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"Time in a Bottle" is a song by singer-songwriter Jim Croce. He wrote the lyrics after his wife Ingrid told him she was pregnant in December 1970. [ 2 ] It appeared on Croce's 1972 ABC debut album You Don't Mess Around with Jim and was featured in the 1973 ABC made-for-television movie She Lives!
Time in a Bottle: Jim Croce's Greatest Love Songs is a greatest hits album by American singer-songwriter Jim Croce. It was released after his 1973 death and features sentimental songs compiled from his studio albums.
Croce's breakthrough came in 1972, when his third album, You Don't Mess Around with Jim, produced three charting singles, including "Time in a Bottle", which reached No. 1 after Croce died. The follow-up album Life and Times included the song "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown", Croce's only No. 1 hit during his lifetime.
From "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" to "Time In A Bottle" Jim Croce's songs remain timeless classics. Jim Croce's 10 Best Songs! Celebrate the Great Singer-Songwriter 50 Years After His Death
Jim Croce’s legacy is carried on through his son, A.J. Croce. The “Time in a Bottle” singer and his wife, Ingrid Croce, welcomed their first and only child together in 1971, son Adrian James ...
Jim Croce was an American singer-songwriter with five studio albums and 12 singles to his credit. His posthumously -released fifth studio album was completed just prior to his 1973 death, and seven singles were also posthumously issued, one of which was " Time in a Bottle " from a previous album You Don't Mess Around with Jim .
The record spent 93 weeks on the charts, longer than any other Jim Croce album. Due to the strong performance of the posthumous single release "Time in a Bottle" (#1 pop, No. 1 AC), You Don't Mess Around with Jim was the best selling album in the U.S. for five weeks in early 1974. [5] It was listed at No. 6 on the 1974 Cash Box year-end album ...
Croce was killed in a small-plane crash in September 1973, the same week that a 45RPM single, the title cut from his studio album I Got a Name was released. After the delayed release of a song from his previous album ("Time in a Bottle") in late 1973, "I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song" was chosen as the second single released from his final studio album.