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James Joseph Croce (/ ˈ k r oʊ tʃ iː /; [1] 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.
Recording sessions were sandwiched between tour stops, and the final song was finished on September 14, 1973. Croce's last recording was a song written by Muehleisen, titled "Salon and Saloon", one of the few songs on Croce's solo albums where he was not the primary songwriter—the I Got a Name LP included two other non-Croce-written tunes.
On November 29, 1963, when she was 16 years old, Ingrid met her future husband, Jim Croce, at the Philadelphia Convention Hall and Civic Center; Jim was a judge for an upcoming hootenanny that Ingrid had been auditioning to be a contestant for a role with The Rum Runners. [4]
Jim and Ingrid welcomed A.J., born Adrian James Croce, on Sept. 28, 1971. Before his father’s death, A.J. lived with his parents in a farmhouse outside of Philadelphia.
The younger Croce is to perform his own music and that of his late father, Jim, as well as cover songs Sept. 8 at the Southern Theatre.
Croce was born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, on September 28, 1971, the son of singers Jim Croce, who was from an Italian Roman Catholic family, and Ingrid Croce, who is Jewish. His father died in a plane crash in September 1973, at age 30, eight days before A.J.'s second birthday.
Maury Muehleisen (1949–1973), guitarist and songwriting partner for Jim Croce [119] ... lawyer who was a name partner of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft [185]
From "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" to "Time In A Bottle" Jim Croce's songs remain timeless classics.