In this April 30, 2012 file photo, singer and children's book author Neil Sedaka poses for a portrait in New York. At 73, the singer-songwriter enlisted the aid of his twin granddaughters as kiddie backup singers on the three-song CD tucked into the children's book "Dinosaur Pet," a book inspired by his 1960 "Calendar Girl." (AP Photo/Charles Sykes)
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