Ka taƙaita labarin:  (CNN) Wannan shi ne wasu arziki "American Pie". Kalmomin waƙar Don McLean sanannen waƙar da aka sayar da dala miliyan 1.2 a safiyar Talata a wani gwanjo da Christie's ya gudanar. "Rubutun Don McLean na 'American Pie' ya sami mafi girma na uku mafi girma a cikin wani littafi na wallafe-wallafen Amurka, kyauta mai dacewa ga ɗaya daga cikin manyan mawaƙa-masu rubutun waƙoƙin zamaninsa", in ji Christie's Tom Lecky a cikin wata sanarwa. McLean ya gaya wa Rolling Stone cewa lokaci ya yi da za a rabu da rubutun. "Zan kasance 70 a wannan shekara", in ji mawaƙa da marubucin waƙar a watan Fabrairu. "Ina da 'ya'ya biyu da mata, kuma babu ɗayansu da yake son kasuwanci. Ina so in samu mafi kyawun yarjejeniya da zan iya musu. Lokaci ya yi". A tsawon shekaru, "American Pie" ya zama ɗaya daga cikin waƙoƙin da aka fi rarrabawa da jayayya game da waƙoƙin kiɗa na kiɗa. McLean ya ce kalmomin buɗewa an yi wahayi zuwa gare su da mutuwar Buddy Holly, amma bayan haka, duk abin da aka yi tsammani ne - wanda bai hana masu nazarin da ke da daraja ba daga ƙoƙarin nazarin alamomin a cikin minti 8, 33 na biyu. Shin Bob Dylan ne wannan wawa? Wasan kwallon kafa na Vietnam? "Yarinyar da ta rera waƙar blues" Janis Joplin? (Abu daya tabbatacce: jirgin Buddy Holly ba a kira shi "American Pie. ") "Da shigewar shekaru, na sha kan tambayoyi marasa ma'ana kamar su 'Wane ne wannan?' da kuma 'Wane ne wannan?' " McLean ya ce. "Waɗannan abubuwa ne da ban taɓa tunanin su ba a lokacin da nake rubuta waƙar. Ina kokarin kama wani abu mai saurin wucewa kuma na yi, amma ya ɗauki dogon lokaci. " Waƙar ta ɗaga tsohon mawaƙin waƙar zuwa matsayin babban mai gabatarwa. Waƙar ta buga lamba 1 a farkon 1972, duk da tsawonta. (Single 45-rpm ya raba waƙar a rabi a kan bangarorin A da B.) Rubutun da aka siyar ya kunshi shafuka 16: layuka 237 na rubutun hannu da layuka 26 na rubutun da aka buga, a cewar Christie's. Ya hada da layukan da ba su sanya sigar karshe ba da kuma cikakkun bayanai - duk abin da ya kamata ya bayyana, in ji McLean. Rubutun da aka rubuta a kan waƙoƙi ya fi na Bob Dylan "Like a Rolling Stone", wanda aka sayar da dala miliyan 2 a...
Don McLean's "American Pie" kalmomin da aka sayar da dala miliyan 1.2. Waƙar tana cike da alamomi; McLean ya ce kalmomin, bayanin kula zai bayyana ma'ana. "Pie" shi ne mafi girma McLean ta hit, shi ne No. 1 a shekarar 1972.