Don McLean and Connie Valens tell PEOPLE about their unique experiences on 'The Day the Music Died,' when Buddy Holly, Richie ...

Explore Don McLean's iconic "American Pie": delve into its lyrics and live performances, and find similar timeless tracks. Uncover music history today!

Nearly 70 years ago, musicians Buddy Holly, J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson and Ritchie Valens were killed in a plane crash ...

Ritchie Valens' sister sends a message to songwriter Don McLean describing how she really felt about his folk-rock anthem "American Pie." ...

Don McLean is all too aware how cruel the music industry can be, he has one major regret from early in his career that he ...

On this day in 1959, Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and The Big Bopper tragically gave Don McLean the inspiration for "American Pie." ...

Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. Richardson were three of the biggest names in Rock and Roll when they played at the Surf ...

The National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum is honoring the music icons with their own bobbleheads, but why doesn't Buddy Holly get one?

Music has the power to move us, uplift us, and even haunt us — but sometimes, the stories behind our favorite songs are far ...

This label’s 86-year run has been one of the most storied in jazz — and it’s still going. Hear tracks by Wayne Shorter, Sonny ...

Bob Dylan and Buddy Holly aren't often entwined, but without the bespectacled bopper, there wouldn't be the folk icon from ...

Seeger's music will live on. And there were few musicians more influential than Seeger: Everyone from the folk revivalists of the 1960s — Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Don McLean, and the Byrds ...