Artist	Song
Don McLean	American Pie
Buddy Holly	Rave On
Ritchie Valens	Come on, Let's Go
Ritchie Valens	Donna
The Big Bopper	Chantilly Lace
Buddy Holly	That'll Be the Day
The Monotones	The Book of Love
The Lovin' Spoonful	Do You Believe in Magic
Danny and the Juniors	At the Hop
Fats Domino	Ain't That A Shame
Marty Robbins	A White Sports Coat
Bob Dylan	Like a Rolling Stone
Elvis Presley	All Shook Up
Elvis Presley	I Can't Help Falling in Love With You
The Beatles	Helter Skelter
The Byrds	Eight Miles High
The Beatles	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club
The Rolling Stones	Sympathy for the Devil
Janis Joplin	Take Another Little Peice of My Heart Out
Procol Harum	A Whiter Shade of Pale
Buddy Holly	Everyday

Comment:

People have spent the past thirty years trying to figure out what Don McLean's "American Pie" means. For this reason, there are dozens of annotated versions of "American Pie" online, the most popular one being Rich Kulawiec's. So I decided to make a mix which annotates the song MUSICALLY. This mix includes pretty much every song or artist that McLean references, though obviously some of the inferred references are more of a stretch than others. Of course, Buddy Holly dominates this mix because "American Pie" is ABOUT him, but I did try to include an educationally diverse array of musicians because I originally made this mix for a friend who doesn't know that much about oldies. She really liked the way the mix turned out, and I must say I too was quite pleased.

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