In the first hit of his posthumous career, the folk legend was inspired to release the song by the recent death of his father ...

The beloved track remains one of the most recognizable songs of the '70s.

On Thursday, Sept. 20, 1973, singer-songwriter Jim Croce died when his chartered plane crashed shortly after takeoff in Natchitoches, Louisiana. He was 30 years old. Croce was a chart-topping musician ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am a music journalist from New York City, living in Nashville. On March 29, 2024, Adrian James “AJ” Croce sat on stage at the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A.J. Croce keeps his father’s music alive through his Croce Does Croce performances Gary Null/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal/Getty ...

Laced with love, insight, and celebration, Croce Plays Croce 50th Anniversary Tour has been a long time coming for those who have embraced the work of singer and songwriter A.J. Croce and his late ...

Because Jim Croce’s career was just starting to gain major traction when he died in a 1973 plane crash, many fans only learned about him posthumously. His musician son, A.J. Croce, is one of them.

There was no one like Jim Croce back in the 1960s and early 1970s. There were plenty of folk and soft rock singer/songwriters back then, but Croce was just different. After years of trying to make it ...

Jim Croce didn’t live to see the success of “Time in a Bottle.” The singer died in a plane crash in September of 1973. The song had been recorded years earlier and appeared on Croce’s first album, You ...

A.J. Croce sings his late father Jim Croce's songs in his occasional Croce Plays Croce concerts. But he's stayed away from recording any of them -- until now. By Gary Graff A.J. Croce sings his late ...

It’s hard to believe that one of rock’s most tragic tales – the untimely death of Jim Croce – has never been told faithfully in book form. This changed with the recent release of I Got a Name: The Jim ...