Original sentence: Donald McLean III (born October 2, 1945) is an American singer-songwriter.He is best known for his 1971 song "American Pie", which was a number-one US hit for four weeks in 1972 and stayed put at 2 for 3 weeks in the UK, as well as a hit for Madonna in 2000.In 2004, he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.McLean's other well-known songs include: "And I Love You So", sung by Elvis Presley, Perry Como, Helen Reddy, and Glen Campbell, among others; "Vincent", a tribute to the 19th-century Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh; "Crying", a cover of the Roy Orbison song and a surprise number 1 hit in the United Kingdom in 1980; and "Castles in the Air", which McLean recorded twice
Edited sentence: Don McLean (born October 2, 1945) is one of the greatest singer-songwriters of all time with such songs as "American Pie", "Vincent",  "And I Love You So", "Castles in the Air", "Crossroads", "The Grave" and many more.Vocal renditions of Roy Orbison's "Crying", "Mountains of Mourne" and "Since I Don't Have You", others have been noted as the greatest versions of these songs