How a 1970s rock legend scored his second career-defining hit — and why it feels like a curse 50 years on

Released in February 1972, some four months after “American Pie,” “Vincent” rode to number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 and ...
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Don McLean Revisits “Vincent” 50 Years Later with New Video

In the fall of 1970, Don McLean had a job singing in schools. Playing guitar and singing in classrooms, McLean came across a biography of 19th-century artist Vincent Van Gogh and was immediately ...