Don McLean and Connie Valens tell PEOPLE about their unique experiences on 'The Day the Music Died,' when Buddy Holly, Richie ...
Classic rock music has produced few songs as layered, mysterious, and intertextual as Don McLean ... “American Pie” took a long time to write and it was worth the wait. Read the original ...
On this day in 1959, Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and The Big Bopper tragically gave Don McLean the inspiration for "American Pie." ...
Songwriter Don McLean says he rejects comparisons ... to take a side or a stand on anything,” said McLean, whose 1971 classic ...
Not to be confused with the 1971 Don McLean hit “American Pie,” this hit coming-of-age ... of the franchise takes a cue from one of the original film’s most famous lines: "This one time ...
Don McLean scored two UK Official Singles Chart Number 1s with Vincent in 1972 and Crying in 1980, but his best known song American Pie, became a hit on two occasions in 1972 and in 1991.
Don McLean would later refer to it as "the day the music died" in his classic song "American Pie." Can you think of other songs that touch on the passing of a musician? Share them below.