Paul Anka Wrote One of the Final Songs Buddy Holly Recorded, Released a Month Before His Death and Covered 20 Years Later by Don McLean
On This Day in 1972, Don McLean Started a Seven-Week Run at No. 1 With an Album Inspired by the Beatles—and Dedicated to His Childhood Icon
If Don McLean Wanted “American Pie” To Insult These Iconic Songwriters, He “Would Have Said Their Names”
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”
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”
