Jim Croce (
January 10,
1943 -
September 20,
1973) was an American singer and songwriter. He began playing music in college, finally signing to
ABC/Dunhill[?] in
1973, releasing
Life and Times[?] later that year. "You Don't Mess Around with Jim", "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" and "Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels)" helped the album reach #1.
Jim Croce died in a plane crash before releasing the the follow-up, I Got a Name[?] (1974). The album included two hits, "Time in a Bottle" and "I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song". Several posthumous releases have sold moderately well.
Jim Croce is interred in the Haym Soloman Memorial Park cemetery in Frazer, Pennsylvania[?].
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