Vincent (Starry Starry Night) - Songs to Remember

One of the most beuatiful songs ever written in last 50 years. Performed by author himself, young Don McLean in 1972.
The lyrics refers to Vincent Van Gogh, one of the Dutch impressionist's most famous paintings. McLean told The Daily Telegraph the story of the song:

"In the autumn of 1970 I had a job singing in the school system, playing my guitar in classrooms. I was sitting on the veranda one morning, reading a biography of Van Gogh written by Vincent's brother, Theo, and suddenly I knew I had to write a song arguing that Vincent wasn't crazy. He had an illness and so did his brother Theo. This makes it different, in my mind, to the garden variety of 'crazy' – because he was rejected by a woman.. So I sat down with a print of Starry Night and wrote the lyrics out on a paper bag."

Van Gogh painted "Starry Night" after committing himself to an asylum in 1889. He wrote that night was "more richly colored than the day," but he couldn't go outside to see the stars when he was committed, so he painted the night sky from memory.

Underneath the Van Gogh museum in Amsterdam, there is a time capsule that contains the sheet music to this song along with some of the artist's brushes. This song is often played at the museum.