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  1. Live video. "American Pie live performance on BBC, July 29, 1972" on YouTube. " American Pie " is a song by American singer and songwriter Don McLean. Recorded and released in 1971 on the album of the same name, the single was the number-one US hit for four weeks in 1972 starting January 15 [2] after just eight weeks on the US Billboard charts ...

  2. Feb 4, 2021 · 0:03. 12:45. "A long, long time ago," Don McLean began writing a rock epic with those words. It's now been 50 years since "American Pie" — all eight and a half cryptic minutes of it— took hold ...

    • Dave Paulson
    • Music Reporter
  3. According to McLean, "American Pie" was originally inspired by the death of Buddy Holly. "I loved his music," he told Songfacts. "When that whole crash happened, it was a real ache in my heart. So, I ended up bringing back all those memories of 1959 and the things that happened later." "The Day The Music Died" is February 3, 1959, when Holly ...

  4. While McLean initially left the meaning of “American Pie” up to interpretation, he revealed the intended significance in 2015 when the original manuscript and notes were sold at auction. The song is a reflection on the evolution of rock and roll and the profound changes that occurred during the 1960s. It is a lamentation for the loss of ...

  5. American Pie is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter Don McLean, released by United Artists Records in October 1971. The folk rock album reached number one on the Billboard 200, containing the chart-topping singles "American Pie" and "Vincent". Recorded in May and June 1971 at The Record Plant in New York City, [3] the LP is ...

  6. Aug 18, 2021 · Here’s how it works. The story behind American Pie by Don McLean. Along, long time ago – 50 years ago, actually – Don McLean was a little-known singer-songwriter with a lot on his mind. The then 25-year-old was living in New York, writing songs for the follow-up to his debut album Tapestry, and felt he needed “a big song to tie it all ...

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  8. Don McLean released this groundbreaking song on the album American Pie in 1971. It is full of pop-culture references. An entire website has been created by Jim Fann to explore the

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