While the singer behind the song "Sad Eyes", Robert John sadly passed away on Monday at 79 years old.

Singer-songwriter Robert John, who topped the Billboard charts in 1979 with the moody ballad, “Sad Eyes,” died Feb 24. He was 79.

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 February 24 at age 79.

READ MORE: Top 40 Soft-Rock Songs John was born as Robert John Pedrick in Brooklyn on Jan. 3, 1946; he cut his first record in 1958 as Bobby Pedrick, Jr. John was only 12 when "White Bucks and ...

Robert John, the singer-songwriter who scored a Number One hit in 1979 with his song, 'Sad Eyes,' has died at the age of 79.

He made the change to Robert John in the middle of the decade, and his penchant for falsetto vocals made him a natural to cover The Tokens’ quasi-novelty song “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” in 1971.

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

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 ...