Don McLean's 'American Pie' manuscript sells for $1.2 million

[truebluefan]

Making it perhaps the priciest slice of pie ever, an anonymous buyer paid more than $1.2 million for the original manuscript of Don McLean’s 1971 epic hit song “American Pie,” an impressionistic recounting of the musical, social and political upheaval in American life during the previous two decades.

The manuscript and McLean’s supporting notes “achieved the 3rd highest auction price for an American literary manuscript, a fitting tribute to one the foremost singer-songwriters of his generation,” said Tom Lecky, head of the books and manuscripts department at Christie’s auction house in New York. “This result is a testament to the creative genius of Don McLean and to the song’s ability to still engage and inspire.”

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[Denny Crane]

It's a great song, but I think he only had two good songs his whole career. Both on the same album.