Don McLean had other wonderful songs. He was one of the first to retain the rights to his songs.. AMERICAN PIE made him a rich man for the rest of his life. I saw him in concert about 18 years ago. He was amazing.
Other than American Pie and Vincent (and By the Waters of Babylon which wasn’t a hit, I just like it), I couldn’t remember his other big songs, so I looked him up and was quite surprised at the ones other people sang (even Fred Astaire!)
He apparently loved Israel which may be why he put Psalm 137 to music.