WATCH: Don McLean On "The Big Interview With Dan Rather"

Don McLean admitted he didn’t fully understand the success of his 1971 song β€œAmerican Pie,” but said it might stem from the fact that it’s partly a children’s song.

While he referred to the 1959 plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper – the tragedy came to be known as β€œthe day the music died” – McLean said his principal inspiration was another shocking moment that took place four years later.

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