Classic rock music has produced few songs as layered, mysterious, and intertextual as Don McLean’s “American Pie.” The tune took many years to complete. McLean explained why it took so long to write ...

Rocker Don McLean, who wrote and recorded the classic hit, “American Pie.” Don McLean etched a significant place in modern music history with big classic rock hits like “American Pie,” “Crying” and ...

"American Pie" singer Don McLean isn’t too impressed with modern songwriters. On the red carpet at the MovieGuide Awards, the musician told Fox News Digital the biggest change he’s seen over his ...

Singer Don McLean considers himself lucky that he still actually enjoys the song that made him famous. That would be “American Pie,” the nearly nine-minute anthem that sits in the top 5 in the “Songs ...

While chances are you've sung along to Don McLean's "American Pie," you may be less familiar with the radio hit's somber inspiration. Referenced in the lyrics as "the day the music died," McLean’s ...

I wish I could remember her name, but I can’t. To me, she always is The Girl In Red even though I’m sure she wore other colors. Unlike most of my students, she was excited to have a tutor. Her math ...

YouTube artist Mike Massé is making a music video for his acoustic guitar cover of the Don McLean classic “American Pie” on Sunday, Oct. 19, at the Surf Ballroom, and the public is invited to watch, ...

Don McLean’s 1971 hit “American Pie” is one of the most iconic folk-rock songs of all time, capturing the dissolution of innocence in the 1960s that came on the heels of a tragic plane crash that took ...

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