Who is  'Miss American Pie' in the song - American Pie by Don McLean?
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A long, long time ago... \n"American Pie" reached #1 in 1972, shortly after it was released. Buddy Holly ; unfortunately, died in 1959.\n\nI 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. \nSociologists credit teenagers with the popularity of Rock and Roll, as a part of the Baby boomer generation, they found themselves in a very influencial position. Their shear number were the force behind most of our country's recent major transitions. McLean was a teenager in 1959 and he begins by simply commenting that the music had an appealing quality to him as well as the millions of other teens. McLean also had an intense desire to entertain as a musician. His dream, to play in a band at high school dances, was the dream of many young boys who wanted to make people dance to Rock and Roll.\n\nBut February made me shiver, \nBuddy Holly died on February 3, 1959, in a plane crash in Iowa during a snowstorm. Its rumored that the name of the plane was: American Pie.\n\nWith every paper I'd deliver, \nDon McLean's only job besides being a full-time singer/song writer was being a paperboy.\n\nBad news on the doorstep... I couldn't take one more step. I can't remember if I cried When I read about his widowed bride \nHolly's recent bride was pregnant when the crash took place; she had a miscarriage shortly afterward.\n\nBut something touched me deep inside, The day the music died. \nThe same plane crash that killed Buddy Holly also tragically took the lives of Richie Valens ("La Bamba") and The Big Bopper ("Chantilly Lace.") Since all three were so prominent at the time, February 3, 1959, became known as "The Day The Music Died."\nSo... \n(Refrain) Bye bye Miss American Pie, \n\n**Don McLean dated a Miss America candidate during a pageant and broke up with her on February 3, 1959. (Unconfirmed interpretation)\nSo its probably...\nJust a reference to the plane, "American Pie" that crahed. \nI drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry, Them good ol' boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye Singing "This'll be the day that I die, This'll be the day that I die." \nDriving the Chevy to the levee almost certainly refers to the three college students whose murder was the subject of the film 'Mississippi Burning.' The students were attempting to register as black voters, and after being killed by bigoted thugs their bodies were buried in a levee. Them good ol' boys being: Holly, Valens, and the Big Bopper, They were singing about their death on February 3. One of Holly's hits was "That'll be the Day"; the chorus contains the line "That'll be the day that I die."\n(Verse 2) Did you write the book of love, \n"The Book of Love" by the Monotones; hit in 1958."Oh I wonder, wonder who... who, who wrote the book of love?"\nAnd do you have faith in God above, If the Bible tells you so? \n**In 1955, Don Cornell did a song entitled "The Bible Tells Me So." It was difficult to tell if it was what McLean was referencing. Anyone know for sure? \nThere is also an old Sunday School song that goes:"Jesus loves me this I know, for the Bible tells me so" McLean was somewhat religious.\n\nNow do you believe in rock 'n roll? \nThe Lovin' Spoonful had a hit in 1965 with John Sebastian's "Do you Believe in Magic?". The song has the lines: "Do you believe in magic" and "It's like trying to tell a stranger 'bout rock and roll."\nCan music save your mortal soul? And can you teach me how to dance real slow? \nMusic was believed to "save the soul" and slow dancing was an important part of early rock and roll dance events. Dancing declined in importance through the 60's as things like psychedelia and the 10-minute g
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As the first 2 repondants typed, it was Barry McGuire.  Interesting trivia:  McGuire introduced The Mamas and The Papas to Lou Adler, a recording studio executive at Dunhill.  John Phillips was so greatful to McGuire that he gave the recording rights to "California Dreamin'" to him.  The first recording of the song featured McGuire singing the lead, with the other members of The Mamas and The Papas singing backup.  Lou Adler pursuaded Phillips that it was his tune and he should keep the rights to the song, as well as being the featured singer.  The rest is history.
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Helen Reddy!\n\nPreview it here: http://audio.search.yahoo.com/search/audio?p=i+am+woman&sm=Yahoo%21+Search&fr=FP-tab-aud-t&toggle=1&cop=&ei=UTF-8
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The song is titled "Look What I Got". \n\nBetty Carter sings it.
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Um I think the one you're thinking of is American Pie by Don McLean.  It does have those words in it.  Also Madonna remade that song a few years back as well.
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The song name is "Cutie Pie" by One Way. I'm watching that on Comedy Central right now...
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jimi hendrix - sleeping pill overdoze - 18th september 1970 \n\nmarc bolan- crashed into a tree - september 16th 1977\n\nBuddy holly - Airplane crash - (featured in American pie by Don Mclean ) 3 Febuary 1959 \n\nChuck  Berry is Alive
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American Pie" is an eight-and-a-half minute long classic rock song by singer-songwriter Don McLean, about "the day the music died."\n\nRecorded in 1971 and released that year on the album of the same name, the single was a number-one U.S. hit for four weeks in 1972. The song is an allusive history of rock and roll that starts with the deaths of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J. P. Richardson, Jr. (The Big Bopper) in a plane crash in 1959, and ends in 1970. .\n\nThe song's lyrics are subject of much debate. Although McLean dedicated the American Pie album to Buddy Holly, none of the singers in the plane crash are identified by name in the song itself. Music performers are also alluded to with easily decoded identifications, leading to much discussion, encouraged by McLean's canny lifelong refusal to explain the lyrics. Asked what "American Pie" meant, McLean once replied, "It means I never have to work again." Later, he more seriously stated, "You will find many 'interpretations' of my lyrics but none of them by me Sorry to leave you all on your own like this but long ago I realized that songwriters should make their statements and move on, maintaining a dignified silence.\n\nhope that is of some use.\nPHIL
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I loved Chris, as most of America did, and thought he was guaranteed the win.  At this point, I really hope Taylor wins.  Katherine is an ok singer most of the time, but she is very inconsistent in her performances.  My friends at the karaoke pub usually do as well as she does, depending on how much they've had to drink:)  However, America is so wrapped up in looks and the "total package" that I think Kat will win because she looks the part.
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Music written by Charles Fox and words by Norman Gimbel.\n\nReleased 1973 on the album Never, Never, Never.\n\nThe song was originally sung by folk-singer and songwriter Lori Lieberman. She was inspired by Don McLean: Coaxed by a friend, she went to see the then-unknown McLean sing at the famous Troubadour Club on the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles in the early 70's.\n\nMcLean’s performance of "American Pie" and other songs inspired Lieberman so much, that she penned a poem about the singer. Still in the nightclub she made some notes on a napkin, and she said "I saw Don Mclean play the Troubadour in L.A. one night and I was so moved by his lyrics and melodies that I went home and wrote a poem about it." She felt as though this young man had found her personal letters and read them out loud, and that he was killing her softly with his words. That poem – originally titled "Killing Me Softly With His Blues" – inspired songwriters Norman Gimbel and Charles Fox to write this song for Lori Lieberman and she went on to record it and released it on her debut album 1971.\n\nThe song was included in an airline’s in-flight music program. During a cross-country flight, soul singer Roberta Flack heard the song and immediately was intrigued by it. Upon landing, Flack investigated the song, contacted Gimbel and Fox, and offered to record it. They agreed, and in 1973 it became a No. 1 hit for Roberta Flack. Twenty-six years later, Lieberman is still licking her wounds. She was never given credit for the lyrics, and her version, as beautifully done as Flack’s, quickly disappeared.\n\nRoberta Flack released her recording of this song on a single in late January 1973, and within a month it was number one in the US Billboard, and had been certified gold by the RIAA. In August of the same year Roberta Flack then released an Album entitled "Killing Me Softly" containing the hit single and a few other songs including "Jesse" and When You Smile. Roberta Flack 1973 received the Grammy Awards for "Pop Female Vocal" and "Record of the Year" and the composers received the award for the "Song of the Year". The song was interpreted meanwhile by many other artists and orchestras.
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watch this!!!!!!\n\nAnimaniacs Wakko's America Song
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Brooke Hogan\n\nI believe the song in question is on her album "This Voice".
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Yeah\nhe sings bad day, its on the end of American Idol.\nGo to yahoo music and search
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HAHAHA go watch american pie part 1.. it'll surely teach you a thing or two.  :p
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which guy is "America"?? \n\nu made an interesting pt. lolz ;)
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Taylor Hicks-Soul Patrol-from American Idol
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KT Tunstall - Black Horse and the Cherry Tree.\nA guy I work with has been playing Katherine's version A-L-L day today. \n\nAnd singing it himself. \n\nHe sings very badly.