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"American Pie" is a song by American singer and songwriter Don McLean. Recorded and released in 1971 on the album of the same name, the single was the number-one US hit for four weeks in 1972 starting January 15 [2] after just eight weeks on the US Billboard charts (where it entered at number 69). [3]
Three Dog Night had two songs on the Year-End Hot 100, including "Joy to the World", the number one song of 1971. The Carpenters had three songs on the Year-End Hot 100, the most of any artist in 1971. This is a list of Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 singles of 1971. [1] The Top 100, as revealed in the year-end edition of Billboard dated ...
"The 100 Greatest Rock Songs of All Time" [76] 2000 3 RIAA: US "Songs of the Century" [77] 2001 53 Grammy Awards: US "Grammy Hall of Fame Award" [78] 2003 * Rolling Stone: US "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" [79] 2004 31 Rolling Stone: US "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" [40] 2021 61 Q: UK "100 Songs That Changed the World" [80] 2003 47 ...
Was 1971 the best single year for recorded popular music, ever? Or merely the year in which it reached peak cultural significance? Maybe, just maybe, the answer could be: both. You’ll certainly ...
1971 Record World: Best Single Disc of the Year Won [113] Melody Maker: British Single of the Year Won [125] World Single of the Year Won [125] 1972 NME Awards: Best Single Disc Won [236] 14th Grammy Awards: Record of the Year: Nominated [237] 17th Ivor Novello Awards: The "A" Side of the Record Issued in 1971 Which Achieved the Highest ...
In 1970, Jamrock Entertainment listed "Layla" as the best song of the year. [108] In 1972, "Layla" was one of the most performed songs of the year, [109] and was already considered a "rock standard". [110] With its re-release in 1982, the song was again praised. [111] [112] It is featured on a number of "greatest ever" lists.
McLean wrote the lyrics in 1970 after reading a book about the life of Van Gogh. [3] It was released on McLean's 1971 American Pie album; the following year, the song topped the UK Singles Chart for two weeks, [4] and peaked at No. 12 in the United States, [5] where it also hit No. 2 on the Easy Listening chart. [6]
Each year when the clock strikes midnight on New Year's, people around the world sing one song in unison. "Auld Lang Syne" has long been a hit at New Year's parties in the U.S. as people join ...