Happy Birthday to American Pie!

I know it was released in Ocotber of '71, but don't have an exact date, so this'll have to do.  One of my fave songs, a mini-history of McLean's love affair with rock'n'roll.  Wonderful tune, one of my faves. 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Pie_(song)

http://user.pa.net/~ejjeff/pie.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tr-BYVeCv6U&feature=related