On Sept. 20, 1973 beloved singer and songwriter Jim Croce died when the chartered plane he was flying in crashed into a tree during takeoff in Natchitoches, Louisiana. Croce, who wrote the hit songs ...
Singer-songwriter Jim Croce made a name for himself with "I Got a Name," ā€œBad, Bad Leroy Brown,ā€ ā€œOperator,ā€ and other hits. Just 30 years old, he died in a plane crash in northwest Louisiana in 1973, ...
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A.J. Croce was eight days shy of his second birthday when he lost his father, folk-soft rock star Jim Croce, but he is helping to keep the late balladeer's music alive. Since last year, the younger ...
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Thirty-five years ago, "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" hit No. 1 on the charts. Now, it might be heading to the big screen. Sign up here. Producer Warren Zide has picked up ...
On this day, December 29, 1973, this tragically short-lived songwriter scored his second and final No. 1 hit on the Billboard ...
With his big old moustache, Roman nose and dark eyes twinkling from a lived-in, olive-skin face, Jim Croce looked like one of the good guys whose families went to America as immigrants, seeking ...
The son of two musicians, A.J. Croce has played piano for as long as he can remember, but the 52-year-old musical artist didn't start playing guitar until he was in his 30s, a practice that helped him ...
Jim Croce was like a streaking comet in the rock ā€˜n’ roll sky, but his young life was cut short in an airplane crash on Sept. 20, 1973. Ten of his songs charted on the Billboard Hot 100, with five of ...