Tuesday, May 28, 2002 1:40:28 AM
Rock 'n' Roll Artists A-Z...Re: Jim Croce
http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Underground/1102/jim_croce.html
http://www.timeinabottle.com/
http://www.jimcroce.com/
http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Field/2273/jimcroce.html
http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Field/2273/jclyrics.html
http://www.hotshotdigital.com/tribute/JimCroce.html
http://www.croces.com/
Jim Croce- Personal Information
James Joseph Croce was born on January 10, 1943, to James Alford and Flora Croce. He married Ingrid Jacobson on August 28, 1966. They had one son, Adrian James (aka AJ Croce) who was born September 28, 1971. Jim was killed along with his friend and lead guitar player, Maury Muehleisen and four others, on September 20, 1973, when their Beechcraft D-18 charter plane snagged the top of a pecan tree just past the end of the runway after a concert at Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana. Jim is buried at Haym Salomon Memorial Park in Frazer, Pennsylvannia.
Jim Croce- Career Information
Between April of 1972 and June of 1973, Jim recorded and released two albums: You Don't Mess Around With Jim and Life and Times. There had been three single, "You Don't Mess Around With Jim," " Operator," and " One Less Set of Footsteps."
The first, "You Don't Mess around With Jim," was a legitimate hit record, reaching the top-10 and making a definite impact on the American public. "Operator" received substantial radio air-play and was respected by music people even more than his first single. "One Less Set of Footsteps" was played but never sold very well nor was it too highly regarded for its artistic merit. The fourth single, however, "Bad Bad Leroy Brown" became a gigantic single record reaching #1 on the national charts in July of 1973, ultimately selling more than 2,000,000 copies.
By August 1973, Jim Croce had the #1 single in the country. He had travelled back and forth across the United States playing every major coffeehouse and club and appearing in hundreds of concerts. He had appeared on national television no fewer than seven times. In June of that year he hosted The Midnight Special, recorded "I Got A Name," and had sold out the prestigious L.A. club, The Troubadour, for a solid week's engagement.
In late July he drew 12,000 people to the Ravina Folk Festival outside Chicago and all involved in his career realized that these events were the sure signs that long-term success was inevitable.
In the early part of September, Jim's version of his own song, "Time In A Bottle," was used as the theme of an ABC Television movie called "She Lives." This movie was seen nationally and the next day major radio stations across the country began receiving an extraordinary number of requests for the relatively obscure album cut. "Time In A Bottle" was destined then to become another #1 record for Jim.
Discography
http://cdnow.com/switch/from=sr-1019964/target=buyweb_products/artfs=Jim+Croce
http://www.jimcroce.com/discography.html
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http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Underground/1102/jim_croce.html
http://www.timeinabottle.com/
http://www.jimcroce.com/
http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Field/2273/jimcroce.html
http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Field/2273/jclyrics.html
http://www.hotshotdigital.com/tribute/JimCroce.html
http://www.croces.com/
Jim Croce- Personal Information
James Joseph Croce was born on January 10, 1943, to James Alford and Flora Croce. He married Ingrid Jacobson on August 28, 1966. They had one son, Adrian James (aka AJ Croce) who was born September 28, 1971. Jim was killed along with his friend and lead guitar player, Maury Muehleisen and four others, on September 20, 1973, when their Beechcraft D-18 charter plane snagged the top of a pecan tree just past the end of the runway after a concert at Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana. Jim is buried at Haym Salomon Memorial Park in Frazer, Pennsylvannia.
Jim Croce- Career Information
Between April of 1972 and June of 1973, Jim recorded and released two albums: You Don't Mess Around With Jim and Life and Times. There had been three single, "You Don't Mess Around With Jim," " Operator," and " One Less Set of Footsteps."
The first, "You Don't Mess around With Jim," was a legitimate hit record, reaching the top-10 and making a definite impact on the American public. "Operator" received substantial radio air-play and was respected by music people even more than his first single. "One Less Set of Footsteps" was played but never sold very well nor was it too highly regarded for its artistic merit. The fourth single, however, "Bad Bad Leroy Brown" became a gigantic single record reaching #1 on the national charts in July of 1973, ultimately selling more than 2,000,000 copies.
By August 1973, Jim Croce had the #1 single in the country. He had travelled back and forth across the United States playing every major coffeehouse and club and appearing in hundreds of concerts. He had appeared on national television no fewer than seven times. In June of that year he hosted The Midnight Special, recorded "I Got A Name," and had sold out the prestigious L.A. club, The Troubadour, for a solid week's engagement.
In late July he drew 12,000 people to the Ravina Folk Festival outside Chicago and all involved in his career realized that these events were the sure signs that long-term success was inevitable.
In the early part of September, Jim's version of his own song, "Time In A Bottle," was used as the theme of an ABC Television movie called "She Lives." This movie was seen nationally and the next day major radio stations across the country began receiving an extraordinary number of requests for the relatively obscure album cut. "Time In A Bottle" was destined then to become another #1 record for Jim.
Discography
http://cdnow.com/switch/from=sr-1019964/target=buyweb_products/artfs=Jim+Croce
http://www.jimcroce.com/discography.html
] Breaking Clay Makes My Day!
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