Hudson County hitmaker Tony Orlando is the bridge between old-school show biz and pop music. The 2023 New Jersey Hall of Fame inductee retired last year, but honored Newark composer L. Russell Brown a few months ago with the NJ HOF “Everyday Hero” Award. A longtime champion of veterans, supporter of countless charities, he has traversed the fragmented terrain of being a chart-topping pop singer, TV star and Las Vegas headliner.