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ABOUT
Jim Croce struggled for years to break into the music industry before the release of his first major-label album, You Don't Mess Around with Jim, which resulted in three hit singles: "You Don't Mess Around With Jim," "Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels)," and "Time in a Bottle." The follow up, Life and Times, came out the following year, and it featured his first number one hit, "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown."
Croce was at the top of pop firmament as he toured behind Life and Times in 1973. He and his wife Ingrid had recently relocated to San Diego with their newborn son A.J., intending to slow down the pace of his suddenly fast-paced career, when he and frequent collaborator Maury Muehleisen were killed in a plane crash in Natchitoches, LA.
His label released a posthumous collection of unreleased songs, but it was is previously released hits, especially "Time In a Bottle," which proved to be his legacy.
In 2003, Shout! Factory partnered with Ingrid and A.J. Croce to issue previously unreleased recordings and videos, as well as to reissue his very first self-released album, 1966's Facets.
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