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’s “American Pie.” The tune took many years to complete. McLean explained why it took so long ...

Don McLean is all too aware how cruel the music industry can be, he has one major regret from early in his career that he ...

Songwriter Don McLean says he rejects comparisons of ... whose 1971 classic “American Pie” was added to the Library of ...

On this day in 1959, Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and The Big Bopper tragically gave Don McLean the inspiration for "American Pie." ...

The Thomas Nicholas Band will headline “American Pie” Emo Night on Saturday, March 22, at the Westcott Theater. The show ...

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.

Here’s how it works. Not to be confused with the 1971 Don McLean hit “American Pie,” this hit coming-of-age comedy (and one of the best high school movies of its time) from directors Paul ...

South Korean President Yoon sang verses of “American Pie” by Don McLean at the White House on Wednesday. Photo: Susan Walsh/Associated Press Home Browse Series Live Q&A WSJ Events From ...

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.

According to the 1971 Don McLean song, "American Pie," the day the music died was the day in 1959 when a plane went down in an Iowa cornfield, cutting short the lives of Buddy Holly, Richie Valens ...