Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On Sept. 20, 1973, beloved singer and songwriter Jim Croce died when his chartered plane crashed into a tree during takeoff in ...

The heartfelt ballad became an even bigger success after the singer-songwriter’s tragic death.

On Sept. 20, 1973 beloved singer and songwriter Jim Croce died when the chartered plane he was flying in crashed into a tree during takeoff in Natchitoches, Louisiana. Croce, who wrote the hit songs ...

Singer-songwriter and Upper Darby native Jim Croce died in a plane crash in 1973 at, what was arguably, the height of his popularity. He was coming off a No. 1 single (“Bad, Bad Leroy Brown”) and ...

Jim and Ingrid Croce are one of music’s unsung power couples. Jim has no doubt been remembered as a star in the decades since his passing, but few give credit to his early songwriting partner and wife ...

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.

Jim Croce was like a streaking comet in the rock ‘n’ roll sky, but his young life was cut short in an airplane crash on Sept. 20, 1973. Ten of his songs charted on the Billboard Hot 100, with five of ...

The back cover of You Don't Mess Around with Jim, a seminal album in the author's musical upbringing, which remains in pristine condition in his personal record collection Credit: Photo by Jesse ...