Editing Jim Croce (section)

{{Short description|American singer-songwriter (1943–1973)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians -->
| name              = Jim Croce
| image             = Jim Croce publicity portrait ABC Records (cropped).jpg
| caption           = Croce in 1972
| birth_date        = {{birth date|1943|1|10}}
| birth_place       = [[Philadelphia]], Pennsylvania, U.S.
| spouse            = {{marriage|[[Ingrid Croce|Ingrid Jacobson]]|1966}}
| death_date        = {{Death date and age|1973|9|20|1943|1|10}}
| death_place       = [[Natchitoches, Louisiana]], U.S.
| genre             = {{hlist|[[Folk music|Folk]]|[[soft rock]]}}
| occupations       = {{hlist|Singer|songwriter}}
| instruments       = {{hlist|Vocals|guitar}}
| years_active      = 1964–1973
| label             = {{hlist|[[Capitol Records|Capitol]]/[[EMI]]|[[ABC Records|ABC]]|Saja/[[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]]}}
| website           = {{URL|jimcroce.com}}
}}
'''James Joseph Croce''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|r|oʊ|tʃ|iː}};<ref>{{cite AV media |people=Croce, Ingrid |date=November 2, 2012 |title=An Afternoon With Ingrid Croce |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3N-WT3UhDnU |access-date=February 12, 2024 |time=16:38 |publisher=[[Villanova University]]}}</ref> January 10, 1943 – September 20, 1973) was an American [[Folk music|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. 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. The follow-up album ''[[Life and Times (Jim Croce album)|Life and Times]]'' included the song "[[Bad, Bad Leroy Brown]]", Croce's only No. 1 hit during his lifetime.

On September 20, 1973, at the height of his popularity and the day before the lead single to his fifth album, ''[[I Got a Name]]'', was released, Croce, Muehleisen, and four others died in a plane crash. His music continued to chart throughout the 1970s following his death. Croce's widow and early songwriting partner, [[Ingrid Croce|Ingrid]], continued to write and record after his death. Their son, [[A. J. Croce]], became a singer-songwriter in the 1990s.