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"American Pie" by Don McLean: Everything You Didn't Know

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The Revitalization of the Interest in Buddy Holly

Don McLean took credit for this song, creating a resurgence in the interest around Buddy Holly. The renewed popularity of Buddy meant that writer John Gold frozen has said he was finally able to get his holly biography published. This is a very nice, sweet, full circle moment McLean autographed the wall at the surf ballroom where Buddy played his last gig just hours before he died. Though he was pleased to shine some light on his hero, McLean has been frustrated that many have reduced American pie to just a story about Buddy Holly. But one person we have not heard from in relation to this song is Bob Dylan. That's right, folks. He did not appreciate the implication that

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