Don McLean

United States
October 2, 1945

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Donald McLean III 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. McLean's other well-known songs include: "And I Love You So", sung by Elvis Presley and Glen Campbell, among others; "Vincent", a tribute to the 19th-century Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh; "Crying" was a surprise number 1 hit in the United Kingdom in 1980 and was a cover of the Roy Orbison song and "Castles in the Air", which McLean recorded twice. In 2004, he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

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Don McLean top songs

1	American Pie
2	Crying
3	Castles in the Air
4	And I Love You So
5	Since I Don't Have You
6	Dreidel
7	American Pie
8	Aftermath
9	Everyday
10	American Pie
11	Winterwood
12	American Pie
13	American Pie
14	If We Try
15	Crossroads
16	Empty Chairs
17	American Pie
18	Vincent
19	Vincent
20	Oh My, What A Shame
21	And I Love You So
22	Vincent
23	It's Just the Sun
24	American Boys
25	Oh Little Town of Bethlehem

Don McLean quotes

People ask me if I left the lyrics open to ambiguity. Of course I did. I wanted to make a whole series of complex statements. The lyrics had to do with the state of society at the time.