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| | Don McLean - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Sedona Antiques - Don McLean Vinyl Record Albums | | | Lieberman was the first to record it (in 1971), but the song has two far better-known covers. | | | Orbison himself once described McLean as "the voice of the century", and a subsequent re-recording of the song saw Orbison incorporate elements of McLean's version. |
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| | Don McLean |
| | Don has signed a record deal with Hip-o records (a division of MCA) that will see the re-release of many of Don's most famous albums. | | | October 1997, Don McLean's latest new album, "Christmas Dreams' is released by Hip-o records. | | | The album is a mixture of pop, country, and blues including 10 new songs all written by Don McLean and recorded with the superb string arrangements of Tony Migilore who accompanies Don on this the 25th Anniversary UK tour. |
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http://www.generalentertainment.com/artists/DonMcLean.htm
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| | Don McLean Online: The Official Website of Don McLean and American Pie |
| | Don McLean is immortalized as the subject of the Roberta Flack/The Fugees No. 1 hit, 'Killing Me Softly With His Song'. | | | Don McLean's superstar status is always attributed to his remarkable song, 'American Pie' which, in 2000, once again topped the charts worldwide, this time recorded by Madonna. | | | Brian Kennedy's George Best tribute single featuring Don McLean's song Vincent is number 4 on the UK singles chart and number 3 on the Irish chart. |
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http://www.don-mclean.com
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| | Don McLean |
| | McLean's rendering of "(It Was) A Very Good Year," a studio recording that's never been heard before, captures a definitive performance of a song made famous by one of his biggest musical influences, Frank Sinatra. | | | Don McLean's great affinity for absorbing and recasting a wide range of musical styles in his own unique voice is superbly showcased throughout Rearview Mirror. | | | The song is a sneak peak at Addicted To Black, McLean's first album of new original material in almost 10 years that is currently being completed for release in 2006. |
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| | Don McLean - American Pie |
| | Don McLean's "American Pie" has ripped out of nowhere and taken the country by storm both in its album and truncated single versions. | | | Don McLean has taken all this and set it down in language that has unmistakable impact the first time you hear it, and leaves you rubbing your chin -- "Just what did that line mean?" -- with further listenings because you know it's all about something you've felt and lived through. | | | It is McLean at his very best, and we'll have to wait for his next album to see if he can top it. |
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| | Don McLean Online's American Pie |
| | Don has recently re-enforced this theme: "The song was written as my attempt at an epic song about America, and I used the imagery of music and politics to do that. | | | All interpretations start on the premise that Don McLean never talks about the song and has never provided insight into the meaning of the lyrics. | | | It is almost entirely symbolised by the evolution of popular music over these years and represents a change from the lightness of the 1950s to the darkness of the late 1960s. |
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http://www.don-mclean.com/americanpie.asp
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| | Don McLean |
| | Don McLean has recorded more than 20 albums in a musical career that has spanned more than 25 years. | | | Don McLean the songwriter shows his staying power. | | | Don McLean the songwriter shows his staying power.(Knight Ridder Newspapers) |
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| | Collins' Oldies Website: Don McLean |
| | By the time this song was released in 1971, songs of this length had become acceptable, including the Beatles' "Hey Jude." This song is Don's all-time biggest hit; I hear it on the radio more often than any of his other songs. | | | In the third verse Bob Dylan is portrayed as a jester who stole the crown from Elvis' head, while John Lennon is said to have "read a book of Marx" hours before the Beatles' final concert at San Francisco's Candlestick Park. | | | Vincent (3:59) - The main instrument in this slow song is a guitar. |
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| | Interpretation of American Pie - analysis, news, Don McLean, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, Rock & Roll |
| | Strangely when Don performed it to the public for the first time, asking a young girl to hold up the pages of lyrics, he was greeted with an indifferent reaction from the audience. | | | Some see the song as McLean's justification for giving up rock and roll and turning more to folk music. | | | The song chronicles important events in the 60s as well as McLean's own growth and loss of innocence as well as his attempt to retain it. |
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http://www.levitt.co.uk/interpret.html
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| | Don McLean Concert Review |
| | McLean is hard to categorize because he's released pop, folk and country records, and he's had hits with cover versions of other artists' songs. | | | After a few songs, McLean began a rapport with the audience by telling stories. | | | Like many artists, McLean sells CDs and videos at his concerts, and those who weren't content with just the show got a chance to meet him. |
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http://www.bill-mcfarland.com/donmclean.html
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| | Amazon.co.uk: Don Mclean: Music |
| | This album was Don McLean's first release after the phenomenally successful "American Pie" album, and unfortunately as such it suffered by comparison to that huge hit. | | | But for me the most affecting song on the album is a song, unusually for Mc'Lean, accompanied by piano, called "Oh my, what a shame" one of the saddest love songs I have ever heard. | | | Songs like "The Pride Parade" explore the whole notion of celebrity and show that McLean does not want to be a chart fodder act and wishes to make his music a truly personal statement. |
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http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000011NT
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| | American Pie: chorus |
| | McLean is plays very cleverly with the song "Sympathy for the Devil" by doing what the character of the devil did in that song: being there when bad things happen. | | | McLean is looking back at this decade as he writes the song in 1970. | | | Don's style of music, particularly this song, just wouldn't play. |
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http://www.entrypoints.com/AmericanPie/AmPie_LineByLine.html
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| | The Straight Dope: What is Don McLean's song "American Pie" all about? |
| | The most important one is the death of rockabilly singer Buddy Holly in 1959; for McLean, that's when the music died. | | | I know, I know, the "day the music died" is a reference to the Buddy Holly/Ritchie Valens/Big Bopper plane crash, but the rest of the song seems to be chock full of musical symbolism that I've never been able to decipher. | | | I've been listening to Don McLean sing "American Pie" for twenty years now and I still don't know what the hell he's talking about. |
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http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_398b.html
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| | Amazon.com: Don McLean: Music |
| | I was fortunate enough to see a very young and nervous Don McLean perform alone at a high school "performing artist" assembly on a wintry March afternoon in 1970, right after his debut environmentally conscious "Tapestry" album had been released, but before "American Pie" was released the next year. | | | The music is as refreshing today to new listeners as it is to people who've grown up listening to Don Mclean-especially THIS album! | | | McLean can weave tales in his songs and music like no other and I was just as content with this grouping in "AP." "Oh My What A Shame, "If We Try," and " Pride Parade," are some of Mr. |
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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000011NT?v=glance
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| | Jeff Roteman's American Pie Page |
| | Don McLean, as a musician, may understand and even partially accept what has happened to music since the late 50's. | | | McLean refers to "Lennon reading a book on Marx." It was well published that Beatle John Lennon did read the Karl Marx theories on Communism. | | | McLean talks about the "King and Queen." Logically, one would assume -- any many have -- that the King is Elvis Presley. |
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http://user.pa.net/~ejjeff/pie.html
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| | Don McLean |
| | With Don McLean, the listener does not simply get to hear a great tenor voice, but also enjoy lyrics that comment on or make us aware of various aspects of life. | | | McLean's advice to aspiring songwriters: "Do not learn how to read music. | | | Don McLean inducted into The Songwriters Hall Of Fame |
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http://www.tunefan.com/donmclean.htm
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| | "American Pie" |
| | Don called his song a complicated parable, open to different interpretations. | | | While in high school, Don developed an interest in native American music, especially instrumentals that he could play on the guitar or banjo. | | | It sold more than three million copies as a single, five million as an album. |
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| | American Pie: Prologue |
| | Furthermore, it's a personal story of Don Mclean's growing up and his nostalgia for the music (and innocence) of his youth. | | | Don McLean's song "American Pie" is not just a simple rock tune; it's a poem. | | | And even that falls short of what this piece of literature is. Most of all, it is a tribute to Buddy Holly, one of rock and roll music's creative geniuses and true good guys. |
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http://www.entrypoints.com/AmericanPie/AmPie_Pro.html
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| | NewBeats: Don McLean |
| | Certainly after that number one song, the artist, who ironically started out as a folk singer, went on to have chart success in varying degrees (while it also eluded him as well). | | | Some of the minor songs, such as his remake of Buddy Holly's "Everyday" and "Crossroads," deserve another listen; the previously unavailable track "Sit and Hold My Hand" is alright. | | | As a performer, McLean's easy going voice certainly resonates (enough to inspire the Roberta Flack hit "Killing Me Softly With His Song")--he can somehow take someone else's song and make it his own. |
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| | Don McLean - The Taffeta Booth |
| | Don McLean is easily the most talented musician of all time. | | | - contains pieces written using snatches of lyrics from Don songs, be they his own or covers, as well as wonderful parodies! | | | pages about various aspects of Don and his music. |
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| | Boston.com / A&E / Music / Don McLean says songwriting takes toll |
| | Don McLean says songwriting takes an emotional toll on him. | | | NEW YORK -- Don McLean says songwriting takes an emotional toll on him. | | | Boston.com / AandE / Music / Don McLean says songwriting takes toll |
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http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2004/03/05/don_mclean_says_songwriting_takes_toll
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| | VH1.com : Don McLean : Biography |
| | He returned in 1971 with American Pie; the title track, an elegiac eight-and-a-half-minute folk-pop epic inspired by the tragic death of Buddy Holly, became a number one hit, and the LP soon reached the top of the charts as well. | | | The album fared poorly, but Perry Como earned a hit with a cover of the track "And I Love Her So," prompting United Artists to pick up McLean's contract. | | | Subsequent records like 1972's self-titled effort and 1974's Playin' Favorites deliberately avoided any attempts to recreate the "American Pie" flavor; not surprisingly, his sales plummeted, and the latter release even failed to chart. |
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| | Trivia Musica - Bands - Answers - Don McLean |
| | On a very old album of Don McLean, he played and sang a song called On The Amazon. | | | You'd be surprised at the CD's and books you didn't know were out by and about Don McLean. | | | - Debra P, Salt Lake city UT This song appeared on Don's third album, the self-titled Don McLean. |
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http://www.triviamusica.com/bandqat.asp?band=176&qat=a
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| | Andy versus Don McLean |
| | In the spring of 1980, McLean was scheduled to do a ten-city tour of western Canada. | | | In the '80's, the music community mounted a string of mega- concerts for various causes - Live Aid, We Are The World, etc. Herb Gart put out the word: Don McLean was available. | | | Once morning in Calgary, I met McLean in the lobby of our hotel. |
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| | Don McLean benefit concert for St. Camillus |
| | But he decided in the end to just perform his usual set and let the music speak for itself. | | | He even brought back a brief reprise of it when all had thought the ever-popular song was finished. | | | Opening act Gary Frenay and Arty Lenin, local acoustic duo that has been playing Central New York clubs for over 25 years, pleased the crowd with their melodic singing and tasty guitar and mandolin picking. |
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| | Music of Don McLean, The - Live in Concert |
| | Currently, there are not enough Tomatometer critic reviews for Music of Don McLean, The - Live in Concert to receive a rating. | | | For Music of Don McLean, The - Live in Concert | | | Sections for Music of Don McLean, The - Live in Concert |
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http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/music_of_don_mclean_the_live_in_concert
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| | Sandeep's Don McLean Page |
| | It is unusual for a 19-year-old to like music such as Don's (especially considering the current trends in music are leaning back towards pop), but perhaps it is because his folk style of music is occasionally echoed by another of my favourite groups, Del Amitri, that I find his music pleasant on the ear. | | | Even though he is only really remembered for two songs (American Pie and Vincent), Don McLean is still recognised as being one of the great songwriters of his generation. | | | This page is meant as a tribute to Don McLean from a fan who was born long after his chart success had passed, yet was still moved by the timelessness of his music. |
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| | CMSU - Don McLean Joins CMSU Symphony For Concert |
| | Limited seating remains available for the 7:30 performance, so don't miss your opportunity to hear the 70s classics that made McLean famous as he performs with the CMSU Symphony Orchestra. | | | CMSU - Don McLean Joins CMSU Symphony For Concert | | | Home » News & Events » News Archive » 2005 News Stories » September » Don McLean Joins CMSU Symphony For Concert |
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| | Don Mclean @ Plymouth Pavilions : gig review |
| | Castles in the Air was the first of the classics, after which they came thick and fast and I spent the time wondering to myself why I could never hear the sheer romanticism of Mclean's voice as a young man. Were all my girlfriends so much better at listening? | | | At 45, I was young compared to this audience of Baby Boomers. | | | Once there you would seek a more fitting accompaniment to seduction, Neil Young or the Stones. |
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| | MusicFanLinks.com :: Don McLean |
| | Understanding the lyrics of Don McLean's 'American Pie,' and placing the song in its historical and cultural context. | | | The Straight Dope: What is Don McLean's song "American Pie" all about? | | | Don McLean Online, American Pie Man's Internet Home |
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| | Songwriters Hall of Fame |
| | McLean enjoyed a renaissance with the 1980’s “Chain Lightning,” a Top 30 album, which spawned a Top Ten smash with its cover of Roy Orbison's classic, “Crying,” and his original "Castles In The Air," reaching the Top 40. | | | His follow-up to “American Pie,” “Vincent’” was also a smash success, and McLean even became the subject of the Roberta Flack hit “Killing Me Softly With His Song;” however, to his credit, he refused to let the success of “American Pie” straitjacket his career. | | | amed for his perennial 1971 #1 classic “American Pie,” an elegiac eight-and-a-half minute folk-pop epic inspired by the tragic death of Buddy Holly, singer/songwriter Don McLean rose to fame through the folks clubs of New York City during the 60's. |
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http://www.songwritershalloffame.org/inductee_ceremony_detail.asp?ceremonyId=25&inducteeCeremonyId=184
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| | Don McLean: The Legendary American Singer/Songwriter |
| | Don McLean: The Legendary American Singer/Songwriter | Don McLean Sings Marty Robbins | Recommended Links | A Message From Don | Don's Story So Far | The Story So Far (Part 2) | The Story So Far (Part 3) | Don's WorldWide Discography | | | Continue to enjoy the music of Don McLean as he sings his way into his 6th decade and second century of performing. | | | Don would be the first to admit that his audience is not there because he is hip it's because they have a relationship with Don and his music.Attending a Don McLean concert has been for many a life changing experience. |
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| | Robin's web - Lyrics to American Pie |
| | The song is copyrighted to the Author, Don McLean | | | To learn all about American Pie and what it means, click here: |
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| | Marketing Magazine Don McLean |
| | I still wonder if I joined the business just so I could get to know him." | | | He is survived by his three sons, Ross, John and Tom. | | | "Don had his good qualities and his not-so-good qualities," says CARLO TRULLI, president of Toronto's Spy Films, who knew McLean for 25 years. |
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| | CMSU - Don McLean: 7:30 p.m., Sept. 24, 2005 |
| | Come to Hendrick's Hall and see this amazing performer accompanied by the CMSU Symphony Orchestra! | | | Don McLean and his immortal "American Pie" are a combination that you must see live. | | | Home » Performing Arts Series » 2005-2006 Series » Don McLean: 7:30 p.m., Sept. 24, 2005 |
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| | Open Directory - Arts: Music: Bands and Artists: M: McLean, Don |
| | Understanding American Pie - Understanding the lyrics of Don McLean's "American Pie," and placing the song in its historical and cultural context. | | | Top: Arts: Music: Bands and Artists: M: McLean, Don | | | Open Directory - Arts: Music: Bands and Artists: M: McLean, Don |
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| | MusicStrands : Don McLean > Overview |
| | A peripatetic singer for much of his career, he was singing at elementary schools in Massachusetts when he wrote a musical tribute to Van Gogh in 1970. | | | McLean began his recording career performing in New York clubs during the early 60s. | | | Share with a friend » :: MusicStrands » Don McLean |
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| | Brendan's American Pie Archive |
| | Here are some items related to Don McLean's song "American Pie". | | | Thanks to everyone who contributed over the years. | | | I didn't create any of them myself; I just collected them here in one place. |
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| | The first Homepage of Vicky McLean |
| | For now, all it has are some links to other places that may help in getting it written just a little bit faster. | | | Welcome to the home page of Vicky McLean (mclean@iinet.net.au) This page is just in its infancy, but is sure to be built up heaps in the future. |
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| | Don's Diary - News |
| | The entire 10 mile course was measured (with the club wheel) and marked by Ole and Don. | | | Now the mark is based on a measurement from the 2 mile mark, and done with the club wheel. | | | For some athletes reading that, I'm sure a few sphincters and hamstrings are seizing up, and they will not be able to attend. |
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| | Don Mclean - definition of Don Mclean in Encyclopedia |
| | Embed a dictionary search in your own web page | | | Searchword not found in the selected dictionary, but you can try the following: | | | Don Mclean - definition of Don Mclean in Encyclopedia |
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| | Don McLean |
| | The Very Best Of Don McLean - American Pie | | | April is a promise that May is bound to keep. |
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