Robert John Dies: ‘Sad Eyes’ Singer Was 79
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deadline.comRobert 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 that his father had been recovering a stroke years ago.
Sung in John’s signature high-register voice, “Sad Eyes” was a first-person tale of a man who had to break up with a temporary girlfriend because his unspecified partner was returning.
The EMI America single topped the Billboard Hot 100 in October 1979, more than 20 years after he first hit the pop chart. It ended the six-week reign of The Knack’s “My Sharona ” and went Top 10 in Canada and Australia, just missing the Top 30 in the UK.
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