Who was behind the hit song "American Pie"?
"American Pie" stands as one of music's most ambitious achievements, an 8-minute journey through rock and roll history that became a cultural phenomenon in 1971. From sock hops to Vietnam, this epic track captured an entire era while paying tribute to fallen music legends. Which songwriter crafted this unforgettable anthem?
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Correct Answer: Don McLean
Don McLean wrote and performed "American Pie," an 8-minute and 42-second tribute that held the record for longest #1 song on Billboard's Hot 100 for nearly 50 years until Taylor Swift's "All Too Well." The song memorialized "the day the music died" February 3, 1959, when a plane crash claimed the lives of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson. Its cultural impact has rippled through generations, with a 2001 survey by the Recording Industry Association of America voting it the 5th song of the century.
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