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"American Pie" is a song by American singer and songwriter Don McLean. Recorded and released in 1971 on the album of the same name, the single was the number-one US hit for four weeks in 1972 starting January 15 [2] after just eight weeks on the US Billboard charts (where it entered at number 69). [3]
American Pie is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter Don McLean, released by United Artists Records in October 1971. The folk rock album reached number one on the Billboard 200, containing the chart-topping singles " American Pie " and " Vincent ".
Donald McLean III / m ə ˈ k l eɪ n / (born October 2, 1945) [1] is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist, known to fans as the "American Troubadour" or "King of the Trail". [2] [3] He is best known for his 1971 hit "American Pie", an eight-and-a-half-minute folk rock song that has been referred to as a "cultural touchstone". [4]
American Pie – The Greatest Hits — 30 BPI: Gold [11] 2002 Classic Collection: 57 — 2003 Legendary Songs of Don McLean — 71 2004 Christmastime! — — 2007 The Legendary Don McLean — — 2008 American Pie & Other Hits — — 2012 American Troubadour — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart.
It was released on McLean's 1971 American Pie album; the following year, the song topped the UK Singles Chart for two weeks, [4] and peaked at No. 12 in the United States, [5] where it also hit No. 2 on the Easy Listening chart. [6] Billboard ranked it as the No. 94 song for 1972.
[a] [1] [2] The event became known as "The Day the Music Died" after singer-songwriter Don McLean referred to it as such in his 1971 song "American Pie". At the time, Holly and his band, consisting of Waylon Jennings, Tommy Allsup, and Carl Bunch, were playing on the "Winter Dance Party" tour across the American Midwest.
American Pie (Groove Holmes album), a 1972 album by Groove Holmes featuring a cover of the above song "American Pie", a 2018 song by Shea Diamond; American Pie (film series), a series of teen films American Pie, a 1999 film, first in the series; American Pie, a 1996 sitcom pilot starring Andy Buckley; Tim Rice's American Pie, a British radio ...
In November 1971, Lieberman, then 20, and her friend Michele Willens (daughter of millionaire Harold Willens) attended a Don McLean performance at the Troubadour nightclub in Los Angeles. [1] McLean's hit song "American Pie" was rising in the charts, but Lieberman was strongly affected by McLean singing another song: "Empty Chairs".