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    James Joseph Croce (/ ˈkroʊtʃiː / KROH-chee; [ 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. During this period, Croce took a series of odd jobs to pay bills while he continued to write, record and perform concerts.

  2. 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.

  3. Jim and Ingrid continued playing music while she attended art school and he joined the Army National Guard, and then worked as a high school teacher, a truck driver, and a DJ. Capitol Records signed the folk-singing duo, but their 1968 debut, Jim and Ingrid Croce, fared poorly. After years of juggling jobs with making music, Croce saw himself ...

  4. Oct 25, 1973 · Jim Croce was born in south Philadelphia January 10th, 1943, and brought up on ragtime, country and Dixieland music. He played the accordion as a child and taught himself guitar, but did not play ...

  5. Dec 1, 2023 · With his big old moustache, Roman nose and dark eyes twinkling from a lived-in, olive-skin face, Jim Croce looked like one of the good guys whose families went to America as immigrants, seeking neither fame nor fortune but just a fair crack of the whip. Driving a truck and favouring the blue-collar, sweat-and-smoke image, singer-songwriter ...

  6. Sep 18, 2023 · Photos from the scene of the plane crash that killed Jim Croce on Sept. 20, 2973 in Natchitoches, La. Pierce and Gilbert said the crowd was likely diminished because the historic "Battle of the ...

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  8. Dec 26, 2017 · Maury Muehleisen is best known as Jim Croce’s lead guitarist. In fact, Croce always toured as a duo with Muehleisen. Before that, Croce was playing guitar for Muehleisen, but after the poor sales of his first album, Gingerbreadd, that changed. Most important, Muehleisen was a huge influence on Croce’s writing.