As a fan of a wide variety of popular (and not-so-popular) music from the 1950s (and sometimes even earlier) up through the present, one of my bucket list projects for years has been to put together a list of my 100 favorite songs of all time. At some point I decided that, once I got around to figuring that out, I could put it out on a blog, for the infinitesimally small proportion of the Internet world that might be interested. So, here we are. While the Top 100 will be a major focus, I also plan to post on a variety of other musical (and occasionally non-musical) topics, in which you may or may not be interested. (If a particular posting doesn’t ring your bell, you’re only a few clicks away from a dancing cat video on YouTube.)

Friday, February 28, 2025

Robert John

https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/robert-john-dead-obituary-1235910130/

 

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Singer-songwriter Robert John seems to be best remembered for his song “Sad Eyes”, which topped the charts in 1979. Although he also reached the top 10 in 1972 with a pleasant-but-pointless remake of “The Lion Sleeps Tonight”, I much prefer a pair of lesser-known tracks: “If You Don’t Want My Love” (which I remember from 1968 although it missed the top 40) and “When The Party Is Over” (which had a very brief chart run in 1970 but never came to my attention until a couple of years ago). And I just found out today that he co-wrote “I Can’t Move No Mountains” for Blood, Sweat & Tears, which also deserves more love than it gets.

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