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1. American Pie: An American Standard Folk singer/songwriter Don McLean wrote American Pie, ostensibly about the plan crash that killed some of the most popular and promising musicians of the day in 1959. The song is a tribute to Buddy Holly and a lamentation of the decline of rock and r...
2. Vincent Van Gogh Vincent Van Gogh, the artist is known today to so many of us. His art speaks volumes -- what other artist sacrified an ear for his work? I am an art enthusiast and count Vincent Van Gogh as one of my favorites. Did you know that there is also a line...
3. American Pie by Don McLean Remember hearing American Pie for the first time?  My first memory of the song is a hot hot summer day in 1972, and asking my cousin Jeff (who, although he was 3 months younger than me, was a whole lot cooler) what the words meant. Here it is, a...
4. MusicVault's Lyrics Lensography If you love music the way I do, you probably listen to it a lot. And, every now and then, you just can't figure out what a word or phrase is. Well, all that will change now: with these great lenses listing the lyrics, you will be able to see at a gla...
5. The Surf Ballroom The legendary Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa isn't just known for it being the site of the final performances of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper.  Since that fateful winter date in 1959 when the plane was driven into a farm-fi...