"Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels)" spent 12 weeks on the Hot 100, marking his second mainstream charting hit. The track ...

Long before Time in a Bottle became one of the most recognizable songs of the 1970s, Jim Croce’s story ran straight through ...

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 his chartered plane crashed into a tree during takeoff in ...

The only thing more iconic than Jim Croce’s mustache was his music. The folk star left behind a rich catalog of bright, vibrant music made up of songs that drew from his personal life and experiences.

The back cover of You Don't Mess Around with Jim, a seminal album in the author's musical upbringing, which remains in pristine condition in his personal record collection Credit: Photo by Jesse ...

Seconds after taking off from an airport in Natchitoches, La., on the night of Sept. 20, 1973, the small plane carrying musician Jim Croce clipped a tree in the darkness and crashed, killing all six ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jim Croce headshot. With his big old moustache, Roman nose and dark eyes twinkling from a lived-in, olive-skin face, Jim Croce ...

Jim Croce was like a streaking comet in the rock ‘n’ roll sky, but his young life was cut short in an airplane crash on Sept. 20, 1973. Ten of his songs charted on the Billboard Hot 100, with five of ...