caption death_date death_place years_active birth_place label name background birth_date instrument spouse image article_title birth_name occupation
jim . croce in 1972 , photographed by ingrid croce 20 september 1973 natchitoches , louisiana , u.s. 1966 -- 1973 south philadelphia , pennsylvania , u.s. capitol/emi records , abc records , saja/atlantic records jim croce solo_singer 10 january 1943 guitar , vocals ingrid ; - his death in 1973 -rrb- -lrb- jacobson -rrb- croce -lrb- 1963 & nbsp jim-croce-r01 . jpg jim croce
 james joseph croce singer-songwriter
jim croce

james joseph `` jim '' croce -lrb- ; january 10 , 1943 -- september 20 , 1973 -rrb- was an american singer-songwriter .
between 1966 and 1973 , croce released five studio albums and 11 singles .
his singles `` bad , bad leroy brown '' and `` time in a bottle '' were both number one hits on the u.s. `` billboard '' hot 100 chart .
