American Pie Tapestry
This American singer and songwriter became popular with his 1971 album American Pie which included the hits “American Pie” and “Vincent”.
Don McLean recorded his first album Tapestry in 1969. The album wasn’t a great success but his first major break came with his second album which was American Pie. The two singles from this album, as mentioned above, rose up to number one on the charts. His song “American Pie” was partly inspired by the tragic deaths of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. Richardson known as The Big Bopper who all died in a plane crash on February 3, 1959. This song made the expression “the day the music died” popular. In 2001 “American Pie” was voted number five in a poll of the 365 Songs of the Century.
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Don McLean recorded his first album Tapestry in 1969. The album wasn’t a great success but his first major break came with his second album which was American Pie. The two singles from this album, as mentioned above, rose up to number one on the charts. His song “American Pie” was partly inspired by the tragic deaths of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. Richardson known as The Big Bopper who all died in a plane crash on February 3, 1959. This song made the expression “the day the music died” popular. In 2001 “American Pie” was voted number five in a poll of the 365 Songs of the Century.
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