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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.
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.
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. A.J. Croce to perform late father Jim's songs in concert at ...
Photographs & Memories: His Greatest Hits is the first greatest hits album by American singer-songwriter Jim Croce, released on September 26, 1974, by ABC Records. The album was Croce's second posthumous release following his 1973 death in an airplane crash.
The album was designed to show Croce's artistic development, the track listing is chronological and the liner notes described each period of Croce's career. Side one includes "1961–64 The Spires" and "1964–67 Facets".
Cash Box described the lyrics saying that "in James Taylor fashion, Jim Croce tries to track down his long lost lover with the help of the operator." [3] The song relates one side of a conversation with a telephone operator. The speaker is trying to find the phone number of his former lover, who has moved to Los Angeles with his former best friend.
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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]