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 ...

Musician Don McLean is best known for his hit song, America Pie. Here, the 81-year-old talks about how that song changed his ...

"American Pie" singer Don McLean, 80, is celebrating his tenth anniversary with his girlfriend, Paris (Dunn) Dylan, 31. The popular singer is best known for his historic eight-and-a-half-minute folk ...

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 ...

In song, “Vincent” tells the story of one of the many people and places referenced within Don McLean’s seminal 1971 album, American Pie. Also known as “Starry Starry Night,” the song was an ode to the ...

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 ...

"American Pie" singer Don McLean isn’t too impressed with modern songwriters. On the red carpet at the MovieGuide Awards, the musician told Fox News Digital the biggest change he’s seen over his ...

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Don Mclean never felt "poor" - even when he was broke. The 78-year-old singer now has a reported net worth of $50 million but explained that even when he was struggling to build his career, he still ...

Songwriter Don McLean says he rejects comparisons of today's political climate to the 1960s, saying in the past, despite the division, "you knew where people stood." "There was a reasonable discourse ...

Don McLean celebrated his 10-year anniversary with his much-younger girlfriend Paris Dylan last week. In a celebratory Instagram post, the 80-year-old singer referred the model, who will mark her 32nd ...