Lightnin' Strikes Lightnin' Strikes "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, 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, and No. 11 on the UK "Record Retailer" chart. RIAA certification on March 3, 1966, garnering gold status for selling over one million copies. The song was arranged, conducted, and produced
Lightnin' Wells Muddy Creek Music Hall in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Lightnin' Wells currently resides in Fountain, North Carolina. A proposed 2015 documentary film, "Straight-Six Blues", which features Wells is still in post-production. His latest album, "O Lightnin', Where Art Thou?" (2017), was issued by the Germany-based Blind Lemon Records. Wells played all of the instruments used on the collection. The tracks included Wells versions of Mississippi John Hurt's "Pallet on the Floor," Jesse Fuller's "San Francisco Bay Blues" and Robert Johnson's "Love in Vain". Lightnin' Wells Lightnin' Wells is an American Piedmont blues multi-instrumentalist and singer. He is a proficient musician and