Jim Croce (January 10, 1943 – September 20, 1973) was an American folk-rock singer-songwriter who released five studio albums between 1966 and 1973. After years of financial struggle, his partnership with guitarist Maury Muehleisen from 1972 brought him major commercial success shortly before his death in a plane crash at age 30.

Songs like “Time in a Bottle,” “Bad, Bad Leroy Brown,” and “Operator” made Croce one of the most enduring singer-songwriters of the early-1970s folk-rock era, with his posthumous success cementing his legacy.

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• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Croce