They were engaged in March 1992, and married July 3, 1992, in a civil ceremony at his home in McLean, Virginia.

The song dubbed it in popular culture as " The Day The Music Died ", which for McLean, symbolized the " loss of the innocence " of the early rock-and-roll generation.

Saxophonist Jackie McLean, a stalwart of the label's hard bop output since the late 1950s, also crossed over into the avant-garde in the early 1960s, whose notable avant-garde albums included One Step Beyond and Destination Out.

The early 1980s also saw his only attempt as a producer — on the novelty record " Baa, Baa, Black Sheep ", by Singing Sheep in association with Doug McLean and Grace McDonald.

The town takes its name from Anchor Township ; early McLean County historians wrote that they did not know the source of the name Anchor.

Cheney was one of three sons of early McLean County settler Jonathan Cheney active in promoting the Lafayette Bloomington and Mississippi Railroad ; when his brother, Haines Cheney, was in the Illinois Senate he had helped to arrange the charter of the railroad.

Zoonie McLean Jr. was starting quarterback for the Montana State Bobcats in the late 60's and early 70's.

McLean was a heroin addict throughout his early career, and the resulting loss of his New York City cabaret card forced him to undertake a large number of recording dates ; consequently, he produced an extensive body of recorded work in the 1950s and 1960s.

Drummers such as Tony Williams, Jack DeJohnette, Lenny White, Michael Carvin, and Carl Allen gained important early experience with McLean.

Relegation down to the now-First Division and promotion back to the Premier League occurred twice in the early 1980s, before a decade under manager Tommy McLean ( brother of Willie ) culminated in a Scottish Cup win in 1991.

Agutter has stated that the innocence of the characters she played in early films, combined with the costumes and nudity in later adult roles such as Logan's Run ( 1976 ), Equus ( 1977 ) and An American Werewolf in London ( 1981 ), are " perfect fantasy fodder ".< ref name =" McLean ( 2002 )"> McLean, G., 2002.

In August 2007, developers David McLean and demolition team Gilpin moved onto the town centre site to complete the preparation, with the Filmcentre which was originally an Odeon cinema dating back to 1936, being demolished in late September / early October.

In addition, Perry Como — one of the most successful pre-rock era artists — enjoyed continued success, albeit on a somewhat smaller scale ( as most of his fans were adults who grew up during the 1940s and early 1950s, and not the rock record-buying youth ); his most successful hits of the decade were " It's Impossible " ( 1970 ) and the Don McLean song " And I Love Her So " ( 1973 ).

While Lloyd ’ s band was where he received international recognition for the first time, it was not the only group DeJohnette played with during his early years in New York, as he also worked with groups including Jackie McLean, Abbey Lincoln, Betty Carter, and Bill Evans.

He took part in two classic Jackie McLean albums in the early 1960s, One Step Beyond and Destination Out, to which he also contributed the bulk of compositions and which led to two influential albums of his own for Blue Note Records, Evolution ( 1963 ) with Jackie McLean and Lee Morgan, and Some Other Stuff ( 1964 ) with Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter.

With Richter experiencing back problems early in the 1999 – 2000 season, McLean filled in as the Rangers ' starter during the first month.

Essensa let in four early goals before being replaced by McLean, who let in another three in a 7 – 1 loss to move Canada out of contention for the gold medal.

McLean, by the end of his career, was a strong Republican, and when the party was formed in 1855 Swayne had become an early member and political organizer.

In early 1901, Edward Crump began seriously courting a 23 year old young woman by the name of Bessie Byrd McLean.

While it was another veteran of TV commercials, McLean Stevenson, who would play Colonel Blake ’ s role on the long-running M * A * S * H television series, Roger Bowen already had solid exposure in the early 1970s.

Gordon McLean was also a great player for the " Vics " back in the 50's and was regarded as one of the brightest prospects in the Scottish game and even played 3 times for Motherwell until a knee injury forced him to retire at an early age despite interest from East Stirlingshire and Newcastle United.

In the early 1980s, McLean convinced legendary actor James Stewart to work with him at a reduced rate in a made-for-TV film entitled Mr. Krueger's Christmas.

When James Mackay ( surveyor ) and Sir David McLean ( Minister of Mines ) completed negotiations six years later with the Māori Chiefs, Tukukino and Taraia, the fields were declared open.

McLean travelled to Hollywood, California, to discuss the matter with film studio executives, but their preference for Sylvester Stallone for the part caused McLean to discontinue negotiations.

However, reassured to some degree by Deakin's composite stand as an Australian Briton, McLean sent him to London in January 1900 as Victoria's representative in negotiations with the British government.

McLean recorded his first studio sessions ( with singer Lisa Kindred ) while still in prep school.

After leaving Villanova, McLean became associated with famed folk music agent Harold Leventhal, and for the next six years performed at venues and events including the Bitter End and the Gaslight Cafe in New York, the Newport Folk Festival, the Cellar Door in Washington, D. C., and the Troubadour in Los Angeles.

In 1968, with the help of a grant from the New York State Council on the Arts, McLean began reaching a wider public, with visits to towns up and down the Hudson River.

McLean co-edited the book Songs and Sketches of the First Clearwater Crew with sketches by Thomas B. Allen for which Pete Seeger wrote the foreword.

McLean told Melody Maker magazine in 1973 that Tapestry was an album by someone previously concerned with external situations.

American Pie combines externals with internals and the resultant success of that album makes the third one ( Don McLean ) entirely introspective.

McLean said, " The last album ( Don McLean ) was a study in depression whereas the new one ( Playin ' Favorites ) is almost the quintessence of optimism, with a feeling of " Wow, I just woke up from a bad dream.

The 1974 album Homeless Brother, produced by Joel Dorn, was McLean ’ s final studio collaboration with United Artists.

No one claimed him, so a carnival took his body, mummified it, and toured all over the South with him, calling him the “ The Famous Mummy Man .” McLean ’ s song inspired radio station WGN in Chicago to tell the story and give the song airplay in order to raise money for a headstone for Anderson McCrew ’ s grave.

The tombstone had an inscription with words from the fourth verse of McLean ’ s song:

In 2006, Dorn reflected on working with McLean:

McLean had started recording in Nashville, with Elvis Presley ’ s backing singers, The Jordanaires, and many of Elvis ’ s musicians.

In 1980, McLean had an international number one hit with a cover of the Roy Orbison classic, " Crying ".

Another hit song associated with McLean ( though never recorded by him ) is " Killing Me Softly with His Song ", which was written about McLean after Lori Lieberman, also a singer / songwriter, saw him singing his composition " Empty Chairs " in concert.

In 1997, McLean performed " American Pie " with Garth Brooks at Brooks ' free concert in Central Park in New York City.

CNN reported that " Brooks was joined on stage by two surprise guest stars, Billy Joel and Don McLean, who brought down the house with an acoustic rendition of ' American Pie '.

In 2007 Don McLean signed with the Asgard Agency in London giving them responsibility for booking concert tours outside North America.

McLean had a series of conflicts with Saturday Night Live writer Andy Breckman, starting when Breckman opened for McLean on tour in 1980.

In 1991, Don McLean returned to the UK top 20 with a re-issue of " American Pie ".