American Pie continues to resonate. Madonna covered it in 2000, scoring a global millennium hit with a song she described as ...

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 ...

"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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Gijsbert Hanekroot/Redferns Don McLean scored more than a hit when he composed “American ...

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 ...

THE legendary Don McLean’s chart-topping song “American Pie” continues to resonate with listeners around the world not merely ...

Don McLean’s most famous song received an unexpected twist on Saturday night at the Shrine Auditorium & Expo Hall in Los Angeles. The classic rock icon, 79, appeared on stage with pop-rock phenom ...

NEW YORK — Singer-songwriter Don McLean's original manuscript and notes to "American Pie" sold at auction Tuesday for $1.2 million. McLean offered his wistful anthem that asks "Do you recall what was ...

Singer-songwriter Don McLean launched a seven-week run atop the U.S. albums chart with 'American Pie' on Jan. 22, 1972.