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'The link between Sinatra and rock & roll': Dion turns 80

Dion DiMucci is now 80 years old. Known throughout his career by only his first name name, Dion was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1989. Bruce Springsteen has called him the link between Frank Sinatra and rock & roll.

He's currently trying to get a play called “The Wanderer: the Life and Music of Dion" produced in New York. His most recent single came out in 2015. It's a duet with Paul Simon called "New York is My Home."