Which pop icon sang "American Pie"?
Don McLean
James Taylor
Carole King
Paul Simon
Answer
Don McLean released "American Pie" in 1971. The song, which tells the story of the "day the music died," is a tribute to the late Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper, who died in a plane crash in 1959.
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