If you can’t remember a time when Frankie Avalon wasn’t a part of your life, you aren’t alone. This talented performer can look back on a career that spans three generations of music, television and motion pictures. Lou Christie’s chart-topping, multi-million selling career as a songwriter, recording artist, and performer started in his rural hometown near Pittsburgh when his first million-selling song, The Gypsy Cried, transformed a local choirboy into a national teen idol.