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, an itinerant singer-songwriter who was working in construction before scoring a Number One hit with 1979's "Sad ...

John was born Robert John Pedrick Jr. on Jan. 3, 1946, in Brooklyn, New York. He scored his first hit on Billboard’s Hot 100 ...

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

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 ...

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.” ...

Sad Eyes’ crooner Robert John dies aged 79 - Singer-songwriter scored his first hit aged 12, and was known for hits such as ...

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, 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 ...

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