Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Ko te tuhinga taketake a te kaiwaiata-kaiwaiata a Don McLean me nga tuhipoka ki te 'American Pie' kua hokona i te hokomaha mo te $1.2 miriona. I whakaekea e McLean te himene pouri e patai ana 'Kei te maumahara koe ki nga mea i whakaatuhia i te ra i mate ai te puoro?' i Christie's i te Turei. Kaore i tukuna te ingoa o te kaihoko. Kei roto i ngā whārangi 16 te tuhinga taketake o te waiata me ngā tuhinga kua tā, tae atu ki ngā taipitopito hou e pā ana ki te waiata rongonui. I roto i tētahi uiuinga i whakaputaina e te whare hokohoko a Christie's i New York, i reira i hokona ai te tuhinga, ka mea a McLean ko te American Pie e pā ana ki te 'haere i te huarahi hē'. Panuku ki raro mō te ataata. Waiata taketake: Ko te kaitiaki o Christie's a Tom Lecky e mau ana i nga tuhinga 16-whārangi me te tuhinga mo te kaiwaiata a Don McLean's American Pie i te whare hokohoko a Christie's i New York i hokona ai mo te $ 1.2 miriona ki tetahi kaitono kaore i mohiotia i te Turei. 'Kei te iti haere te ahuareka. Kāore au i te mōhio mēnā e whakaaro ana koe he hē, he tika rānei, engari he waiata tikanga tēnei i tētahi āhuatanga.' Kua roa e mohiotia ana ko te waiata e pā ana ki 'te ra i mate ai te waiata' e pā ana ki te Hui-tanguru 3, 1959, i te wa i mate ai te tohu rock n' roll Buddy Holly me ona hoa kaiwaiata Ritchie Valens me J.P. I mate a 'Big Bopper' Richardson i roto i tētahi tukinga rererangi. Ko te waiata e waru meneti te roa i tukuna i te tau 1971 a ko te No. 1 US hit mo nga wiki e wha i te tau 1972. Ko McLean, 69, he kainoho roa o Maine, e kii ana ko te tuhi i te waiata he 'haere whakamiharo ki tona wa o mua.' Kaiwaiata pakiwaitara: Ko te tuhinga taketake e whakaatu ana hoki i tetahi irava kua mukua, i takahia, kaore ano hoki i tuhia, i reira a McLean, inaianei 69, e tuhi ana mo te waiata e 'whakaputaina ana'. Loss: American Pie mo te matenga o te mutunga o te 50s rock n 'roll icon Buddy Holly, i mate i roto i te rererangi rererangi i te Hui-tanguru 3, 1959, i te tau 22 noa iho, koinei te mea e kiia ana e McLean ko 'te ra i mate ai te puoro' Tragedy: J.P. Ko 'Big Bopper' Richardson rāua ko Ritchie Valens i mate hoki i te tūtukitanga i te taha o Buddy Holly. Ka whakaaturia hoki e te tuhinga taketake he irava kua mukua, i takahia, kaore ano hoki i tuhia, mo te waiata e 'whakaputaina ana'. Kei roto ko ngā rārangi 'I hinga ahau ki runga ki oku turi, me te...
Ko ngā kupu taketake o te waiata a te U.S. Pop American Pie hei hoko i te Rāhoroi. I riro i tētahi kaituku kore ingoa te tuhinga 16 whārangi mō te $ 1.2 miriona. Kei roto i te tuhinga he irava kua mukua e pā ana ki te waiata e 'whakahokia ana'.