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Don McLean (born 2nd October 1945 in New Rochelle, New York) is an American singer-songwriter, most famous for his 1971 song “American Pie”, about the plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and the Big Bopper. The song spawned the phrase “The Day the Music Died”, referring to the day of the crash.

Early in his career, McLean was mentored by the folk legend Pete Seeger, and accompanied Seeger on his Clearwater boat up the Hudson River in 1969 to protest at environmental pollution in the river. The Clearwater campaign was widely credited for improving water quality in the Hudson River.

In 1980, McLean had an international number one hit with the Roy Orbison classic, “Crying”. Only following the record’s success overseas was it released in the U.S., becoming a top-ten hit in 1981. Orbison himself once described McLean as “the voice of the century”, and a subsequent re-recording of the song saw Orbison incorporate elements of McLean’s version.

In 1991, McLean returned to the U.K. top ten with a re-issue of “American Pie”, which nine years later became a worldwide smash all over again thanks to Madonna’s controversial cover.

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2	Vincent full track	1,273
3	Crying full track	308
4	Winterwood full track	307
5	Castles In The Air full track	296
6	Crossroads full track	291
6	Empty Chairs full track	291
8	And I Love You So full track	269
9	Babylon full track	205
9	Sister Fatima full track	205
11	Till Tomorrow full track	173
12	The Grave full track	160
13	Everybody Loves Me, Baby full track	124
14	Wonderful Baby full track	117
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Art-For-Life wrote:
yesterday morning

(((((d '._.' b)))))

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capo08 wrote:
Wednesday evening

American Pie is the the most intelligent song EVER!

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meowkittycat wrote:
last week

he stole american pie from madonna!!

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p-u-m-p wrote:
last month

vincent ! love it !

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mynameisjoehann wrote:
last month

american pie best folk song ever

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nellyb63 wrote:
last month

so very beautiful and sad

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sladev wrote:
last month

American Pie.. amazing songs!!!

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MiNiMacho wrote:
last month

Agree with Yaghma;)

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Musicboehmy wrote:
last month

Hello... - Please visit my new Group „Singer-Songwriter of the week“ Link is http://www.lastfm.de/group/Singer-Songwriter+of+the+Week Here can you vote for songwriter each week and so we created a Hall Of Fame. The Idea for the Group came from here: http://www.lastfm.de/group/Country+Artist+of+the+Week

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julian_vamp wrote:
December 2009

American Pie and Vincent, both amazing songs. Beyond amazing. I remembering hearing my day play the cd in the car all the time when I was little.

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Meahl wrote:
November 2009

If you don't like American Pie you're a faggot

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yaghma wrote:
November 2009

American Pie is the song that i wish to hear the day i die

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nickwish wrote:
October 2009

Empty Chairs & Vincent <3

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ethanspapa wrote:
October 2009

I am 62 and every time I hear this song a little tear falls from my eyes

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Freedom_17 wrote:
October 2009

American Pie is very good, but Vincent is the best ! =)

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AliceFiryago wrote:
October 2009

But I prefer Dreidel =) American Pie is good, but not the best

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yaghma wrote:
September 2009

legend

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nosaxplease wrote:
September 2009

Pity he's only known for American Pie, the Tapestry album was great, I still have it on vinyl.

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zimdelinvasor wrote:
September 2009

I'll be honest here; I have never heard anything by this guy but American Pie. But I gotta say, I love American Pie!

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stewie1122 wrote:
July 2009

Great singer. I met him once and I got his autograph.

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Don McLean will be returning to Britain in May 2010, including a show at the Royal Albert Hall. 3rd May 2010 Symphony Hall (Birmingham) 4th May 2010 Colston Hall (Bristol) …

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