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Personal Data:

Born:	10.01.1943	(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,USA)
Died:	20.09.1973	(plane crash)

Albums Discography:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Facets	1966
2.	Approaching Day & Ingrid Croce, prod. Tommy West/Terry Cashman	1968	Capitol
3.	You Don't Mess Around With Jim produced by: Tommy West/Terry Cashman	4/1972	ABC			5
4.	Life And Times produced by: Tommy West/Terry Cashman	2/1973	ABC			7
5.	I Got A Name	11/1973	ABC			2
6.	Photographs And Memories - His Greatest Hits	9/1974	ABC			2
7.	The Faces I've Been (2LP)	6/1975	ABC			87
8.	Jim Croce Collection	1976
9.	Another Day	1977
10.	Time In A Bottle: Jim Croce's Greatest Love Songs	2/1977	Lifesong
11.	Bad, Bad Leroy Brown: Jim Croce's Greatest Character Songs	1978	Lifesong
12.	His Greatest Hits	3/1980	K-Tel
13.	Down The Highway	9/1986	Castle Communication
14.	The Jim Croce Collection	12/1986	2LP
15.	The Legend Of Jim Croce	1988	Roadrunner
16.	Songbook	5/1988	Commander
17.	Greatest Hits	5/1988	Commander
18.	The Final Tour	2/1990	Essential
19.	50th Anniversary Collection (2CD)	11/1992	Essential
20.	Simply The Best	10/1994	Woodford
21.	Definitive Collection - Time In A Bottle	25.01.1999	2CD
22.	Best Of Jim Croce	25.05.1999
23.	VH1 Behind The Music	21.08.2001	Rhino
24.	Jim Croce Home Recordings: Americana	14.10.2003	Shout! Factory
25.	Classic Hits	27.01.2004	Rhino
26.	Facets (2CD)	23.03.2004	Shout! Factory/Sony
27.	Have You Heard: Live	24.01.2006	Shout! Factory
28.	Collectors Edition	19.08.2008	Madacy Special Mkts
29.	Live	16.06.2009	Sanctuary
30.	Very Best of Jim Croce	16.06.2009	Sanctuary
31.	All Time Classics	04.01.2011	Timeless
32.	Croce	25.01.2011
33.	Bad, Bad Leroy Brown & Other Favorites	3/2011				116
34.	Lost Time In a Bottle	22.07.2014	Cleopatra
35.	The Studio Album Collection (7CD box set)	10.03.2015	Edsel

Singles Discography:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	You Don't Mess Around With Jim / Photographs And Memories	6/1972	ABC		8
2.	Operator (That's Not The Way It Feels) / Rapid Boy	10/1972	ABC		17
3.	One Less Set Of Footsteps / It Doesn't Have To Be That Way	1/1973	ABC		37
4.	Bad Bad Leroy Brown / A Good Time Man Like Me Ain't Go No Business (Singin' The Blues)	4/1973	ABC		1
5.	Roller Derby Queen / Bad Bad Leroy Brown	27.07.1973	Vertigo
6.	I Got A Name / Alabama Rain	9/1973	ABC		10
7.	Time In A Bottle / Hard Time Losin' Man	11/1973	ABC		4
8.	It Doesn't Have To Be That Way	12/1973	ABC	64	77
9.	Time In A Bottle / Hey Tomorrow	2/1974	Vertigo
10.	Roller Derby Queen / It Doesn't Have To Be That Way	2/1974	ABC
11.	I'll Have To Say I Love You In A Song / Salon & Saloon	2/1974	ABC		9
12.	Workin' At The Car Wash Blues / Thursday	5/1974	ABC		20
13.	Bad Bad Leroy Brown	04.04.1975	Philips
14.	I'll Have To Say I Love You In A Song / Photographs And Memories	11.07.1975	Phonogram
15.	Lover's Cross / Speedball Tucker	12.09.1975	Philips
16.	Chain Gang Medley: Chain Gang - He Don't Love You - Searchin'	12/1975	Lifesong		63
17.	Time In A Bottle	09.01.1976	Vertigo
18.	Mississippi Lady	4/1976	Lifesong		110
19.	I'll Have To Say I Love You In A Song / Photographs And Memories	1/1977	Lifesong/GTO

Videos:

1. Have You Heard: Jim Croce Live - 14.10.2003, Shout! Factory

Various:

† 20.9.1973 (letecké neštěstí)

appeared on the LP:

Maury Muehleisen: Gingerbread (1970)

Press References:

Melody Maker
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1975	4	25.01.1975	31
1975	15	12.04.1975	13	Singles	single review
New Musical Express
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1973	0	14.07.1973	35	Albums	album review
1973	0	21.07.1973	2	News Desk
1973	0	28.09.1973	2	News
1974	0	02.02.1974	45	This Is America
1974	0	13.04.1974	18	Albums	album review
1976	0	27.11.1976	40	Platters	album review