Robert John
Best-known for his 1979 number one hit "Sad Eyes," pop singer Robert John actually charted for the first time in 1958 as a doo wop singer, giving him one of the longest spans ever between an artist's chart debut and first number one single. John was born Robert John Pedrick Jr. in Brooklyn in 1946; armed with a distinctively high tenor voice, he first recorded for Big Top at age 12, billed as Bobby Pedrick. His debut single, "White Bucks and Saddle Shoes," charted in 1958, as did the follow-up "Pajama Party" early the next year. Pedrick shuffled between at least seven labels over the course of the '60s, recording a few singles along the way that failed to match his earlier success. He led the short-lived group Bobby & the Consoles in 1963, and also moonlighted as a record producer, helming an obscure folk-pop single by the Carousel in 1967; the following year, he began billing himself as Robert John. In 1971, he signed with Atlantic and soon landed a Top Ten smash with a remake of "The Lion Sleeps Tonight," which showed that the vocal range of his youth hadn't changed much; no more hits appeared to be forthcoming, though, and John was sent packing. In 1979, he resurfaced on EMI with the album Night Songs, and late that year, the smooth pop ballad "Sad Eyes" went all the way to number one. No follow-up proved nearly as popular and John resumed his nomadic career path; his last chart single came in 1983 with a remake of "Bread and Butter" on Motown.
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19 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Alternative & Indie - Released by Robert John on 14 Apr 2023
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Classic Masters
Pop - Released by Capitol Records on 26 Mar 2002
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Back On The Street
Pop - Released by CAPITOL CATALOG MKT (C92) on 1 Jan 1980
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String Quartet Themes: Musical Images, Vol. 55
Classical - Released by Image on 21 May 2014
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If You Don't Want My Love
Rock - Released by Columbia - Legacy on 15 May 1968
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Dear John
Alternative & Indie - Released by John Robert on 14 Oct 2016
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Uilleann Sunrise
Classical - Released by ABC Classic on 7 Jan 2000
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Hug Me
Alternative & Indie - Released by Rock records on 26 Jan 2017
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Leaps And Bounds
Alternative & Indie - Released by 5372480 Records DK on 8 Jun 2023
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Strange Things (feat. Lauren O’Donovan)
Rock - Released by John Robert on 28 Feb 2021
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Butterflies (Mi Amor Mix)
Pop - Released by John Robert on 25 Mar 2022
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