Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Robert John, an itinerant singer-songwriter who was working in construction before scoring a Number One hit with 1979’s “Sad Eyes, ...

While most singers spend years trying to land a hit song, Robert John found success at just 12 years old when he released the song “White Bucks and Saddle Shoes.” Releasing the song under the name ...

Some careers get off to a roaring start and then fizzle quite quickly. Others get stuck in neutral in the early days before catching fire years down the road. For Robert John, it was a little bit of ...