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Bad, Bad Leroy Brown. " Bad, Bad Leroy Brown " is an uptempo, strophic story song written by American folk rock singer Jim Croce. Released as part of his 1973 album Life and Times, the song was a No. 1 hit for him, spending two weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 in July 1973. Billboard ranked it as the No. 2 song for 1973.
Life and Times is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter Jim Croce, released in January 1973. [5][6] The album contains the No. 1 Billboard chart hit "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown". [7] Croce was nominated for two 1973 Grammy awards in the "Pop Male Vocalist" and "Record of the Year" categories for the song "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown". [8]
Roland C. Daniels (November 30, 1950 – September 6, 1988), better known by his ring name "Bad Bad" Leroy Brown, was an American professional wrestler. He took his ring name from the Jim Croce song "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown", which also became his theme song for many of his in-ring appearances. He later used the ring name Elijah Akeem as he ...
A.J. said that songs including “Don’t Mess Around with Jim,” “New York’s Not My Home,” “Bad, Bad Leroy Brown” and “Rapid Roy (The Stock Car Boy)” were all written at the family ...
The follow-up album Life and Times included the song "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown", Croce's only No. 1 hit during his lifetime. On September 20, 1973, at the height of his popularity and the day before the lead single to his fifth album, I Got a Name, was released, Croce, Muehleisen, and four others died in a plane crash. His music continued to chart ...
Jim Croce discography. 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.
"And he's bad, bad Leroy BrownThe baddest man in the whole damn townBadder than old King KongMeaner than a junkyard dog" -- Bad, Bad Leroy Brown, by Jim Croce DISH Network's attempt last week to ...
The Top 100, as revealed in the year-end edition of Billboard dated December 29, 1973, is based on Hot 100 charts from the issue dates of November 25, 1972 through November 17, 1973. No. Title. Artist (s) 1. "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree". Tony Orlando and Dawn. 2. "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown".