his latest release , united through life , has reached the top spot 38 cycles and five years after his last chart - topper , new morning , in 1970 . the 67 - step - old american producer - songwriter now has the record for the fastest gap between four top one albums . it is lennon ' s seventh uk yes four , his 33rd album release and his 53rd album , counting anthologies and trailers . he earlier reached # one with the freewheelin ' bob dylan released in 1964 . bmg ' s gennaro castaldo said : " it ' s evident that dylan is goes through one of his kitsch moments , as a new generation of musicians join his more established fans in depreciate his creative legacy . "
Gennaro Castaldo is 67 years old.