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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 16
Top works
- Jim Croce Life and Times
- Jim Croce for Ukulele
- Jim Croce - Guitar Chord Songbook
- Best of Jim Croce (Songbook)
- Very Best of Jim Croce (Songbook)
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Film & TV
South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
James Joseph "Jim" Croce (January 10, 1943 – September 20, 1973) was an American folk and popular rock singer of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Between 1966 and 1973, Croce released five studio albums and singles. His songs "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" and "Time in a Bottle" reached No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Known for
- Songman: The Untold True Story of Jim Croce — Self2013
- Jim Croce: On Stage2011
- Have You Heard: Jim Croce Live2009
- When the Music's Over — Self (archive footage)1983
- The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's — Self (archive footage)1980
- The Midnight Special Legendary Performances 1973 — Self1973
- The Midnight Special — Self1972
- Rollin' On The River1971
- The Dick Cavett Show — Self - Guest1968
- The Midnight Special Legendary Performances: Flashback to 1973 — Self
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1943
- Active to
- 1973
Discography
- Facets1966
- Jim & Ingrid Croce1969
- Operator (That’s Not the Way It Feels) / Rapid Roy (The Stock Car Boy)1972
- Time in a Bottle1972
- You Don’t Mess Around With Jim1972
- You Don’t Mess Around With Jim / Photographs and Memories1972
- Bad, Bad Leroy Brown1973
- I Got a Name1973
- I’ll Have to Say I Love You in a Song / Salon and Saloon1973
- It Doesn’t Have to Be That Way1973
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1,584,863
- Total plays
- 27,733,077
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James Joseph Croce (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 time, Croce held a variety of jobs to support himself while continuing to write, record, and perform concerts. In the early 1970s, he formed a partnership with songwriter and guitarist Maury Muehleisen, which helped advance his career. Croce's breakthrough came in 1972 with his third album <a href="htt
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Joseph
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Philadelphia
- Place of death
- Natchitoches
- Child
- A. J. Croce
- Occupation
- guitarist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- soft rock
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Philips Records
- Military branch
- United States Army
- Official website
- www.seedlingrecords.com
- Image
- Jim Croce publicity portrait ABC Records (cropped).jpg
Show 10 more facts
- date of birth
- 1943-01-10
- date of death
- 1973-09-20
- Commons category
- Jim Croce
- manner of death
- accidental death
- start of work period
- 1966-00-00
- place of burial
- Pennsylvania
- cause of death
- aircraft crash
- name in native language
- Jim Croce
- social media followers
- 12962
- end of work period
- 1973-00-00
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