- Don McLean【 252 songs in total 】
- Donald 'Don' McLean III (born October 2, 1945) is an American singer-songwriter best known for the 1971 album American Pie, containing the songs 'American Pie' and 'Vincent'.
Musical roots
McLean's grandfather and father were also named Donald McLean. The Buccis, the family of McLean's mother, Elizabeth, came from Abruzzo in central Italy. They left Italy and settled in Port Chester, New York, at the end of the 19th century. He has another extended family in Los Angeles and Boston.
Though some of his early musical influences included Frank Sinatra and Buddy Holly, as a teenager, McLean became interested in folk music, particularly the Weavers' 1955 recording At Carnegie Hall. Childhood asthma meant that McLean missed long periods of school, particularly music lessons, and although he slipped back in his studies, his love of music was allowed to flourish. By age 16 he had bought his first guitar and began making contacts in the music business, becoming friends with folk singers Erik Darling and Fred Hellerman, both members of the Weavers. Hellerman said, 'He called me one day and said, 'I'd like to come and visit you', and that's what he did! We became good friends - he has the most remarkable music memory of anyone I've ever known.'
When McLean was 15, his father died. Fulfilling his father's request, McLean graduated from Iona Preparatory School in 1963, and briefly attended Villanova University, dropping out after four months. After leaving Villanova, McLean became associated with famed folk music agent Harold Leventhal for several months before teaming up with personal manager Herb Gart for 18 years. For the next six years he performed at venues and events including The Bitter End and Gaslight Cafe in New York, the Newport Folk Festival, the Cellar Door in Washington, D.C., and the Troubadour in Los Angeles. He attended night school at Iona College and received a bachelor's degree in business administration in 1968.
He turned down a scholarship to Columbia University Graduate School in favor of pursuing a career as a singer/songwriter, performing at such venues as Caffè Lena in Saratoga Springs, New York and The Main Point in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.
Later that year, with the help of a grant from the New York State Council on the Arts, McLean began reaching a wider audience, with visits to towns up and down the Hudson River. He learned the art of performing from his friend and mentor Pete Seeger. McLean accompanied Seeger on his Clearwater boat trip up the Hudson River in 1969 to raise awareness about environmental pollution in the river. During this time McLean wrote songs that would appear on his first album, Tapestry. McLean co-edited the book Songs and Sketches of the First Clearwater Crew with sketches by Thomas B. Allen for which Pete Seeger wrote the foreword. Seeger and McLean sang 'Shenandoah' on the 1974 Clearwater album.
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Lyricist
Composer
Date
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19. American Pie, Part I
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2
1967 (live)
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3
1967
Alexander Hill, Irving Mills
1991
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4
A Brand New World(Provided)
1991
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5
A Total Eclipse of the Sun
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6
Addicted To Black(Provided)
2012
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7
Aftermath - 1992 Digital Remaster
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8
Aftermath
Don Mc Lean
1971
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9
Aftermath
Don Mc Lean
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10
American Pie (Live WYNU-FM Broadcast Remastered)
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11
American Pie (Live)
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12
American Pie (live)
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13
American Pie (Live)
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14
American Pie (Live)
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15
American Pie (Radio Edit)
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16
American Pie (Remastered) - Live
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17
American Pie - Extended Version
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18
American Pie - Original Version
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19
American Pie - Pt. 1
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20
American Pie
2008-04
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21
American Pie
Don Mclean
Don Mclean
2001-08
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22
American Pie
Don Mclean
1971
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23
American Pie
Don Mclean
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24
American Pie
Don Mclean
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25
And I Love You So (Live WYNU-FM Broadcast Remastered)
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26
And I Love You So (Re-Recorded)
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27
And I Love You So (Remastered) - Live
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28
And I Love You So
Don McLean
Don McLean
2008-04
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29
And I Love You So
2001-08
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30
And I Love You So
1988
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31
And I Love You So
Don Mclean
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32
And I Love You So
Don Mclean
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33
And I Love You So
Don Mclean
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34
And I Love You So
Don Mclean
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35
And I love you so
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36
Angry Words
Don Mc Lean
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37
Babylon (Live)
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38
Babylon
Don Mclean
1971
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39
Babylon
Don Mclean
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40
Babylon
Don Mclean
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41
Bad Girl
2001-08
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42
Bad Girl
Don Mclean
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43
Believers (Live)
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44
Believers
Don Mc Lean
1981
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45
Beside Myself(Provided)
2012
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46
Birthday Song
Julius Diaz, Kara Dio Guardi, Hilary Duff, Vada Nobles
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47
Black Sheep Boy - 1991 Digital Remaster
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48
Botanical Gardens
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49
Building My Body (Live)
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50
Building My Body
Don Mclean
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51
By The Waters Of Babylon - Live
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52
Castles in the Air (Live)
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53
Castles In the Air (Millenium Version)
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54
Castles In the Air (Re-Recorded)
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55
Castles In The Air - Millenium Version
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56
Castles In The Air
2008-04
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57
Castles in the Air
Don Mclean
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58
Castles in the Air
Don Mclean
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59
Castles In The Air
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60
Castles in the Air
Don Mclean
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61
Castles In the Air
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62
Castles in the air
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63
Chain Lightning (Live)
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64
Chain Lightning
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65
Change Partners
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66
Circus Song
Don Mclean
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67
Color TV Blues (Remastered) - Live
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68
Color TV Blues
Don Mc Lean
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69
Crazy Eyes (Live)
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70
Crazy Eyes
Don Mc Lean
1981
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71
Crazy
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72
Crossroads (live)
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73
Crossroads (Live)
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74
Crossroads
2008-04
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75
Crossroads
2001-08
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76
Crossroads
Don Mclean
1971
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77
Crying (Live)
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78
Crying In The Chapel - 1991 Digital Remaster
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79
Crying In The Chapel
Artie Glenn
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80
Crying
Joe Melson/Roy Orbison
2008-04
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81
Crying
2001-08
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82
Crying
1988
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83
Crying
Joe Melson, Roy Orbison
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84
Crying
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85
Did You Know
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86
Don McLean - American Pie
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87
Don't Burn The Bridge
Thomas Bangalter, Edwin Birdsong, Guy Manuel De Homem-christo
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88
Dream Lover (Live)
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89
Dream Lover
1981
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90
Dreidel (Live WYNU-FM Broadcast Remastered)
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91
Dreidel (Remastered) - Live
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92
Dreidel
Don Mc Lean
2008-04
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93
Dreidel
Don Mc Lean
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94
Dreidel
Don Mc Lean
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95
Empty Chairs (Remastered) - Live
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96
Empty Chairs
Don McLean
Don McLea
2008-04
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97
Empty Chairs
Don McLean
2001-08
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98
Empty Chairs
Don Mclean
1971
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99
Empty Chairs
Don Mclean
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100
Empty Chairs
Don Mclean
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101
Empty Chairs
Don Mclean
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102
Eventually
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103
Every Day (BBC Version)
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104
Everybody Loves Me, Baby
Don Mclean
1971
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105
Everyday (live)
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106
Everyday - BBC Version;1992 Digital Remaster
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107
Everyday
2008-04
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108
Everyday
2001-08
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109
Fashion Victim
Don Mc Lean
1991
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110
Fool's Paradise (Single Version)
Sonny Leglaire, Horace Linsley, Norman Petty
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111
Fools Paradise
2001-08
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112
General Store
Don Mclean
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113
Genesis (In The Beginning)
Don Mclean
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114
Go Tell It on the Mountain
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115
Going For The Gold
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116
Have You Seen Me
Mc Lean Don (usa)
2008-04
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117
Have You Seen Me
Mc Lean Don (usa)
1991
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118
Headroom
Don Mc Lean
1991
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119
Hit Parade Of Love - 1992 Digital Remaster
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120
Hit Parade Of Love
Wade J Birchfield, Jimmy H Martin
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121
Homeless Brother (live)
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122
Homeless Brother (Remastered) - Live
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123
Homeless Brother
Don Mc Lean
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124
I Tune the World Out(Provided)
1981
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125
I Was Always Young(Provided)
2012
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126
I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome (Blue & Lonesome Too)
Bill Monroe, Hank Williams
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127
I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome (Blue And Lonesome Too) - 1991 Digital Remaster
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128
I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome (I'm Blue and Lonesome Too)
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129
If We Try (live)
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130
If We Try - 1992 Digital Remaster
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131
If We Try
2008-04
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132
If We Try
2001-08
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133
If We Try
Don Mclean
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134
If You Could Read My Mind
Gordon Lightfoot
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135
In A Museum(Provided)
2008-04
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136
In A Museum(Provided)
2012
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137
Infinity (live)
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138
Infinity
Mc Lean Don (usa)
1991
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139
Isn't It Strange
1981
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140
It Doesn't Matter Anymore (Remastered) - Live
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141
It's a Beautiful Life (Live)
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142
It's A Beautiful Life
Don Mc Lean
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143
It's Just the Sun (Live)
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144
It's Just The Sun
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145
It's Just the Sun
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146
Jerusalem (live)
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147
Jerusalem
Don Mc Lean
2008-04
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148
Jerusalem
Don Mc Lean
1981
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149
Jerusalem
Don Mc Lean
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150
Jump
Mc Lean Donald (usa)
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151
La La I Love You
2001-08
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152
La La Love You (Live)
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153
La La Love You
Don Mc Lean
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154
Lady in Waiting(Provided)
1991
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155
Left for Dead On the Road of Love (Live)
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156
Left For Dead On The Road Of Love
Don Mc Lean
1981
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157
Little Cowboy
Don Mclean
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158
Love Hurts
1981
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159
Love Letters
1981
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160
Love Me Tender
Vera Matson, Elvis Presley
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161
Love O' Love
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162
Lovers Love The Spring(Provided)
2012
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163
Lovesick Blues (Live)
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164
Magdalene Lane (Live)
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165
Magdalene Lane (Remastered) - Live
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166
Magdalene Lane - 1991 Digital Remaster
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167
Magdalene Lane
Don Mclean
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168
Magdalene Lane
Don Mclean
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169
Magdalene Lane
Don Mclean
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170
Mary Lost A Ring(Provided)
2012
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171
Maybe Baby
Charles Holley, Norman Petty
2008-04
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172
Mother Nature - 1992 Digital Remaster
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173
Mother Nature
Don Mclean
1971
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174
Mountains O'Mourne
Brian Collins, Gibson Hartwell, Colin Meloy, Louis Stein
2008-04
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175
Mountains of Mourne
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176
No Reason for Your Dreams
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177
O Little Town Of Bethlehem
Phillips Brooks, Lewis Redner
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178
Oh My What A Shame
1971
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179
On the Amazon (Live)
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180
One In A Row
Mc Lean Don (usa)
1991
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181
Orphans Of Wealth
Don Mc Lean
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182
Pretty Paper
Willie Nelson
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183
Prime Time (Live)
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184
Prime Time
Don Mc Lean
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185
Promise To Remember(Provided)
2012
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186
Respectable
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187
Run, Diana Run(Provided)
2012
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188
Sea Cruise
1981
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189
Sea Man (Live)
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190
Sea Man
1981
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191
Shadowland(Provided)
2012
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192
Siamese Twins (Joined at the Heart)
1991
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193
Since I Don't Have You
James Beaumont, Walter Lester, L Martin, Joseph Rock, John Taylor, Joseph Verscharen, Janet Vogel
2008-04
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194
Sister Fatima
2001-08
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195
Sister Fatima
Don Mclean
1971
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196
Sitting On Top Of The World - 1991 Digital Remaster
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197
Sitting On Top Of The World
Lonnie Carter, Walter Jacobs
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198
Starry Starry Night
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199
Superman's Ghost (live)
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200
Superman's Ghost
Don Mc Lean
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201
Tapestry (Live)
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202
Tapestry
2001-08
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203
Tapestry
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204
That's All Right - 1991 Digital Remaster
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205
That's All Right
Arthur Crudup
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206
The Birthday Song
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207
The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)
Mel Torme, Robert Wells
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208
The Christmas Song
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209
The Grave
Don Mclean
1971
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210
The More You Pay (The More It's Worth)
Don Mclean
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211
The Pride Parade
Don Mclean
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212
The Three Of Us(Provided)
2012
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213
The Very Thought of You (Live)
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214
The Wrong Thing To Do
Don Mclean
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215
This Is America(Provided)
2012
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216
Three Flights Up (Live)
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217
Three Flights Up
Don Mclean
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218
Till Tomorrow
Don Mclean
1971
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219
To Have And To Hold
Don Mclean
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233
When A Good Thing Goes Bad
Don Mclean
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234
When Love Begins
Mc Lean Don
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235
Where Were You Baby (Live)
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236
Winter Has Me In Its Grip
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237
Winterwood (live)
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238
Winterwood (Live)
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239
Winterwood (Remastered) - Live
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240
Winterwood
Don McLean
Don McLean
2008-04
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241
Winterwood
2001-08
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242
Winterwood
Don Mclean
1971
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243
Wonderful Baby (Live)
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244
Wonderful Baby
2008-04
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245
Wonderful Baby
2001-08
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246
Wonderful Night
Mc Lean Don (usa)
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247
Words And Music
Mc Lean Don (usa)
2008-04
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248
You Gave Me a Mountain
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249
You Have Lived (Live)
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250
You Have Lived
Don Mc Lean
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251
You Who Love The Truth
Kregg Barentine
1991
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252
Your Cheatin' Heart(Provided)
2008-04