http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4174&rws=%2Fjim-croce%2Ftop-tracks.rssBruce Springsteen owes a lot to the late, great Jim Croce. Not just on a singer/songwriter level, but that whole appealing-to-the-blue-collar-man-through-music thing was really Croce's idea first (or second if you count Woody Guthrie). Whether he was capturing a hauntingly passionate moment in a narrative or just playing a little acoustic boogie, Croce could tap into a multititude of musical styles while retaining his own signature urban-troubadour sound. Like many great songwriters, Croce began writing songs and singing while attending college, though he grew up listening to Dixieland jazz and teaching himself how to play guitar. He married his wife Ingrid after graduation and kept food on the table and a roof over their heads by working construction, taking on random teaching jobs and playing his music in small clubs and bars. It wasn't until he took a job writing songs for radio jingles that he was discovered by ABC/Dunhill records who released his 1972 hit album <I>You Don't Mess Around With Jim</I>. The most popular song on the album "Time In A Bottle" hit No. 1 on the charts, allowing him to record another album entitled <I>Life And Times</I> which yielded another No. 1 hit with "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" in 1973. Croce died an untimely death that year in a plane crash, and though other recordings of his surfaced and were released posthumously, speculations of what he could have accomplished abound whenever anything is penned or produced about the man. He was survived by his wife Ingrid and son A.J. (who is a brilliant singer/songwriter in his own right). - Eric SheaSinger-Songwriteren720Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:40:31 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4174&rws=%2Fjim-croce%2Ftop-tracks.rss Bruce Springsteen owes a lot to the late, great Jim Croce. Not just on a singer/songwriter level, but that whole appealing-to-the-blue-collar-man-through-music thing was really Croce's idea first (or second if you count Woody Guthrie). Whether he was capturing a hauntingly passionate moment in a narrative or just playing a little acoustic boogie, Croce could tap into a multititude of musical styles while retaining his own signature urban-troubadour sound. Like many great songwriters, Croce began writing songs and singing while attending college, though he grew up listening to Dixieland jazz and teaching himself how to play guitar. He married his wife Ingrid after graduation and kept food on the table and a roof over their heads by working construction, taking on random teaching jobs and playing his music in small clubs and bars. It wasn't until he took a job writing songs for radio jingles that he was discovered by ABC/Dunhill records who released his 1972 hit album <I>You Don't Mess Around With Jim</I>. The most popular song on the album "Time In A Bottle" hit No. 1 on the charts, allowing him to record another album entitled <I>Life And Times</I> which yielded another No. 1 hit with "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" in 1973. Croce died an untimely death that year in a plane crash, and though other recordings of his surfaced and were released posthumously, speculations of what he could have accomplished abound whenever anything is penned or produced about the man. He was survived by his wife Ingrid and son A.J. (who is a brilliant singer/songwriter in his own right). - Eric Shea http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.23536608&variant=play&rws=%2Fjim-croce%2Ftop-tracks.rss Singer-Songwriter Thu, 1 Feb 1973 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Jim Croce on Rhapsody Online 23536608 tra.23536608 Jim Croce art.4174 0.99 I Got A Name alb.23507687 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/1/8/2/7/1427281_170x170.jpg 2008-10-14 00:00:00.0 1973-02-01 00:00:00.0 true I Got A Name tra.23536608 192000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.23536608&variant=play&rws=%2Fjim-croce%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.23536608&variant=data&rws=%2Fjim-croce%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.13954114&variant=play&rws=%2Fjim-croce%2Ftop-tracks.rss Singer-Songwriter Tue, 3 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Jim Croce on Rhapsody Online 13954114 tra.13954114 Jim Croce art.4174 0.0 Gold - Soft Rock alb.13953531 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/1/4/9/2/1302941_170x170.jpg 2007-04-03 00:00:00.0 2007-04-03 00:00:00.0 true Operator (That's Not The Way It Feels) tra.13954114 227000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.13954114&variant=play&rws=%2Fjim-croce%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.13954114&variant=data&rws=%2Fjim-croce%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.23536076&variant=play&rws=%2Fjim-croce%2Ftop-tracks.rss Singer-Songwriter Mon, 1 Jan 1973 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Jim Croce on Rhapsody Online 23536076 tra.23536076 Jim Croce art.4174 0.99 Life And Times alb.23507614 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/9/8/0/7/1427089_170x170.jpg 2008-10-14 00:00:00.0 1973-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Bad, Bad Leroy Brown tra.23536076 181000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.23536076&variant=play&rws=%2Fjim-croce%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.23536076&variant=data&rws=%2Fjim-croce%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.23536623&variant=play&rws=%2Fjim-croce%2Ftop-tracks.rss Singer-Songwriter Fri, 1 Jan 1971 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Jim Croce on Rhapsody Online 23536623 tra.23536623 Jim Croce art.4174 0.99 You Don't Mess Around With Jim alb.23507688 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/2/8/2/7/1427282_170x170.jpg 2008-10-14 00:00:00.0 1971-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Time In A Bottle tra.23536623 148000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.23536623&variant=play&rws=%2Fjim-croce%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.23536623&variant=data&rws=%2Fjim-croce%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.23536628&variant=play&rws=%2Fjim-croce%2Ftop-tracks.rss Singer-Songwriter Fri, 1 Jan 1971 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Jim Croce on Rhapsody Online 23536628 tra.23536628 Jim Croce art.4174 0.99 You Don't Mess Around With Jim alb.23507688 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/2/8/2/7/1427282_170x170.jpg 2008-10-14 00:00:00.0 1971-01-01 00:00:00.0 true You Don't Mess Around With Jim tra.23536628 183000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.23536628&variant=play&rws=%2Fjim-croce%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.23536628&variant=data&rws=%2Fjim-croce%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.23536622&variant=play&rws=%2Fjim-croce%2Ftop-tracks.rss Singer-Songwriter Fri, 1 Jan 1971 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Jim Croce on Rhapsody Online 23536622 tra.23536622 Jim Croce art.4174 0.99 You Don't Mess Around With Jim alb.23507688 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/2/8/2/7/1427282_170x170.jpg 2008-10-14 00:00:00.0 1971-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Operator [That's Not The Way It Feels] tra.23536622 229000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.23536622&variant=play&rws=%2Fjim-croce%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.23536622&variant=data&rws=%2Fjim-croce%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.23536615&variant=play&rws=%2Fjim-croce%2Ftop-tracks.rss Singer-Songwriter Thu, 1 Feb 1973 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Jim Croce on Rhapsody Online 23536615 tra.23536615 Jim Croce art.4174 0.99 I Got A Name alb.23507687 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/1/8/2/7/1427281_170x170.jpg 2008-10-14 00:00:00.0 1973-02-01 00:00:00.0 true I'll Have To Say I Love You In A Song tra.23536615 151000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.23536615&variant=play&rws=%2Fjim-croce%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.23536615&variant=data&rws=%2Fjim-croce%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.23536629&variant=play&rws=%2Fjim-croce%2Ftop-tracks.rss Singer-Songwriter Fri, 1 Jan 1971 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Jim Croce on Rhapsody Online 23536629 tra.23536629 Jim Croce art.4174 0.99 You Don't Mess Around With Jim alb.23507688 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/2/8/2/7/1427282_170x170.jpg 2008-10-14 00:00:00.0 1971-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Photographs And Memories tra.23536629 127000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.23536629&variant=play&rws=%2Fjim-croce%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.23536629&variant=data&rws=%2Fjim-croce%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.23536625&variant=play&rws=%2Fjim-croce%2Ftop-tracks.rss Singer-Songwriter Fri, 1 Jan 1971 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Jim Croce on Rhapsody Online 23536625 tra.23536625 Jim Croce art.4174 0.99 You Don't Mess Around With Jim alb.23507688 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/2/8/2/7/1427282_170x170.jpg 2008-10-14 00:00:00.0 1971-01-01 00:00:00.0 true New York's Not My Home tra.23536625 188000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.23536625&variant=play&rws=%2Fjim-croce%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.23536625&variant=data&rws=%2Fjim-croce%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.23536075&variant=play&rws=%2Fjim-croce%2Ftop-tracks.rss Singer-Songwriter Mon, 1 Jan 1973 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Jim Croce on Rhapsody Online 23536075 tra.23536075 Jim Croce art.4174 0.99 Life And Times alb.23507614 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/9/8/0/7/1427089_170x170.jpg 2008-10-14 00:00:00.0 1973-01-01 00:00:00.0 true One Less Set Of Footsteps tra.23536075 167000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.23536075&variant=play&rws=%2Fjim-croce%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.23536075&variant=data&rws=%2Fjim-croce%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.23536066&variant=play&rws=%2Fjim-croce%2Ftop-tracks.rss Singer-Songwriter Mon, 1 Jan 1973 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Jim Croce on Rhapsody Online 23536066 tra.23536066 Jim Croce art.4174 0.99 Life And Times alb.23507614 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/9/8/0/7/1427089_170x170.jpg 2008-10-14 00:00:00.0 1973-01-01 00:00:00.0 true It Doesn't Have To Be That Way tra.23536066 151000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.23536066&variant=play&rws=%2Fjim-croce%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.23536066&variant=data&rws=%2Fjim-croce%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.23536611&variant=play&rws=%2Fjim-croce%2Ftop-tracks.rss Singer-Songwriter Thu, 1 Feb 1973 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Jim Croce on Rhapsody Online 23536611 tra.23536611 Jim Croce art.4174 0.99 I Got A Name alb.23507687 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/1/8/2/7/1427281_170x170.jpg 2008-10-14 00:00:00.0 1973-02-01 00:00:00.0 true Working At The Car Wash Blues tra.23536611 152000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.23536611&variant=play&rws=%2Fjim-croce%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.23536611&variant=data&rws=%2Fjim-croce%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.23536068&variant=play&rws=%2Fjim-croce%2Ftop-tracks.rss Singer-Songwriter Mon, 1 Jan 1973 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Jim Croce on Rhapsody Online 23536068 tra.23536068 Jim Croce art.4174 0.99 Life And Times alb.23507614 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/9/8/0/7/1427089_170x170.jpg 2008-10-14 00:00:00.0 1973-01-01 00:00:00.0 true These Dreams tra.23536068 192000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.23536068&variant=play&rws=%2Fjim-croce%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.23536068&variant=data&rws=%2Fjim-croce%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.23536071&variant=play&rws=%2Fjim-croce%2Ftop-tracks.rss Singer-Songwriter Mon, 1 Jan 1973 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Jim Croce on Rhapsody Online 23536071 tra.23536071 Jim Croce art.4174 0.99 Life And Times alb.23507614 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/9/8/0/7/1427089_170x170.jpg 2008-10-14 00:00:00.0 1973-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Alabama Rain tra.23536071 133000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.23536071&variant=play&rws=%2Fjim-croce%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.23536071&variant=data&rws=%2Fjim-croce%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.23536607&variant=play&rws=%2Fjim-croce%2Ftop-tracks.rss Singer-Songwriter Thu, 1 Feb 1973 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Jim Croce on Rhapsody Online 23536607 tra.23536607 Jim Croce art.4174 0.99 I Got A Name alb.23507687 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/1/8/2/7/1427281_170x170.jpg 2008-10-14 00:00:00.0 1973-02-01 00:00:00.0 true Lover's Cross tra.23536607 183000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.23536607&variant=play&rws=%2Fjim-croce%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.23536607&variant=data&rws=%2Fjim-croce%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.23536070&variant=play&rws=%2Fjim-croce%2Ftop-tracks.rss Singer-Songwriter Mon, 1 Jan 1973 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Jim Croce on Rhapsody Online 23536070 tra.23536070 Jim Croce art.4174 0.99 Life And Times alb.23507614 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/9/8/0/7/1427089_170x170.jpg 2008-10-14 00:00:00.0 1973-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Roller Derby Queen tra.23536070 209000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.23536070&variant=play&rws=%2Fjim-croce%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.23536070&variant=data&rws=%2Fjim-croce%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.23536627&variant=play&rws=%2Fjim-croce%2Ftop-tracks.rss Singer-Songwriter Fri, 1 Jan 1971 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Jim Croce on Rhapsody Online 23536627 tra.23536627 Jim Croce art.4174 0.99 You Don't Mess Around With Jim alb.23507688 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/2/8/2/7/1427282_170x170.jpg 2008-10-14 00:00:00.0 1971-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Tomorrow's Gonna Be A Brighter Day tra.23536627 172000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.23536627&variant=play&rws=%2Fjim-croce%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.23536627&variant=data&rws=%2Fjim-croce%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.29457372&variant=play&rws=%2Fjim-croce%2Ftop-tracks.rss Singer-Songwriter Tue, 4 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Jim Croce on Rhapsody Online 29457372 tra.29457372 Jim Croce art.4174 0.99 Photographs & Memories - His Greatest Hits alb.29433061 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/2/2/1/0/1760122_170x170.jpg 2009-08-04 00:00:00.0 2009-08-04 00:00:00.0 true Time In A Bottle tra.29457372 145000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.29457372&variant=play&rws=%2Fjim-croce%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.29457372&variant=data&rws=%2Fjim-croce%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.29457369&variant=play&rws=%2Fjim-croce%2Ftop-tracks.rss Singer-Songwriter Tue, 4 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Jim Croce on Rhapsody Online 29457369 tra.29457369 Jim Croce art.4174 0.99 Photographs & Memories - His Greatest Hits alb.29433061 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/2/2/1/0/1760122_170x170.jpg 2009-08-04 00:00:00.0 2009-08-04 00:00:00.0 true Operator [That's Not The Way It Feels] tra.29457369 227000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.29457369&variant=play&rws=%2Fjim-croce%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.29457369&variant=data&rws=%2Fjim-croce%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.29457376&variant=play&rws=%2Fjim-croce%2Ftop-tracks.rss Singer-Songwriter Tue, 4 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Jim Croce on Rhapsody Online 29457376 tra.29457376 Jim Croce art.4174 0.99 Photographs & Memories - His Greatest Hits alb.29433061 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/2/2/1/0/1760122_170x170.jpg 2009-08-04 00:00:00.0 2009-08-04 00:00:00.0 true I'll Have To Say I Love You In A Song tra.29457376 151000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.29457376&variant=play&rws=%2Fjim-croce%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.29457376&variant=data&rws=%2Fjim-croce%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.29457375&variant=play&rws=%2Fjim-croce%2Ftop-tracks.rss Singer-Songwriter Tue, 4 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Jim Croce on Rhapsody Online 29457375 tra.29457375 Jim Croce art.4174 0.99 Photographs & Memories - His Greatest Hits alb.29433061 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/2/2/1/0/1760122_170x170.jpg 2009-08-04 00:00:00.0 2009-08-04 00:00:00.0 true I Got A Name tra.29457375 189000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.29457375&variant=play&rws=%2Fjim-croce%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.29457375&variant=data&rws=%2Fjim-croce%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.23536618&variant=play&rws=%2Fjim-croce%2Ftop-tracks.rss Singer-Songwriter Fri, 1 Jan 1971 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Jim Croce on Rhapsody Online 23536618 tra.23536618 Jim Croce art.4174 0.99 You Don't Mess Around With Jim alb.23507688 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/2/8/2/7/1427282_170x170.jpg 2008-10-14 00:00:00.0 1971-01-01 00:00:00.0 true A Long Time Ago tra.23536618 141000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.23536618&variant=play&rws=%2Fjim-croce%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.23536618&variant=data&rws=%2Fjim-croce%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.23536621&variant=play&rws=%2Fjim-croce%2Ftop-tracks.rss Singer-Songwriter Fri, 1 Jan 1971 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Jim Croce on Rhapsody Online 23536621 tra.23536621 Jim Croce art.4174 0.99 You Don't Mess Around With Jim alb.23507688 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/2/8/2/7/1427282_170x170.jpg 2008-10-14 00:00:00.0 1971-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Rapid Roy [The Stock Car Boy] tra.23536621 164000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.23536621&variant=play&rws=%2Fjim-croce%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.23536621&variant=data&rws=%2Fjim-croce%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.23536619&variant=play&rws=%2Fjim-croce%2Ftop-tracks.rss Singer-Songwriter Fri, 1 Jan 1971 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Jim Croce on Rhapsody Online 23536619 tra.23536619 Jim Croce art.4174 0.99 You Don't Mess Around With Jim alb.23507688 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/2/8/2/7/1427282_170x170.jpg 2008-10-14 00:00:00.0 1971-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Box # 10 tra.23536619 146000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.23536619&variant=play&rws=%2Fjim-croce%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.23536619&variant=data&rws=%2Fjim-croce%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.29457368&variant=play&rws=%2Fjim-croce%2Ftop-tracks.rss Singer-Songwriter Tue, 4 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Jim Croce on Rhapsody Online 29457368 tra.29457368 Jim Croce art.4174 0.99 Photographs & Memories - His Greatest Hits alb.29433061 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/2/2/1/0/1760122_170x170.jpg 2009-08-04 00:00:00.0 2009-08-04 00:00:00.0 true Bad, Bad Leroy Brown tra.29457368 180000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.29457368&variant=play&rws=%2Fjim-croce%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.29457368&variant=data&rws=%2Fjim-croce%2Ftop-tracks.rss