Who wrote and performed the song "American Pie"?
Correct answer: Don McLean
Nonbonds
Player #138447, Another great song by Don is Starry Night. An homage to Vincent Van Gogh
ArmedGnome37564
I played that 45 record so much I almost wore it out. Love it!
crazygrandma
ArmedGnome37564, some folks here will wonder what a 45 is! I still have lots of them!
NorseProfessor1521
GrandmaTanya, when my first son was born really did not know any nursery ryimes to sooth my new baby but I knew all the words to this song ,so that's what I sang all three verse's. brings back such good memories.😅
Trucker91203
Waylon Jennings was the lucky loser of the coin flip that kept him off that fateful flight.
Uninitialized
I met a girl who sang the blues, and I asked her for some happy news, but she just smiled and turned away...
OzzMan715
one of the most iconic tunes of all time!! .
SAcookiee65
Player #1790949, never heard it sung by Madonna. I'm sure it sounds awful
GrandmaTanya
One of the best sing along songs of all time!!
Player #1790949
I LOVE THAT SONG!! HATE MADONNA'S VERSION!!
Tres
Lionessa, yes! He deserved every word.
Terry
I could sing the song 🤣 but could place the singer
option
great song
Xtine
NorseProfessor1521, so weird to see this as i did the same.
cupcake 🧁
i Love that Song it's My favorite i have a CD that has that Song American pie 🥧 My other favorite song by Don McLean is Starry starry night it's also my favorite song they are both great Songs
Player #130998363
Listen to Starry Starry Night on YouTube all the time. Can't wait to see Vincent in Heaven
QUEENSRYCHE
One of my favorite songs
Mar
Nonbonds, yes a very favorite of mine
GiGi
Lavender, It's called Starry Starry Night
GiGi
Jan, That's lovely!
Lionessa
After Roberta Flack went to a concert one night, she wrote the beautiful, "Killing Me Softly With His Song" about the man she heard sing. It was Don McLean.
joey
dont look like pie to me
Michael
The song was nominated for the Song of the Year Grammy in 1973.
Peach
PorschelLover, makes me cry when I hear it.😢
Ron
can never get tired of Don't McLean
The Chaser
Weird Al parodied it as The Saga Begins. Don McLean loved it!
Jan
when my daughter was recovering from her brain surgery this song came on the radio, my daughters all time fave, we cranked the volume up. never a better sight watching her sing along and wheelchair dance. she was on terminal list a week earlier and now she was singing and dancing to a to a 20yo song.
Lavender
Nonbonds, The song is called Vincent.
Vic
citywomancountygirl, yea. we lost some great talent and musicians, good guys, that fateful night the plane went down early in its flight ✈️, big Bopper was funny, Hey Baby, You Know What I Like!! lol, can’t forget those guys,,
Laurie
Nonbonds, that song is actually called "Vincent"
TJ SISTA
When my dad heard that tune on the radio, he would turn it up an me an my 'lil brother would sing away on that one🤣! What memories of the good 'ol days back then.
Marcella
I love American pie it's my favorite song & i also love starry night which is tribute to Vincent van Gogh it's a great song
Rich I
Interesting info on him,that I did not know. His song Starry Night is beautifully written about my favorite painter. Vincent Van Gogh
KeiKo
Don McLean was the best. Will never see another artist who could sing like he did. And his music really had true meaning.
Annie Oakley
one of my favorite karaoke songs to sing
Jeffco
ArmedGnome37564, Remember it was such a long song you had to flip your record over mid song to Side B?
Player #15018278
Puxico76, no the plane was not called American Pie. Snopes debunked it.
Player #2276976
FutureHero5000, Ms. American ... not Mrs.
Player #23136242
that was my first 33.3 record I was in 6th grade and got a radio record player for xmas played that song all the time
TMC
Great Song!