Robert John, the singer-songwriter behind the chart-topping hit "Sad Eyes," died on Monday, Feb. 24. He was 79.

Robert John, whose “Sad Eyes” hit No. 1 in the U.S. and had a Top 5 hit with a cover of “The Lion Sleeps Tonight,” died ...

Robert John, the singer-songwriter who scored a Number One hit in 1979 with his song, 'Sad Eyes,' has died at the age of 79.

The 1979 chart-topper was an unlikely late-career breakthrough for an artist with an absolutely bizarre career arc.

John was born in Brooklyn, New York, on Jan. 3, 1946. At 12 years old, he released his first record, “White Bucks and Saddle ...

A former No. 1 hit singer who charted in four different decades is dead at age 79. Robert John, who topped the Billboard Hot ...

The singer was known for several hits from the 1950s to 1970s including “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” and “Sad Eyes.” ...

Robert John, whose “Sad Eyes” hit No. 1 in the U.S. and had a Top 5 hit with a cover of “The Lion Sleeps Tonight,” died Monday. He was 79. His son Michael Patrick told our sister site ...

Here, we honor the late Robert John with a look at his lone No. 1: The sweetly insensitive 1979 throwback smash “Sad Eyes.” Related Halsey Explores Kinks in Super NSFW, S&M-Themed 'Safeword ...

Born Bobby Pedrick, Jr., in Brooklyn, New York, he was 12 years old when he had his first hit with the single, “White Bucks ...

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