Don McLean said if he wanted to subtly insult these iconic songwriters in "American Pie," he "would have said their names." ...

On April 7, 2015, songwriter Don McLean sold the original manuscript to his lyrics for the song "American Pie" and cleared ...

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 ...

Songwriter Don McLean says he rejects comparisons ... to take a side or a stand on anything,” said McLean, whose 1971 classic ...

In the 1971 classic "American Pie," Don McLean wrote about "The Day the Music ... with the plane crash contributing to its lyrics. "All of a sudden this memory of Buddy's death had the dramatic ...

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.