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 the chartered plane he was flying in crashed into a tree ...

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 ...

For a long time, A.J. Croce wasn't interested in playing his father's music. It wasn't that he had anything against "Operator" or "Time in A Bottle," or the other songs that endured after the elder ...

Seconds after taking off from an airport in Natchitoches, La., on the night of Sept. 20, 1973, the small plane carrying musician Jim Croce clipped a tree in the darkness and crashed, killing all six ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. SPRINGFIELD — Known as a fabulous storyteller and singer/songwriter whose life was cut short in a plane crash after the release of ...