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3 Timeless Songs That Took Decades to Complete

If Don McLean Wanted “American Pie” To Insult These Iconic Songwriters, He “Would Have Said Their Names”

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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”

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What Ritchie Valens’ Sister Thought of Don McLean’s “American Pie,” Folk-Rock Anthem Describing Fatal Plane Crash That Took Valens’ Life

On This Day in 1959: Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper, and Ritchie Valens Tragically Died, Inspiring Don McLean’s “American Pie”

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The Don McLean Song He Said Made People “Glad To Be Unhappy”

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    December 17, 2023, 1:31 pm

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