After two failed attempts at using dynamite to implode this historic smokestack in Pell City, Alabama, this city worker went out and took a backhoe to the structure, only to have it fall directly ...

Singer Lou Christie, who topped the charts with his 1966 hit “Lightnin’ Strikes,” died in his Pittsburgh home on Wednesday. He was 82.

Lou Christie, the falsetto singer-songwriter who had Top 10 hits with "Lightnin' Strikes," "Two Faces Have I" and "I'm Gonna Make You Mine," has died at 82.

A late-1960s throwback to the days of clean-cut teen idols — he called himself “the missing link” — he rode his gymnastic vocal range to a string of hits.

Lou Christie, the falsetto voice behind the 1966 hit “Lightnin' Strikes,” has passed away at 82, leaving a legacy that helped shape a generation of pop music lovers.

Lou Christie, the singer-songwriter who reached No. 1 in 1966 with 'Lightnin’ Strikes,' has died. He was 82.

Federal officials sent a crew to dismantle a 120-foot-tall smokestack at Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park.

Federal officials sent a crew to dismantle a 120-foot-tall smokestack at Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park.

Learn all about Smokestack Lightning Lyrics by Howlin’ Wolf, including when it was released and who helped create this blues hit.

As Bridgeport smokestack demolitions loom, Soundside organizer has major concerns for music festival By Brian Lockhart, Staff Writer Updated May 21, 2025 3:38 p.m.

Six months after a $7.6 million national park expansion was completed, the new recreation area has not yet opened to the public.