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It was 51 years ago Sunday (January 15th, 1972) that Don McLean's "American Pie" topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart for the first week of its month-long run. The song is the origin of the term "the day the music died," about the February 1959 plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson, but that's only a small part of what it's about. McLean was a huge ...

Until the new film, McLean himself has never revealed any true meanings behind the song, because he says that would spoil the fun:

Now streaming on Paramount+ is The Day The Music Died: The Story Of Don McLean’s 'American Pie.' The film, which was directed by Mark Moormann and produced and spearheaded by music veteran, Spencer Proffer, features McLean throughout the film discussing both his artistic journey and the creation and life of the famed rock standard. On January 15th, 1972, "American Pie" topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart for the first week of its month-long run. The...

"My Tree" (not rated, 1 hour, 42 minutes, On Demand) A deeply personal documentary that concerns the writer/director Jason Sherman, a Canadian Jewish playwright, who searches for a tree that was planted in his name in Israel 40 years earlier. When he discovers that it stands on the remains of an Arab village, he is forced to question his own culpability. With Jamie Sherman, Rick Sherman, Gayle Kertzman.

Recent reveals over the meaning of Don McLean’s classic have shown once again how much fans love to turn detective when singers remain mysterious

Don McLeans "American Pie" is a legendary moment in music and American cultural history, but the documentary about it is more of a fan letter.

Don McLean tries to clear up some misapprehensions about the eight-an-a-half-minute song that took on a life of its own, in this documentary.

Paramount+ show focuses on not just the song’s origins but also the state of the nation at the time, and what those mysterious lyrics mean.

No ones ever really written anything like it since. Paramount is releasing this music history documentary The Day The Music Died: American Pie streaming

Friday afternoon, Black Pigeon Studios invited Don McLean to reflect on his legacy and the influence “American Pie” had on the Grand Rapids community.