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- After Croce formed a partnership with the songwriter and guitarist Maury Muehleisen in the early 1970s, his fortunes turned. 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.
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Apr 2, 2014 · Jim Croce was an American folk singer and songwriter. He released five studio albums between 1966 and 1973, before his untimely death in 1973.
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Early career. Croce did not take music seriously until he studied at Villanova, where he became a leader of the Villanova Singers, [12] formed bands, and performed at fraternity parties, coffeehouses, and universities around Philadelphia, playing "anything that the people wanted to hear: blues, rock, a cappella, railroad music ... anything."
When Jim Croce stepped on stage at Northwestern State University in Louisiana on September 20, 1973, he was riding a wave of long-overdue success. Over the prior year and a half, the 30-year-old singer/songwriter had gone from an opening act to the headliner.
The single ‘You Don’t Mess Around’ became one of the most successful singles of his entire career. His next album ‘Life and Times’ was also a major success. It appeared on multiple charts including the Canadian RPM 100 at the 1st position and the US Billboard 200 at the 7th.
Dec 1, 2023 · Thanks to its inclusion in Quentin Tarantino’s 2012 film Django Unchained, I Got A Name introduced Jim Croce to a new audience, doing for him what Tarantino did for Harry Nilsson and Stealers Wheel in Reservoir Dogs, and for Dick Dale in Pulp Fiction.
Sep 19, 2023 · Three years passed. Jim Croce worked various blue-collar jobs to support his family while trying to advance a solo music career. Eventually his management secured a recording deal, and Croce...
Jim's commercial success had been born. His first solo album was released in 1972 and included the guitar playing of his accompanist and close friend, Maury Muehleisen. This album contained the two single hits, "You Don't Mess Around with Jim" and "Operator.
