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During the mid-1960s, he struggled with his addictions and recorded songs in a Folk-rock vein. After getting clean from drug use (he has remained so ever since, except for a brief period in the mid- 1970s ), he switched to protest songs in the late 1960s . Perhaps his best-known song as a soloist, " Abraham, Martin & John " (1968), was a response to the Assassination s of Martin Luther King and John F. Kennedy during the summer of 1968 . Dion continued to record protest songs into the 1970s . His album '' Born To Be With You '', produced by Phil Spector and released in 1975 , was a commercial disaster, but has been cited by Jason Pierce of Spiritualized as a major influence on Spiritualized's work. Pete Townshend of the Who has similarly rejoiced in the album. In '', was published by Quill . Dion was inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in 1989 . The induction speech was given by Lou Reed . In the late 1970s , Dion recorded albums in the Contemporary Christian Music vein. In the 1980s and 1990s , he returned to secular pop music. His Deja Nu album found him covering Bruce Springsteen, a major follower over the years. In January 2006 he released ''Bronx in Blue'' an album of Blues and country standards to great critical acclaim. RECORD CHRONOLOGY
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