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Singer-songwriter Don McLean’s original manuscript and notes to ‘American Pie’ have sold at auction for $1.2m (€1.10m).

Singer-songwriter Don McLean is selling his original manuscript and notes to American Pie for an estimated $1m-$1.5m (€910,000 to €1.36m)

Albert Hammond has enjoyed record sales of 360m, possibly making him the greatest songwriter you’ve never heard of. He tells Joe Dermody about creating hits for everyone from Joe Dolan to The Carpenters

US transportation safety investigators have said they are reviewing a request to re-open a probe into the 1959 airplane crash that killed musicians Buddy Holly, JP Richardson, better known as ’The Big Bopper,’ Ritchie Valens, and their pilot.

US transportation safety investigators have said they are reviewing a request to re-open a probe into the 1959 airplane crash that killed musicians Buddy Holly, JP Richardson, better known as ’The Big Bopper,’ Ritchie Valens, and their pilot.

Bobby Keys, a saxophonist who played one of the all-time blowout solos on the Rolling Stones’ hit Brown Sugar, has died in the US.

Tributes have poured in for singer and actor Alvin Stardust who has died after a short illness. He was 72.

His dream passenger? Pamela Anderson in a summer dress.

It's the anniversary of the musical tragedy in Don McLean's famous song.

One Direction's 'Best Song Ever' has been defended by The Who's Pete Townshend.

The Voice Squad first performed together in 1985 and went on to sing at the Special Olympics in 2003. Their talents are still very much in demand.

A music memorabilia sale spanning 60 years will thrill fans, says Colette Sheridan

AUCTIONS are for everyone.

I only took up cello because my mother failed at teaching me the piano, so, I asked to play a different instrument.

American Pie singer Don McLean has been fined $400 for driving his Chrysler too fast through a school zone.

It’s now class to wear glass. More and more people are eyeing up the fashionable possibilities spectacles offer, says Deirdre Reynolds

WHEN The Rolling Stones toured Ireland in 1965, there was no local music scene.

Paul McCartney paid tribute to the other “three boys” in the Beatles as he unveiled his own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Tributes poured in for the music promoter and businessman Tom Pigott yesterday, who died just after performing a song with Mary Black on board a cruise ship in the Caribbean.

IN John Mendelssohn’s 2004 novel Waiting For Kate Bush the protagonist threatens suicide unless his musical heroine releases a new album in six months.

Down’s innate sense of their own worth comes from schools success – and nowhere is more pronounced than in St Colman’s in Newry. Brendan O’Brien paid a visit to the home of the All-Ireland SFC colleges champions

The Iowa venue where Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens performed

Macdillon weaved together a number of coincidences to complete an unforgettable afternoon for his trainer Stuart Kittow at Sandown.

Bono’s iconic Armani shades, a Jimi Hendrix guitar and a saxophone signed by former US President Bill Clinton are just some of the 200 pieces of music memorabilia being auctioned off for charity this month.

ALVIN Stardust is selling his first acoustic guitar - given to him on his 12th birthday.

Chart star Robbie Williams is the music world’s biggest winner of 2003, according to a new list of the all-time greats today.

Pop princess Kylie Minogue has shot past stars such as Whitney Houston and Prince to claim a place as one of the most popular chart stars of all time.

Waylon Jennings has died after battling diabetes-related health problems.