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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Robert John, an itinerant singer-songwriter who was working in construction before scoring a Number One hit with 1979’s “Sad Eyes, ...

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, the singer best known for the song “Sad Eyes,” died on Monday. He was 79. John’s son, Michael Pedrick, confirmed his death to Rolling Stone. No cause of death was given, but John had been ...

A former No. 1 hit singer who charted in four different decades is dead at age 79. Robert John, who topped the Billboard Hot 100 in 1979 with “Sad Eyes,” died Monday, according to Rolling Stone. A ...