Perhaps it made counterintuitive sense that Robert John would finally score his career-making solo ballad at one of the most inhospitable times for downtempo pop music in the history of top 40. The ...

The Bee Gees' fall from commercial grace was directly tied to changing attitudes about disco music as the '80s loomed. Even the band members themselves were pondering where the future might lead.

The first time Robert John appeared on the Billboard Hot 100, he was 12 years old. It was 1958. At this point, John (no relation to Elton or Olivia Newton-) was known as Bobby Pedrick, Jr. He got as ...