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On This Day in 2015, Don McLean Sold the Original Manuscript to “American Pie” for $1.2 Million: “This Song Was Not a Parlor Game”
On April 7, 2015, songwriter Don McLean sold the original manuscript to his lyrics for the song "American Pie" and cleared some things up.
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Amidst a trade war, Inside American Pie highlights the cultural tumult embedded into Don McLean’s classic
When Don McLean penned American Pie in 1971, he likely didn’t anticipate the conspiracies the song would inspire, the tinfoil-hat fanaticism borne of the tune’s lengthy, cryptic lyrics.