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

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

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

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

Don McLean is an amazing folk singer who created the unforgettable song “American Pie” in 1971. He’s a talented musician from New York who started playing guitar as a teenager. Even at 79 ...

The care and attention artists give their songs never change, yet how the public perceives those songs changes drastically. Don McLean is all too aware of how tricky the music industry can be. When ...

Everyone knows the heavy-hitting classics, but Motown’s output was ... Albums by the likes of Carole King, James Taylor, and Don McLean sold by the truckload. This was clearly tricky territory ...

Just over a decade later, Don McLean wrote about the "day the music died" in what would become one of the most beloved songs of all time, "American Pie." KPCW's Roger Goldman and Sarah Ervin take ...

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?

Nestled in the heart of Watertown, the Wheel Inn Cafe stands as a beacon of comfort food and small-town charm. This isn’t ...