These alternative rock songs have disturbing backstories that are based in real life... at least, most of them are.

1 single — by taking an extended look back at the chart-topping songs that made them part of ... 1: The sweetly insensitive 1979 throwback smash “Sad Eyes.” Related Dua Lipa Covers Natalie ...

The singer-songwriter notched his first Hot 100 hit ... old. By Rania Aniftos Robert John, a singer-songwriter whose inimitable voice lent itself to a number of Billboard Hot 100 hits including ...

Robert John, an itinerant singer-songwriter who was working in construction before scoring a Number One hit with 1979's "Sad Eyes," died ... when he was just 12 years old, he reached Number ...

Robert John, an itinerant singer-songwriter who was working in construction before scoring a Number One hit with 1979’s “Sad Eyes,” died ... when he was just 12 years old, he reached Number ...