Don McLean
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Member of the Songwriter Hall of Fame
Over 50 Million Albums Sold Worldwide
2x – #1 Hits “American Pie” & “Wonderful Baby”
5x – Top 10 Singles “Vincent”, “Dreidel”, “Crying”, “Since I Don’t Have You”, “Castles In The Air”
1x – #1 Album
4x – Grammy Nominee
“American Pie” voted #5 in top 365 songs of the century by the Recording Industry Association of America and the National Endowment for the Arts
Nashville Walk of Fame Honoree (2023)
Musicians Hall of Fame Inductee (2022)
The Day The Music Died: The Story of Don McLean’s “American Pie” documentary released on Paramount+ (2022)
Hollywood Walk of Fame Honoree (2021)
50th Anniversary of “American Pie” (2021)
“American Pie” collaboration between Don and Home Free spent 8 weeks at #1 on the Country music video chart
Las Vegas Walk of Fame Honoree (2019)
“American Pie” was inducted into the Library of Congress’ National Recording Registry (2017)
BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient (2012)
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Don McLean is a GRAMMY Award honoree, a Songwriter Hall of Fame member, and a BBC Lifetime Achievement Award recipient. His smash hit “American Pie” resides in the Library of Congress National Recording Registry and was named a Top 5 Song of the 20th Century by the Recording Industry of America (RIAA).
A New York native, Don McLean is one of American history’s most revered and respected songwriters. After paying his dues in the New York club scene in the late 1960s, he went on to score mega-hits like “Vincent (Starry, Starry Night),” “Castles in the Air” and many more. His catalog of songs has been recorded by Madonna, Garth Brooks, Josh Groban, Drake, “Weird Al” Yankovic, and countless others. In 2015, McLean’s handwritten manuscript of “American Pie” lyrics was auctioned by Christie’s, selling for just over $1.2 Million. 2019 honored Don with a star on the Las Vegas Walkway of Stars, and his song “And I Love You So” was the theme for Prince Harry and Megan Markle’s wedding.
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