DON MCLEAN

Donald McLean is an American singer and lyricist who is best known for his 1971 hit “American Pie”. In 2004, he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. In January 2018, BMI proved that “American Pie” and “Vincent” reached 5 million and 3 million views respectively. Don McLean is a well-recognized folk-rock singer and songwriter from the ‘70s until early 2000.

He has produced multiple hit songs, including the 1971 hit song, American Pie and Vincent. His songs were known to portray in-depth stories about life like this famous line in his song, “the day the music died,” which was inspired by a loss of a number of well-known musicians in the late ’50s. Other known artists performed some of his songs, like Elvis Presley, Perry Como, Helen Reddy, Madonna, and others. In 2016, his lawyer helped him get out of divorce.