They're Playing My Song is a column by Bruce Pollock, where he focuses on the one song that had the greatest impact on a particular artist or songwriter's career. Here, he speaks with Don McLean about his classic "American Pie." To most casual listeners and purists...

Don McLean Recently Announced Feature Documentary, ‘The Day The Music Died: The Story Behind Don McLean’s American Pie’ NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Don McLean is a Grammy award honoree, a Songwriters Hall of Fame member, a BBC Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, and his...

Don McLean Recently Announced Feature Documentary, ‘The Day The Music Died: The Story Behind Don McLean’s American Pie’NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Don McLean is a Grammy award honoree, a Songwriters Hall of Fame member, a BBC Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, and his smash...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Don McLean is a Grammy award honoree, a Songwriters Hall of Fame member, a BBC Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, and his smash hit “American Pie” resides in the Library of Congress National Recording Registry and was named by the Recording...

Next year, Don McLean's classic hit ‘American Pie’ turns fifty but question remains, what is the meaning behind the lyrics? Craig Bennett asked that and more with the singer/songwriter for this Aussie TV exclusive. https://youtu.be/vwRuInx6fSU

Don McLean is hardly known for his blues work or output. But as the guy who wrote one of the most important songs of a generation, around fifty years ago, with ‘American Pie,’ he hit the global charts, the airwaves and the world for a cert home-run.  One copy of...

50 years after he wrote the song, Don McLean is ready to tell the story of “American Pie.” The singer-songwriter has announced plans for a feature documentary, “The Day The Music Died: The Story Behind Don McLean’s American Pie,” set for release at the end of 2021....

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The original handwritten lyrics of Don McLean’s song “Vincent”, a tribute to painter Vincent van Gogh, are going up for sale with an asking price of $1.5 million. Los Angeles-based rare documents dealer Moments in Time said on Wednesday that...

One of the questions I get most often when I mentor songwriters is “Why does everyone tell me I need to write more conversational lyrics?” While there is no “one size fits all” answer to how your lyrics “should” be written, there is a reason that people give you...

The 4th of July is upon us, and it’s a time to celebrate freedom and embrace patriotism. It may feel and be more difficult than ever to do this year: We’re in the midst of a global pandemic, with many states seeing a resurgence of the coronavirus; we’re in the makes...

CNN’s Don Lemon and Dana Bash will co-anchor the special event, with Lemon in New York City and Bash in Washington, D.C. Atlanta, GA – CNN’s “The Fourth In America” will be like no other. CNN is marking America’s independence and celebrating the rich diversity of the...

Don McLean wrote one of the most important songs of a generation around 50 years ago. With “American Pie,” he hit the global charts, the airwaves and the world—a home run. One copy of the original, hand-written lyrics fetched over a million bucks at auction; ...