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
Live at Newport (Lightnin' Hopkins album) Live at Newport (Lightnin' Hopkins album) Live at Newport is a live album by blues musician Lightnin' Hopkins recorded at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965. Several tracks were released on three Vanguard Records compilation albums, "The Great Blues Men" (1971), "Great Bluesmen Newport" (1977), and "Blues with a Feeling" (1993) before the complete performance was released on CD in 2002. AllMusic reviewer Ronnie D. Lankford, Jr. said: "Recorded in 1965, "Live at Newport" captures Hopkins in a loose mood communing with an appreciative audience. The mostly solo electric set apparently didn't cause any controversy (as Dylan's electric set with