Los Angeles, June 20 -- Veteran singer Lou Christie breathed his last at the age of 82 on Wednesday.

The news of his demise was announced by his family on social media. However, the cause of his death was not disclosed, as per Variety.

Christie had three top 10 singles in the U.S. across a period of six years in the '60s, the biggest being "Lightnin' Strikes," which was released in 1965 and hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in February 1966. Written by Christie with Twyla Herbert, the MGM-label single was famous for a soaring hook with a nearly Frankie Valli-level falsetto.

That career peak was preceded in 1963 with "Two Faces Have I," which reached No. 6. Also written by Christie and Herbert, the song was not often covered, yet Bruce...