The songwriter recently took to the stage to sing the song with another artist for only the second time in 55 years ...

Don McLean’s 1971 hit “American Pie” is one of the most iconic folk-rock songs of all time, capturing the dissolution of innocence in the 1960s that came on the heels of a tragic plane crash that took ...

Classic rock music has produced few songs as layered, mysterious, and intertextual as Don McLean’s “American Pie.” The tune took many years to complete. McLean explained why it took so long to write ...

NEW YORK -- Songwriter Don McLean's original working manuscript for "American Pie," one of the most iconic songs of the 20th century, sold for $1.2 million, auctioneers Christie's said on Tuesday. It ...

When Don McLean released “American Pie” in 1971, he left listeners with a wealth of potential lyrical analysis. The sprawling, over-eight-minute song incorporated quintessentially American imagery ...

"American Pie" singer Don McLean — who is still performing and touring — was born on this day in history, Oct. 2, 1945, in New Rochelle, New York. He is forever associated with his iconic hit ...

Don McLean does not want a slice of “American Pie” if it comes topped with “woke bullsh–” — something he spoke at length about in a new interview with Metro published this week. When asked about his ...

Don McLean has no time for what he describes as “woke bullshit,” adding that it’s the kind of societal issue he conveyed in his 1971 classic “American Pie.” “The song really does open up a whole ...

FLORENCE — Don McLean's "American Pie" was selected as one of the five greatest songs of the 20th Century by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Recording Industry Association of America.

Don McLean recorded and released his hit song "American Pie" in 1971. On Sunday, he'll play Bend's Tower Theatre. If you long for the days when rock ‘n’ roll was the dominant style of popular music in ...

Throughout his storied career, musician Don McLean has learned that songwriters need to experience "pain" to pen music that speaks to people. "There's a lot of pain, you know, if you want to be a ...