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James Joseph Croce, pronounced (CROW-chee) (January 10, 1943 – September 20, 1973), popularly known as Jim Croce, was an United States|American singer-songwriter.
Croce scored a handful of hit songs in the early '70s, but died in an airplane crash just as he was beginning to capitalize on his success. He is probably best remembered for the songs "Time in a Bottle" and "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown," both #1 hits in 1973.
Biography
Early life
Croce was born in South Philadelphia. He graduated from Upper Darby High School in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania in 1960. In 1976, he was the first former student to be added to the Upper Darby High School Wall of Fame. While attending Villanova University, Croce was a member of the Villanova Singers and Villanova Spires and was a student disc jockey at WXVU.<ref>Villanova ''Parents' Connection'' newsletter (Spring 2007)</ref> He also met his future wife, Ingrid Jacobson, at a hootenanny at Convention Hall in Philadelphia, where he was a judge for a contest. When they married, he converted to Judaism.<ref>[http://www.adherents.com/largecom/fam_jewish_catholics.html Famous Jewish Catholics]</ref> Croce graduated from Villanova in 1965.
Early career
During the early 1960s, Croce formed a number of college bands, performed at coffee houses and universities, and later performed with his wife ... read all
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