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

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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 ...

The singer-songwriter, who began his career at just 12 years old, also had a Top 10 hit with a version of "The Lion Sleeps ...

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

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

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 ...

Robert John, an itinerant singer-songwriter who was working in construction before scoring a Number One hit with 1979’s “Sad Eyes,” died Monday. He was 79. Michael Pedrick, John’s son ...

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 beloved singer, died on February 24, 2025, at the age of 79. In a conversation with Rolling Stone, his son talked about how John did not completely heal from a stroke that he had ...

Pedrick promised, “he was a really great dad.” While having his son praise his job as a father, John also left his mark in music when he released the hit song “Sad Eyes” during the late 1970s.