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  "textContent": "He was told he’d be a one-hit wonder, but the tunesmith is going strong — and still holding the keys to his empire",
  "title": "“They said I couldn’t follow ‘American Pie.’ Then ‘Vincent’ was #1. I heard two years of this crap.” Don McLean on proving his critics wrong — and why there are 24 different vocal takes on “American Pie”"
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