3 catalog entries, grouped by year.
Don McLean began as a folk performer, including work supporting Pete Seeger's Hudson River cleanup efforts. Tapestry introduced his album career in 1970, followed by American Pie in 1971. His repertoire includes the extended title song, Vincent and Dreidel, while Playin' Favorites revisited folk and country material. Later recordings also brought his interpretations of songs by other writers, including Roy Orbison's Crying.
Don McLean - Songwriters Hall of Fame biography
Folk and Seeger connection, early album sequence, selected repertoire and later interpretations. The source misnames And I Love You So, blurs Castles in the Air album placement, and uses a later Chain Lightning date; none of those claims is reproduced. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Profile reviewed: 2026-10-17. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.
Don McLean began as a folk performer, including work supporting Pete Seeger's Hudson River cleanup efforts. Tapestry introduced his album career in 1970, followed by American Pie in 1971. His repertoire includes the...
View background statusDon McLean began as a folk performer, including work supporting Pete Seeger's Hudson River cleanup efforts. Tapestry introduced his album career in 1970, followed by American Pie in 1971. His repertoire includes the...
View background statusA cover of Roy Orbison's 1961 hit, McLean's version became popular in 1981.
View background status1960-2025. Each year contains 150 selections.