Editing American Pie (song) (section)

=== Musicians ===
* Don McLean – vocals, acoustic guitar
*[[David Spinozza]] – electric guitar
* [[Paul Griffin (musician)|Paul Griffin]] – piano, clavinet<ref>{{cite web|last1=Hasted|first1=Nick|title=The Making Of... Don McLean's "American Pie"|url=https://www.uncut.co.uk/news/the-making-of-don-mcleans-american-pie-67627/2|website=uncut.co.uk|date=April 7, 2015|access-date=December 14, 2017|archive-date=September 1, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180901113222/https://www.uncut.co.uk/news/the-making-of-don-mcleans-american-pie-67627/2|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Hepworth|first1=Paul|title=1971 - Never a Dull Moment: Rock's Best Year|date=2016|publisher=Bantam Press|isbn=978-059307486-2|page=330|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1lIPDAAAQBAJ&q=piano+player+on+american+pie+single&pg=PA330}}</ref>
* [[Rob Stoner|Bob Rothstein]] – bass, backing vocals
* Roy Markowitz – drums, tambourine

The final chorus features multi-tracked backing vocals, credited in the album's sleeve notes to the "West Forty Fourth Street Rhythm and Noise Choir". Although the individual choristers have never been publicly named, producer Ed Freeman has claimed that the choir included [[Pete Seeger]], [[James Taylor]], [[Livingston Taylor]] and [[Carly Simon]].<ref name="sound on sound">{{cite web |last=Buskin |first=Richard |title=Don McLean 'American Pie' |url=https://www.soundonsound.com/sos/mar12/articles/classic-tracks-0312.htm |work=Sound on Sound|publisher=SOS Publications Group |access-date=13 April 2013}}</ref>