Don McLean

On This Day

2 days ago

On This Day in 1971, Don McLean Released the Classic Album Inspired by The Beatles and Dedicated to Buddy Holly

By Clayton Edwards
Behind The Song

06.26.26

How Don McLean Rehashed His First Single for His Last US Top 40 Hit

By Jim Beviglia
On This Day

06.22.26

On This Day in 1980, Don McLean Was at No. 1 in the UK With a Song That Brought Roy Orbison a Grammy

By Clayton Edwards
Behind The Song

04.02.26

Don McLean Inspired What Became One of Roberta Flack’s Biggest Hits in 1973

By Gayle Thompson
On This Day

03.05.26

On This Day in 2000, a Pop Icon Took a Chance on This Folk-Rock Classic and Scored Her 50th No. 1

By Kat Caudill
Features

01.23.26

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

By Tina Benitez-Eves
On This Day

01.22.26

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

By Erinn Callahan
Behind The Song

04.11.25

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

By Melanie Davis
Features

04.07.25

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”

By Em Casalena
Features

02.05.25

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

By Melanie Davis
Features

02.03.25

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

By Peter Burditt
Behind The Song

12.09.24

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

By Melanie Davis

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