Undeterred, Don commenced work on his second album, American Pie. Both the album and the single from it, Castles in the Air, were flops. One morning, as a 12 year old, he cut into his bundle of papers and saw the headline announcing that his hero Buddy Holly, along with Richie Valens and The Big Bopper, had been killed in an aeroplane crash.ĭon’s first album, Tapestry, was rejected by 34 recording companies (some sources say 37) before being released by Media Arts. It was prior to these teen experiences that Don worked a schoolboy newspaper route. He then attended Villanova University for a short while where he became friends with fellow singer/songwriter Jim Croce. While still in high school he made his first recording. He bought a guitar and began performing shows for family and friends. According to his parents, Don knew more than one hundred songs by the time he was two years old.ĭespite his love of Buddy’s Rock ‘n’ Roll, by the time he was a teenager, Don had become infatuated with folk music. He turned instead to music becoming a huge fan of Buddy Holly. At 8 minutes 33 seconds, Don McLean’s 1971 hit American Pie is the longest song to ever hit #1 on the US singles chart.īorn and raised in New York, Don McLean suffered from asthma as a child which curtailed is ability to play sport.
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