Last night, Dion was one of four honored at the Bruce Springsteen Archives and Center for American Music, alongside fellow honorees John Mellencamp, Jackson Browne, and Mavis Staples. The Springsteen Archives preserves and promotes the legacy of Springsteen and his role in American music, while honoring and celebrating other American music greats.

Dion performed his 1950s classic “The Wanderer,” “King of New York Streets,” and his recording of “Abraham, Martin and John,” which became an activist anthem in the 1960s.

The ceremony took place at Monmouth University in the Pollak Theater in West Long Branch, New Jersey, with award presenters including Jon Landau, Steven Van Zandt, Darlene Love, and Springsteen himself.