#TonyCurran's performance as #VincentVanGogh is at once inspiring, melencholy and filled with grief. But those demons were fuel for his fire. This clip with #DonMcClean's own beautiful tribute #Vincent

www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaHV...

#BuddyHolly, #RitchieValens & J.P. 'The Big Bopper' Richardson were killed in a plane crash in Iowa #OnThisDay in 1959; #TheDayTheMusicDied inspired #AmericanPie; #DonMcClean's greatest & most popular song hit #1 on the charts in 1972:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5ec...
www.history.com/this-day-in-...

#AmericanPie hit #1 on the Billboard charts #OnThisDay in 1972; #DonMcClean's song became the ballad of a generation with its lyrics referring to the plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens & JP Richardson in 1959:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5ec...
www.history.com/this-day-in-...

#VincentVanGogh was born #OnThisDay in 1853, dying in poverty & obscurity in 1890; since his suicide at the age of 37 in 1890, he's become one of the world's most popular artists & inspiring #DonMcClean's most beautiful song, "Vincent" (Starry Night):

www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxHn...

#AmericanPie hit #1 on the Billboard charts #OnThisDay in 1972; #DonMcClean's song became the ballad of a generation with its lyrics referring to the plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens & JP Richardson in 1959:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5ec...
www.history.com/this-day-in-...

#BuddyHolly, #RitchieValens & J.P. 'The Big Bopper' Richardson were killed in a plane crash in Iowa #OnThisDay in 1959; #TheDayTheMusicDied inspired #AmericanPie, #DonMcClean's greatest & most popular song, which hit #1 on the charts in 1972:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z#On...

A pre-birthday treat to myself with #NewAdditions to the #RecordCollection inc #Blondie’s 1999 live set (on 2LP white #vinyl) #RoyOrbison’s 1989 #MysteryGirl (2014 2LP reissue) #DonMcClean’s 1971 #AmericanPie & #PaulSimon’s #Graceland on clear #Vinyl … plus new #AndyBell (& #Erasure)

#NewAddition to the #RecordCollection

Whilst I already have it on remastered #CD, there’s a thrill to playing the classic #DonMcClean’s classic #AmericanPie on #Vinyl

US No 1 / UK No 2 on release in 1971, going 2 x platinum in the US, and Gold in the UK

#RecordCollector