Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On Sept. 20, 1973 beloved singer and songwriter Jim Croce died when the chartered plane he was flying in crashed into a tree ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When A.J. Croce needed inspiration as a young musician, he didn't have to look very far. The part-time Southwest Florida resident ...

After years of trying to make it in the music industry, he found his breakthrough in 1972 with the album You Don’t Mess Around With Him. Sadly, much of the success surrounding that record was ...

Never let it be said that A.J. Croce used nepotism as a crutch towards crafting his own solo career. As the son of late singer-songwriter Jim Croce, it would have been easy for the former to come out ...

On Dec. 29, 1973, Jim Croce’s“Time in a Bottle” became the last song of the year to hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. The emotional ballad remained No. 1 for two weeks, knocking Charlie Rich’s “The ...

Jim and Ingrid Croce are one of music’s unsung power couples. Jim has no doubt been remembered as a star in the decades since his passing, but few give credit to his early songwriting partner and wife ...

Singer-songwriter Jim Croce made a name for himself with "I Got a Name," “Bad, Bad Leroy Brown,” “Operator,” and other hits. Just 30 years old, he died in a plane crash in northwest Louisiana in 1973, ...

It’s hard to believe that it’s been 50 years since the untimely passing of singer-songwriter Jim Croce. The legendary artist was at the peak of his success, with hits that included “Bad, Bad Leroy ...

A.J. Croce was eight days shy of his second birthday when he lost his father, folk-soft rock star Jim Croce, but he is helping to keep the late balladeer's music alive. Since last year, the younger ...

On Sept. 20, 1973 beloved singer and songwriter Jim Croce died when the chartered plane he was flying in crashed into a tree during takeoff in Natchitoches, Louisiana. Croce, who wrote the hit songs ...