Singing this will be the day that I die...today in rock history, in 1972, Don McClean hits #1 with "American Pie." Based loosely on "The Day the Music Died," that bitter February day in 1959 when the plane carrying Buddy Holly, the Big Bopper, and Ritchie Valens (among others) went down in that Iowa cornfield, this song was Don's only major hit and signature song. Many interpretations of the lyrics exist, but Don preferred to let the music speak for itself, and refused to discuss the meaning of the lyrics. Let's enjoy the video one more time, and keep on rockin'! Thanks to http://www.rockhall.com/story-of-rock/today-in-rock/ for the info.
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don't sleep on Vincent.
I know that it wasn't the hit that "american Pie" was [at least here in the States], but it got out there during his heyday
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