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 ...
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 Rolling Stone ...
The first time Robert John appeared on the Billboard Hot 100, he was 12 years old. It was 1958. At this point, John (no relation to Elton or Olivia Newton-) was known as Bobby Pedrick, Jr. He got as ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...