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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.
Don McLean’s ‘American Pie’ Took 10 Years to Write
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 ...
‘American Pie’ singer Don McLean talks his new George Floyd song, Trump and why artists are ‘afraid’ to take sides
Songwriter Don McLean says he rejects comparisons ... to take a side or a stand on anything,” said McLean, whose 1971 classic ...
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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.