E! Online - Mar 7, 2007
The Big Bopper is still dead. Not only that, but an autopsy on the "Chantilly Lace" hit-maker has concluded that the 1950s rocker/deejay is still dead of a plane crash that also took the lives...
More »Reuters - Nov 27, 2004
Infinity Broadcasting is not commenting on a New York Times story that claims the company fired its top Rochester, N.Y., programer for accepting gifts from record companies. The news comes as another...
More »Reuters - Jun 4, 2004
The 2004 Songwriters Hall of Fame Awards dinner June 10 in New York will be another star-studded affair. But this year s ceremony, which honors songwriting legends, also will include an announcement of...
More »AP - Apr 8, 2004
Charles Fox, Al Green , Daryl Hall and John Oates, Don McLean and songwriting duo Barrett Strong and Norman Whitfield are this year s inductees into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. The 35th annual induction...
More »AP - Mar 5, 2004
Don McLean says songwriting takes an emotional toll on him. It s nerve-racking for me. I m not a formula songwriter, McLean told AP Radio in an interview. His songs include American Pie, Castles in...
More »AP - Feb 24, 2004
Don McLean may be a prolific songwriter, but that doesn t mean he likes to do it. It s nerve-wracking for me. I m not a formula songwriter, he told AP Radio in an interview. McLean, 58, who wrote...
More »USRN - Jan 15, 2002
(1/15/02, 7 a.m. ET) -- Thirty years ago today (January 15, 1972), singer-songwriter Don McLean s American Pie hit Number One on the pop chart and held the top spot for the following four weeks. In the...
More »USRN - Feb 29, 2000
(2/29/00, 4 p.m. ET) - Garth Brooks and Don McLean have reunited on the new PBS special Don McLean: Starry, Starry Night. The program, which was filmed in Austin, Texas and also features Nanci Griffith...
More »USRN - Feb 14, 2000
(2/15/00, 7 a.m. ET) - Don McLean, who penned the classic 1971 song, American Pie, has offered his thoughts about Madonna s updated version of his song. In a statement issued by Madonna s Maverick Records...
More »USRN - Feb 2, 2000
(2/3/00, 10 a.m. ET) - On Feb. 3, 1959, a plane en route to Fargo, N.D. crashed following a rock n roll concert at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa, killing all on board. Among the passengers on...
More »USRN - Feb 2, 2000
(2/3/00, 10 a.m. ET) - On Feb. 3, 1959, a plane en route to Fargo, N.D. crashed following a rock n roll concert at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa, killing all on board. Among the passengers on...
More »USRN - Dec 8, 1999
(12/8/99, 4 p.m. ET) - Madonna has covered Don McLean s 1971 hit song American Pie for the soundtrack to her upcoming film, The Next Best Thing. The song is one of two William Orbit-produced songs the...
More »USRN - Nov 30, 1999
(11/30/99, 4 p.m. ET) - Don McLean, whose claim to fame is the 1971 No. 1 hit American Pie, is being sued by an Austin, Texas-based graphic designer who claims the singer has violated her freedom of speech...
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