the 1990s Gaudio moved to Nashville and produced recordings for Canadian country artist George Fox, among others. He lured Neil Diamond to Nashville to record the album Tennessee Moon. In recent years Gaudio has focused on musical theater, writing the music for the 2001 London West End production of Peggy Sue Got Married. Gaudio was instrumental in mounting Jersey Boys, a musical play based on the lives of the Four Seasons, which ran at the La Jolla Playhouse through January 2, 2005, and then opened on Broadway on November 6, 2005, to mostly positive reviews. In 2006, the play won four Tony Awards, including Best Musical. In 2007, it won a Grammy in the Best Musical Show Album category. Gaudio was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1995. On February 3, 2009, Gaudio received his high school diploma, 50 years after dropping out of Bergenfield High School. On May 12, 2012, Gaudio received the Ellis Island Medal of Honor for his commitment to many humanitarian causes. On June 20, 2014, Warner Bros. released the film version of Jersey Boys, directed by Clint Eastwood in which Gaudio was portrayed by Erich Bergen. In Jersey Boys, credit is given to a then-teenaged Joe Pesci for introducing Gaudio to Tommy DeVito. On July 1, 2014, Rhino Entertainment released Audio with a G, the first compilation of the music composed by Bob Gaudio as performed by the Four Seasons, Frank Sinatra, Diana Ross, The Temptations, Cher, Roberta Flack, Nina Simone, Jerry Butler, Chuck Jackson and others. References External links Bob Gaudio at the Songwriters' Hall of Fame Watertownology -- a site to study the Watertown album 1942 births Living people American male singers American rock pianists American male pianists Record producers from New York (state) Record producers from New Jersey Songwriters from New York (state) Songwriters from New Jersey American people of Italian descent Singers from New Jersey Jersey Shore musicians The Four Seasons (band) members Grammy Award winners People from Bergenfield, New Jersey 20th-century American keyboardists Bergenfield High School alumni 20th-century American pianists 21st-century American pianists 20th-century American male musicians 21st-century American male musicians American male songwriters