Don McLean

== Info ==
Folk musician best known for his epic hit American Pie, written about the 1959 plane crash which killed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper in what became immortalized as "The Day the Music Died". There have been many different interpretations of the lyrics, and McLean himself refuses to explain them, saying they are poetry. Several other hit singles during the seventies and beyond including Crying at number five and Vincent at number twelve. Album American Pie was a chart topper. Don McLean made it to number 23. Chain Lightning made it to number 28. He had even more hit singles on the adult contemporary chart. 
== Genres ==
Folk Rock
== Parody ==
American Pie was wrewritten by Weird Al Yankovic as The Saga Begins, about Star Wars: The Phantom Menace.
== Influences ==
Buddy Holly
The Big Bopper
Ritchie Valens
The Monotones
The Lovin' SpoonfulCategory:Folk Rock
Category:Seventies
Category:Soft Rock