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In addition to his work for the Seasons and Sinatra, he wrote and/or produced for Nancy Sinatra, Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Barry Manilow, Eric Carmen, Peabo Bryson and Roberta Flack. In particular, he produced six complete albums for Neil Diamond, and the movie soundtrack albums for Diamond's The Jazz Singer and Little Shop of Horrors. Gaudio also produced the mega-hit "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" for Barbra Streisand and Neil Diamond, a duet that reached the top of Billboard Magazine charts in 1978, for which he received a Grammy nomination.
In 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 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 Nov. 6, 2005 to mostly positive reviews. In 2006, the play won four Tony Awards, including Best Musical. In 2007, it won a Grammy Award in the Best Musical Show Album category. In Jersey Boys, credit is given to a then-teenaged Joe Pesci for introducing Gaudio to Tommy DeVito. DeVito's name was subsequently procured for Pesci's Academy Award winning character from Goodfellas.
Gaudio is a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
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.
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