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Robert John

US singer‐songwriter

United States · 1946-01-03 – 2025-02-24

Robert John is credited on 593 releases across 148 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1968–2024 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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593

Credits

148

Albums

7

Decades active

707

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Soul singer And Pop singer
Robert John was an American singer-songwriter.
(January 3, 1946 – February 24, 2025)
John – born Robert John Pedrick – had been recording since he was 12 years old, first charting in 1958 (as ‘Bobby Pedrick’), and then continuing to record through the 60s for a variety of labels.
He recorded ‘Raindrops, Love and Sunshine’ in 1970, featuring his powerful (nearly ear-shattering) falsetto, and an arrangement that owes a huge debt to the previous year’s mega-hit ‘More Today Than Yesterday’ by the Spiral Starecase.
John went on to have a number of hits in the 70s and 80s, including the aforementioned ‘Sad Eyes’ (#1 1979) and even and putting that falsetto to use again in 1983 with a remake of the Newbeats ‘Bread and Butter’ (#68 1983), which came out on Motown.
For the visual artist, see Robert John.

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Credited work

593 releases · 148 albums · active 1968–2024

  • Performance · 712
  • Other credits · 26
  • Production · 19
  • Mastering · 1

Studios: Mastersound Studios, Atlanta · Columbia Recording Studios · 914 Sound Studios · Record Plant, Los Angeles

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