found: Back on the street [SR] p1980:label (Robert John)
found: COHM, 11-22-93(hdg: John, Robert, pseud., 1945- ; Pedrick, Robert John)
found: Robert John, p2002:booklet (Robert John, b. Robert John Pedrick, Jr.; released self-titled album in 1979)
found: The Big Top Records story [SR] 2008:container (Bobby Pedrick Jr., vocals)
found: Wikipedia, August 30, 2012:(Robert John; Robert John (born Robert John Pedrick, Jr., 1946, Brooklyn, New York) is an American singer-songwriter; "...John, then known as Bobby Pedrick, first hit the pop chart in 1958 when he was only 12 years old; by 1965 he had changed his name and signed with MGM records; his next hit, a cover of The Tokens' 1961 hit "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" which climbed to #3 in 1972)
found: All music guide, August 30, 2012:(born in Brooklyn, NY, 1946)
found: Encyclopedia of popular music, 3rd ed.:(b. Robert John Pedrick, Jnr., 1946, Brooklyn, New York, USA)