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American Pie by Don McLean
Genre: Folk-Rock
Year: 1971
Year: 1971
"American Pie" is a folk rock song by singer-songwriter Don McLean.
Recorded and released on the American Pie album in 1971, the single was a number-one U.S. hit for four weeks in 1972. A re-release in 1991 did not chart in the U.S., but reached number 12 in the UK. The song is an abstract story surrounding "The Day the Music Died" — the 1959 plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, The Big Bopper (Jiles Perry Richardson, Jr.), as well as the pilot, Roger Peterson. The importance of "American Pie" to Americas musical and cultural heritage was recognized by the Songs of the Century education project which listed the song as the number five song of the twentieth century. Some Top 40 stations initially played only side two of the single, but the songs popularity eventually Read full article at wikipedia.org
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More songs by Don McLean: Orphans of Wealth, Empty Chairs, It's Just the Sun, Birthday Song, Castles in the Air.
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