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My Take
I keep coming back to Jim Croce because his music smells like real work. He took odd jobs to pay the bills while writing songs, and you can hear it — his characters are barroom toughs and lonely operators sketched with a novelist's affection. Five albums in seven years, then a plane crash at thirty, and yet Time in a Bottle still does exactly what its title promises: it preserves a moment forever. There is a cruel irony in a man who wrote so tenderly about not having enough time running out of it so young. For me, he proves brevity and immortality are not opposites.
Overview
James Joseph Croce ( KROH-chee; January 10, 1943 – September 20, 1973) was an American folk and rock singer-songwriter. Between 1966 and 1973, he released five studio albums and numerous singles. During this period, Croce took a series of odd jobs to pay bills while he continued to write, record, and perform concerts.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Jim Croce
- Name (Japanese)
- ジム・クロウチ
- Reading
- じむ・くろうち
- Born
- January 10, 1943 – September 20, 1973
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Capricorn / Goat
- Origin
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- singer-songwriter / singer / songwriter / musician / guitarist
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Upper Darby High School
- University
- Villanova University
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.