jay label. [1] [2] Reception.

  9. Lightnin' Hopkins - Wikipedia

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    Samuel John "Lightnin'" Hopkins (March 15, 1912 – January 30, 1982) [1] was an American country blues singer, songwriter, guitarist and occasional pianist from Centerville, Texas. In 2010, Rolling Stone magazine ranked him No. 71 on its list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time.