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 ...

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

Robert John, an itinerant singer-songwriter who was working in construction before scoring a Number One hit with 1979’s “Sad Eyes,” died ... songs for labels like Big Top and Verve, but ...

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 ...

“Sad Eyes” marked his final major hit ... Pedrick Jr., he recorded his first single at just 12 years old with Big Top Records. His debut track, "White Bucks and Saddle Shoes," climbed to ...

Listen to it below. Culled from his eponymous Top 70 album, “Sad Eyes” would be his last big hit, but it wasn’t his first. John’s cover of “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” spent three weeks ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on ... Robert John, the crooner behind “Sad Eyes” who scored his first hit when he was just 12, has died aged 79.