
"The documentary was part of a package of things that Spencer Proffer, whose company is the producer of the movie, said that he would do two years ago when the pandemic started. In our Zoom interview with McLean, he explained why he did this documentary. The 76-year-old "American Troubadour" reveals more of the story behind the song in a new documentary, "The Day the Music Died: The Story of Don McLean's American Pie" which is now streaming on Paramount+. Now more than 50 years later, the song has become a classic and has been a favorite as well of other singers from Garth Brooks to Madonna. Richardson when they were killed in a plane crash in 1959. LOS ANGELES - Don McLean was only 26 years old when he wrote "American Pie" to pay tribute to his rock and roll idols Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and "The Big Bopper" J.P.
