Don McLean's popular 1971 ballad " American Pie " is inspired by Holly and the day of the plane crash.

Orbison himself once described McLean as " the voice of the century ", and a subsequent re-recording of the song saw Orbison incorporate elements of McLean's version.

The tragedy is later termed " The Day the Music Died ", popularized in Don McLean's 1972 song " American Pie ".

The tragedy is later termed " The Day the Music Died ", popularized in Don McLean's 1972 song " American Pie ".

" American Pie " is considered Don McLean's magnum opus and his signature song.

Excerpt: " The song chronicles important events in the 60s as well as McLean's own growth & loss of innocence as well as his attempt to retain it.

The Day the Music Died, dubbed by Don McLean's song " American Pie ", was an aviation accident that occurred on February 3, 1959, near Clear Lake, Iowa, where rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. " The Big Bopper " Richardson, as well as the pilot, Roger Peterson, perished.

On February 3, 1959, a day that has become known as The Day the Music Died ( from Don McLean's song " American Pie "), Richardson was killed in a plane crash in Iowa, along with Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens.

Altamont has often been suggested as a likely interpretation of one verse of Don McLean's classic rock song " American Pie ", with lines alluding to " Jumping Jack Flash ", Hell's Angels, and " Sympathy for the Devil ".

Iglesias departs from the love song theme on the album with a version of Don McLean's " Vincent " (" Starry Starry Night ").

Every episode ends with McLean's signature signoff, " I'm Stuart McLean, so long for now " and followed by the show's folksy guitar theme song, " Happy Meeting In Glory " ( as performed by Ry Cooder ).

* Don McLean's song " Vincent " plays during the meteor shower.

McLean's version of the song received a Grammy award in 1983.

Their recording is adapted from Don McLean's version of the song.

A somewhat different, but still recognisable as the same song, version appeared on Don McLean's 1972 LP American Pie, titled just ' Babylon '.

Don McLean's song " American Pie " makes reference to " Eight Miles High " with the lines " The Birds flew off with a fall-out shelter / Eight miles high and falling fast.

Ballad is also sometimes applied to strophic story-songs more generally, such as Don McLean's " American Pie ".

McLean's major break came when Mediarts was taken over by United Artists Records thus securing for his second album, American Pie, the promotion of a major label.

McLean's magnum opus, " American Pie ", is a sprawling, impressionistic ballad inspired partly by the deaths of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J. P. Richardson ( The Big Bopper ) in a plane crash on 3 February 1959.

" American Pie " reached number one on the U. S. Billboard magazine charts for four weeks in 1972, and remains McLean's most successful single release.

Two years later, Brooks repaid the favor by appearing as a special guest ( with Nanci Griffith ) on McLean's first American TV special, broadcast as the PBS special Starry Starry Night.

In 2008, New York City radio station Q104. 3 FM WAXQ named Don McLean's " American Pie " number 37 in their 2008 Top 1, 043 Songs Of All Time listener-generated countdown.

* Site specifically noted on in an archived version of McLean's website page on " American Pie ".

Some African American family names that settled in the area were the Buchanan's, Cameron's, McLean's, Minter's, and Womack's.

A notable example of a non-R & B hit with two parts was the single release of Don McLean's " American Pie ".

In 1977, Cheung won first runner-up by singing Don McLean's " American Pie " at the Asian Music Contest held by Rediffusion Television ( RTV ).

Other North American series include Garrison Keillor's Radio Show from the U. S. and Stuart McLean's Vinyl Cafe from Canada.

The band also became famous for its cover songs, an example being Don McLean's " American Pie ".

The EP included two new tracks, a raucous cover of Don McLean's " American Pie ", and an unusual track called " The Death of Your Blood is My Indulgence ", a tribute to their label, Victory Records, which is primarily known for its hardcore acts.

They played songs like Rod Stewart's " Maggie May " and Don McLean's " American Pie.

# " Bye Bye Miss American Thighs "-2: 27 ( parody of Don McLean's " American Pie ")

His work can be heard on Don McLean's classic " American Pie ".

Over the next decade, Winston exhibited McLean's necklace in his " Court of Jewels ," a tour of jewels around the United States, as well as various charity balls and the August 1958 Canadian National Exhibition.

With Tommy McLean's departure to Hearts in 1994, much of his squad was broken up ; a large fee in particular was paid by Celtic for Phil O ' Donnell.

But McLean's journey to manhood is full of twists and turns, as he meets a girl whose life he can never be a part of and hears rumors of The Ten, a mysterious Institute secret society that ensures certain cadets, deemed unacceptable to " wear the ring " ( that is, to be a graduate of the Institute, who wear an exquisite ring denoting their alma mater ), are run out by any means necessary.

McLean's second home is now part of the Appomattox Court House National Historical Monument operated by the National Park Service of the United States Department of the Interior.

Around the same period, Brooks was McLean's understudy in The Connection, a play by Jack Gelber with music by Redd, and performed on an album of music from the play on the Felsted Label.

Examples of his jazz work are provided by McLean's Strange Blues ( 1957 ) and Freddie Redd's Music from The Connection ( 1960 ).

McLean's acquisition was an integral part of Vancouver's rebuilding process, led by Quinn.

He set an NHL record for wins in October with nine ( McLean's mark was matched by the Toronto Maple Leafs ' Felix Potvin and Philadelphia Flyers ' Dominic Roussel in October 1993 and surpassed by the Detroit Red Wings ' Manny Legace's 10 wins in October 2005 ); he was named player of the month.

A poem was later written about McLean's attempt on the Queen's life by William Topaz McGonagall ,< ref >

McLean's fights with rival Roy " pretty boy " Shaw, a former patient of Broadmoor Hospital, were described by critics as among the bloodiest of the century.

The name " Vinyl Cafe " refers both to the show's musical content and the fictional record shop owned by McLean's character Dave.

Edward McLean's increasingly erratic behaviour and reckless spending resulted in financial problems that led to the forced sale of The Washington Post by trustees appointed by the court.

Among the discs in Dr. McLean's collection are a number of test recordings made by television pioneer John Logie Baird himself.