Don McLean American Pie

'American Pie' is a single by Don McLean from the album with the same name about "the day the music died", a reference to Buddy Holly's death.

A lyrical master piece, 'American Pie' tells the story of how Don McLean as a paperboy finds out that three of his musical heroes have died.

February the 3rd 1959 when Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and The Big Bopper died in a plain crash has been described in many ways, no one ever forgets to mention Don McLean's classic 'American Pie' who tells the story so beautifully through a song. "It's not analysis", Don himself says, "it's poetry".

When asked what the song meant to him he said grinning: "It means I never have to work again".

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Referenced Icons in American Pie

The lyrical references to other icons is seriously clever, how about incorporating this list of celebrities as the cast in one hit song:

Ritchie Valens, The Big Bopper and Buddy Holly all died on February the 3rd, leaving behind María Elena Holly (Buddy's widowed bride who was pregnant at the time miscarried a few months later)

The Monotones ("(Who Wrote) The Book of Love")

Bob Dylan (as The Jester), Elvis Presley (as The King, obviously) and Connie Francis (as the queen)

James Dean, Vladimir Lenin, Karl Marx as themselves

Two British bands also found themselves referenced: The Beatles (Helter Skelter", "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band") and The Rolling Stones.

Neal Cassady (as the Father), Jack Kerouac (as the Son), Allen Ginsberg (as the Holy Ghost)

And it is off course Janis Joplin who is the "Girl Who Sang the Blues".