Croce wrote all of his Hot 100 hits except “I Got a Name” and a 1976 medley of early rock and roll classics. His records were co-produced by Terry Cashman, now 82, and Tommy West, who died in ...

Time in a Bottle (1973) This song is from Croce’s third album, “You Don’t Mess Around With Jim.” Croce’s plaintive lyrics tell the listener that “there never seems to be enough time to ...

Jim Croce didn’t live to see the success of “Time in a Bottle.” The singer died in a plane crash in September of 1973. The song had been recorded years earlier and appeared on Croce’s ...

When sunny Philadelphian folkateer Croce died in a plane crash in September 1973 (the day after Gram Parsons' demise), he was just starting to peak. "Time In A Bottle" soon became a posthumous US ...

Jim Croce wasn't meant to be a soldier. He was destined to be a singer. But some of the folk-rock artist's biggest hits were inspired by his time in Columbia during Army basic training at Fort ...

For a long time, A.J. Croce wasn't interested in playing his father's music. It wasn't that he had anything against "Operator" or "Time in A Bottle," or the other songs that endured after the ...

On Thursday, Sept. 20, 1973, singer-songwriter Jim Croce died when his chartered plane crashed shortly after takeoff in Natchitoches, Louisiana. He was 30 years old. Croce was a ...

Jim Croce wasn't meant to be a soldier. He was destined to be a singer. But some of the folk-rock artist's biggest hits were inspired by his time in Columbia during Army basic training at Fort ...