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' Strikes (Vee-Jay album) Lightnin' Strikes (Vee-Jay album) Lightnin' Strikes is an album by blues musician Lightnin' Hopkins recorded in Texas in 1962 and released on the Vee-Jay label. The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings said "Creatively speaking, this is Lightnin' on no more than good form, rising to very good indeed in "Walking Round in Circles", but the sonic effects lend the music a strangeness that some listeners may find attractive". AllMusic reviewer Cub Coda stated: "This brings together some early-'60s sides that Hopkins recorded for the Chicago-based Vee-Jay label, although all of them were recorded in his native Houston. ... two are