Singer Hanam Seok (75) has lost the original singer of 'Carried by the Wind,' Lou Christie (real name Luigi Alfredo Giovanni Sacco), who has passed away at the age of 82.
According to reports from The Hollywood Reporter and other foreign media on the 22nd (local time), Lou Christie passed away at his home in Pittsburgh, USA, on the 18th.
Born in Pennsylvania in 1943, the late singer debuted in 1962. It is reported that he met composer Twyla Herbert at the age of 15 and collaborated on hundreds of songs until Herbert's passing in 2009.
One of their collaborations, 'Lightnin’ Strikes,' reached number one on the Billboard charts in 1966, establishing him as a popular pop and soft rock singer in the United States during the 1960s.
In particular, one of his hit songs, 'Saddle the Wind,' released in 1973, is well-known in South Korea as a cover titled 'Carried by the Wind' sung by Hanam Seok.
[Ji Seung-hoon, Star Today Reporter]
