Don McLean signed Guitar FDC American Pie Vincent Folk
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1979 first day cover issued for the Guitar stamp, autographed by musician and recording artist Don McLean. Famed for -- and ultimately defined by -- his perennial "American Pie," singer/songwriter Don McLean got his start in the folk clubs of New York City during the mid-'60s, McLean struggled for a number of years, building a small following through his work with Pete Seeger on the Clearwater, a sloop that sailed up and down the eastern seaboard to promote environmental causes. In 1970 he wrote a musical tribute to painter Vincent Van Gogh; the project was roundly rejected by a number of labels, although MediaArts did offer him a contract to record a number of his other songs under the title Tapestry . One song on the album, "And I Loved Her So" became a hit recording for Perry Como , prompting United Artists to pick up McLean 's contract. He returned in 1971 with American Pie ; the title track, an elegiac eight-and-a-half-minute folk-pop epic inspired by the tragic death of Buddy Holly , became a number one hit, and the LP soon reached the top of the charts as well. The follow-up, "Vincent," was also a smash, and McLean even became the subject of the Roberta Flack hit "Killing Me Softly With His Song." In the 1980s McLean enjoyed a Top 30 LP with Chain Lightning . The album spawned a Top Ten smash with its cover of Roy Orbison'
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