While most singers spend years trying to land a hit song, Robert John found success at just 12 years old when he released the song “White Bucks and Saddle Shoes.” Releasing the song under the name ...

Perhaps it made counterintuitive sense that Robert John would finally score his career-making solo ballad at one of the most inhospitable times for downtempo pop music in the history of top 40. The ...

Some careers get off to a roaring start and then fizzle quite quickly. Others get stuck in neutral in the early days before catching fire years down the road. For Robert John, it was a little bit of ...

Singer-songwriter Robert John, who topped the Billboard charts in 1979 with the moody ballad, “Sad Eyes,” died Feb 24. He was 79. The crooner’s son, Michael Pedrick, confirmed his father’s death to ...

Robert John, a singer-songwriter whose inimitable voice lent itself to a number of Billboard Hot 100 hits including “Sad Eyes” and an enduring version of “The Lion Sleeps Tonight,” died on Monday (Feb ...

Robert John, an itinerant singer-songwriter who was working in construction before scoring a Number One hit with 1979's "Sad Eyes," died Monday, Feb. 24. He was 79. Michael Pedrick, John's son, ...

Robert John, a singer-songwriter whose inimitable voice lent itself to a number of Billboard Hot 100 hits including "Sad Eyes ...