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Don McLean
Biography
Donald McLean III (born October 2, 1945) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist, known to fans as the "American Troubadour" or "King of the Trail". He is best known for his 1971 hit "American Pie", an eight-and-a-half-minute folk rock song that has been referred to as a "cultural touchstone". His other hit singles include "Vincent", "Dreidel", "Castles in the Air", and "Wonderful Baby", as well as renditions of Roy Orbison's "Crying" and the Skyliners' "Since I Don't Have You".
Top Filmography
6.8
Hell's Kitchen
2005 // TV
6.8
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
1990 // TV
6.7
The Flight of Dragons
1982 // MOVIE
6.8
The Dick Cavett Show
1968 // TV
7.0
Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation
2013 // MOVIE
7.7
Classic Albums
1997 // TV
5.5
The Day the Music Died: The Story of Don McLean's "American Pie"
2022 // MOVIE
7.8
The Midnight Special
1972 // TV
6.0
Diary of a Teenage Hitchhiker
1979 // MOVIE
7.2
The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time
1982 // MOVIE
7.5
Buddy Holly: Rave On
2017 // MOVIE
4.3
Don McLean: American Pie
2017 // MOVIE
6.0
Solid Gold
1980 // TV
2.0
The Lost Daughter
1997 // MOVIE
7.5
Where Are They Now?
1999 // TV