Aj croce
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At a time when cool singer/songwriters came off as oracles, poets, and dark geniuses, Jim Croce broke through in the early '70s by being relatable. He didn't suck the air from the room; he filled it up with witty sketches of characters he'd met in pool halls and bars in South Philly (where he was born in 1943 to Italian American parents) and from blue-collar jobs he took while learning to work a coffeehouse crowd. These showed up as characters like "Jim"—don't mess with him!—and "Rapid Roy (That Stock Car Boy)" from Croce's 1972 major-label debut, You Don't Mess Around With Jim. Dudes like Leroy in "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown," his rollicking 1973 hit from follow-up album Life and Times, put Croce in the spotlight. Playing in Natchitoches, Louisiana later that year, he pulled out the new "I Got a Name"—this time casting himself as a bit of a brute who just wanted to make his parents proud. Flying out that night, his plane crashed into a tree. From his posthumous album, I Got a Name, people have gotten to know Croce better—as a big-hearted, rough-hewn lug. By the time the album was featu
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Biography
When Jim Croce stepped on stage at Northwestern State University in Louisiana on September 20, 1973, he was riding a wave of long-overdue success. Over the prior year and a half, the 30-year-old singer/songwriter had gone from an opening act to the headliner. He had released two much-loved albums with a third, I Got A Name, due to come out in 10 days.
Since the release of his ABC Records debut, You Don’t Mess Around With Jim, in early 1972, Croce had been working virtually non-stop. A surprise hit, the album produced three high-charting singles: the title track, "Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels)," and “Time In A Bottle,” and his follow-up, 1973’s Life And Times yielded his first #1 hit, “Bad Bad Leroy Brown.”
After his September 20th concert, Croce and his small crew, including guitarist and close friend Maury Muehleisen flew out of Natchitoches Airport on a chartered plane. Seconds after take-off, the plane crashed. No one survived.
Ironically, it was the news of his tragic plane crash that made Jim Croce a household name. Upon it
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Jim Croce
American singer-songwriter (1943–1973)
Not to be confused with Jim Crace.
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Croce photographed by his wife Ingrid in 1972 | |
| Birth name | James Joseph Croce |
| Born | (1943-01-10)January 10, 1943 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | September 20, 1973(1973-09-20) (aged 30) Natchitoches, Louisiana, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1964–1973 |
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| Website | jimcroce.com |
| Official name | James Joseph "Jim" Croce (1943–1973) |
| Type | Roadside |
| Designated | March 30, 2022 |
Musical artist
James Joseph Croce (;[1] January 10, 1943 – September 20, 1973) was an American folk and rock singer-songwriter. Between 1966 and 1973, he released five studio albums and numerous singles. During this period, Croce took a series of odd jobs to pay bills while he continued to write, record and perform concerts. After Croce formed a partnership with the songwriter and guitarist Maury Muehleisen in the early 1970s, his fortunes turned. Croce's breakthrough came in 1972, when his third album, You
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