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McLean's magnum opus, "American Pie", is a sprawling, impressionistic song inspired partly by the deaths of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. Richardson (The Big Bopper) in a plane crash in 1959, and developments in American youth culture in the subsequent decade. The song popularized the expression "The Day the Music Died" in reference to ...
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212K subscribers • 55 videos. Don McLean is a Grammy award honoree, a Songwriter Hall of Fame member, a BBC Lifetime Achievement award recipient, and his smash hit “American Pie” resides in ...
Mar 1, 2024 · NEW YORK, N.Y. – Grammy-award honoree, Songwriters Hall of Fame member, and BBC Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Don McLean is excited to announce his next studio album, American Boys, which will be released on May 17th by BFD/Audium Nashville and distributed exclusively through The Orchard.
ABOUT. Don McLean was born on October 2, 1945, in New Rochelle, New York, to Elizabeth and Donald McLean. By the age of five he had developed an interest in all forms of music and would spend hours listening to the radio and records that were around the house.
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Jul 19, 2022 · McLean — and his singular tune about "the day the music died" — are now the subject of a full-length feature documentary, The Day the Music Died: The Story of Don McLean's American Pie, streaming on Paramount+. It's essential viewing for McLean fans or anyone who has marvelled at his sonic treasure.
Mar 5, 2023 · McLean is the sole author behind the famed “American Pie,” which celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2021, and the popular ballad “And I Love You So,” which has been recorded by Elvis Presley,...