The fourth track, “Ojos Tristes” (“Sad Eyes” in English) takes the chorus from Jeanette’s 1981 song “El Muchacho de los Ojos Tristes” (“The Boy With Sad Eyes,” see an English ...

Robert John, a singer-songwriter whose inimitable voice lent itself to a number of Billboard Hot 100 hits including “Sad Eyes” and an enduring version of “The Lion Sleeps Tonight,” died on ...

Robert John: The singer-songwriter, who took "Sad Eyes" to No. 1 in 1979 and had a top-three hit with his version of "The Lion Sleeps Tonight," died Feb. 24. He was 79. (Michael Ochs Archives ...

The fourth track, “Ojos Tristes” (“Sad Eyes” in English) takes the chorus from Jeanette’s 1981 song “El Muchacho de los Ojos Tristes” (“The Boy With Sad Eyes,” see an English ...

The fourth track, “Ojos Tristes” (“Sad Eyes” in English) ... whom she calls the “love of my life,” it may draw instead from the experiences of other people in her life.