Actor

Don McLean

1979–presentb. 1945DocumentaryMusicDrama

Chronicler of the Human Condition

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Filmography

2022The Day the Music Died: The Story of Don McLean's "American Pie"Self5.5 2017Buddy Holly: Rave OnSelf7.5 2017Don McLean: American PieSelf4.3 2013Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a GenerationSelf7.0 2012The Real LoveSelf 2009When Woodstock Was YoungSelf

About

Donald McLean III (born October 2, 1945) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist, known to fans as the "American Troubadour" or "King of the Trail". He is best known for his 1971 hit "American Pie", an eight-and-a-half-minute folk rock song that has been referred to as a "cultural touchstone". His other hit singles include "Vincent", "Dreidel", "Castles in the Air", and "Wonderful Baby", as well as renditions of Roy Orbison's "Crying" and the Skyliners' "Since I Don't Have You".

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