Along with topping the Hot 100, "Sad Eyes" earned John a Grammy nomination for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male (though he lost the prize to Billy Joel's "52nd Street"). John followed up "Sad Eyes" ...
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 as a 12-year-old in 1958 with “White Bucks and Saddle Shoes.” The song ...
Along with topping the Hot 100, “Sad Eyes” earned John a Grammy nomination for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male (though he lost the prize to Billy Joel’s “52nd Street”). John followed up ...
That was when John wrote “Sad Eyes.” The song was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal by a male artist but lost to Billy Joel’s “52nd Street.” John’s career stretched ...