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  1. American Pie Lyrics: A long, long time ago / I can still remember how that music / Used to make me smile / And I knew if I had my chance / That I could make those people dance / And maybe...

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  2. Don McLean Lyrics. "American Pie". A long, long time ago. I can still remember how that music used to make me smile. And I knew if I had my chance. That I could make those people dance. And maybe they'd be happy for a while. But February made me shiver. With every paper I'd deliver.

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    DM:Writing songs is a lonely thing. It’s where you get into yourself, and I had that (song) in my mind for a couple of months. I had the second album going and didn’t have a name for it. It was the one that would follow "Tapestry." It was in flux...It was (then going to be) a ballad record and I didn’t want that. I needed to come up with a chorus t...

    BH:By the way, one of the greatest album covers ever! I knew about you a little bit. I was a DJ at the time, but if I’m telling you the truth, I bought the album because of the cover and I got to discover what was in it. I probably bought five copies of the vinyl because I wore it out. DM:Everybody picked up on this. The producer understood what I ...

    BH:You mentioned this earlier but there is a lesson for today’s generation of songwriters, which is arrangement, tempo and modulation. You let that song tell you how to sing it. A song is supposed to make us feel something, and you change your tempo and you change your emotional delivery three or four times where you should in that song. It is just...

    In partnership with Nashville Songwriters Association International, the "Story Behind the Song" video interview series features Nashville-connected songwriters discussing one of their compositions. For full video interviews with all of our subjects, visit www.tennessean.com/music.

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  3. Jan 13, 2022 · The dominant story in archaeology has long been that humans came to North America around 12,000 years ago. But Indigenous archaeologist Paulette Steeves points to mounting evidence suggesting...

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  4. Don McLean – American Pie Lyrics. from album: American Pie (1971) A long, long time ago. I can still remember how that music used to make me smile. And, I knew if I had my chance that I could make those people dance, and... Maybe they'd be happy for a while.

  5. Jul 5, 2007 · He was a 13-year-old paperboy on Feb. 3, 1959, when he delivered the news that three pioneers of rock 'n' roll — Ritchie Valens, the Big Bopper and Buddy Holly — had died in a plane crash. "I was...

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  7. Dec 6, 2004 · America! Long Time Ago by Robin Williams released in 2004. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.