Lou Christie

Lou Christie's early recording career had an enforced two year hiatus following his draft into the US armed forces. Prior to his military service, Christie had begun to establish himself as a popular singer following a minor US hit with The Gypsy Cried, written in 1962 and recorded in his garage on a basic two track recorder. After becoming a regional hit the track was taken up by Roulette and given a national release rising to number 24 in the charts. After re-locating to New York from his native Pennsylvania, Christie had a top ten hit with the self-penned Two Faces Have I but within weeks of it reaching number ten in the charts the singer received his call-up papers. Remarkably, the timing of the call did his career no apparent harm because as soon as he returned to civvy street in 1966 he had two more major hits, Lightnin' Strikes quickly followed by Rhapsody In The Rain. A move from Columbia Records to Buddah rewarded Christie with his final top ten hit with the song I'm Gonna Make You Mine. His career declined sharply from that point, curtailed due to ongoing problems with drug abuse. Christie left the music industry working in a diverse variety of occupations before making a recording comeback with the well-received 1997 album Pledging My Love featuring the artist's first new material for 25 years.

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