Forever No. 1: Robert John’s ‘Sad Eyes’ The 1979 chart-topper was an unlikely late-career breakthrough for an artist with an absolutely bizarre career arc.

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

The pleasure of sad music. Sad music can release the hormone prolactin, which is the same soothing and tranquilizing hormone that is released when mothers are nursing their infants.

Robert John — famous for his 1979 hit Sad Eyes — has died at the age of 79. The chart-topping crooner passed away on Monday, years after suffering a stroke, his son, Michael Patrick, ...

As “Sad in Carolina” also first made any Billboard chart when it debuted on Alternative Airplay on the Aug. 3-dated list, Dexter and the Moonrocks achieve a feat akin to recent Mainstream Rock ...

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

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 ...