Editing American Pie (song) (section)

==Further reading==
* {{cite web|url=https://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/908/what-is-don-mcleans-song-american-pie-all-about|title=What is Don McLean's song 'American Pie' all about?|access-date =June 8, 2009|last=Adams|first=Cecil|author-link=Cecil Adams|date=May 15, 1993|work=The Straight Dope|publisher=Chicago Reader, Inc. |ref=none}} An interpretation of the lyrics based on a supposed interview of McLean by DJ [[Casey Kasem]].  McLean later confirmed the Buddy Holly reference in a letter to Adams but denied ever speaking to Kasem.
* {{cite web|title=Bob Dearborn's Original Analysis of Don McLean's 1971 Classic 'American Pie'|url=http://user.pa.net/~ejjeff/pie.html|last=Roteman|first=Jeff|date=August 10, 2002 |ref=none}} This article correlates McLean's biography with the historic events in the song.  McLean pointed to [[WCFL (AM)|WCFL]] (Chicago, Illinois) radio disc jockey Bob Dearborn as the partial basis for most mainstream interpretations of "American Pie".  Dearborn's analysis, mailed to listeners on request, bears the date January 7, 1972.  Roteman's reprinting added photos but replaced the date January 7, 1972, by an audio link bearing the date February 28, 1972, the date Dearborn aired his interpretation on WCFL (http://user.pa.net/~ejjeff/bobpie.ram (Bob Dearborn's American Pie Analysis original broadcast February 28, 1972)).
* {{cite web|url=https://www.radiotimeline.com/wcfl-chicago-tribute/|title=The WCFL Radio Tribute Page|access-date=October 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181026182609/https://www.radiotimeline.com/wcfl-chicago-tribute/|archive-date=October 26, 2018|url-status=dead |ref=none}}  Among the potpourri is a copy of the January 7, 1972, Bob Dearborn letter, plus an audio recording, in which he delineates his interpretation of "American Pie".
* {{cite web|url=http://understandingamericanpie.com|title=Understanding American Pie|last=Fann|first=Jim|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030906142212/http://www.understandingamericanpie.com/|archive-date=September 6, 2003 |ref=none}} Historically oriented interpretation of "American Pie".  The interpretation was specifically noted on in an archived version of McLean's website page on "American Pie".[https://web.archive.org/web/20090212084822/http://www.don-mclean.com/articles/ archived version of McLean's website page on "American Pie"]. The material, dated November 2002, includes a recording of [[Dinah Shore]] singing "See The USA In Your Chevrolet" and a photograph of [[Mick Jagger]] in costume at the Altamont Free Concert with a [[Hells Angel]] member in the background.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060829200035/http://cfhf.net/lyrics/dinah.htm Full "See the US in Your Chevrolet" lyrics for Dinah Shore on "The Dinah Shore Chevy Show" (1956–1961)]
* {{cite web|url=http://www.faqs.org/faqs/music/american-pie|title=FAQ: The Annotated 'American Pie'|access-date=September 19, 2007|last=Kulawiec|first=Rich|date=August 26, 2001|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030419095516/http://www.faqs.org/faqs/music/american-pie/|archive-date=April 19, 2003|url-status=live |ref=none}} FAQ maintained by Rich Kulawiec, started in 1992 and essentially completed in 1997.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20091023140553/http://library.thinkquest.org/18249/compose/apverse1.html "American Pie—A Rock Epic"] A multi-media presentation of Rich Kulawiec's ''The Annotated "American Pie"''.
* {{cite web|author=Levitt, Saul|url=http://www.missamericanpie.co.uk/interpret.html|title=Interpretation of American Pie – analysis, news, Don McLean, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, Rock & Roll|website=Missamericanpie.co.uk|date=May 26, 1971|access-date=May 20, 2010|ref=none|archive-date=April 5, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110405094748/http://www.missamericanpie.co.uk/interpret.html|url-status=dead}}
* {{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/doyoubelieveinro0000unse|url-access=registration|title=Do You Believe in Rock and Roll?: Essays on Don McLean's "American Pie"|last1=Schuck|first1=Raymond I.|last2=Schuck|first2=Ray|publisher=[[McFarland & Company]]|date=2012|access-date=September 3, 2021|isbn=978-0-7864-7105-8}}