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 ...

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 Jim Croce made a name for himself with "I Got a Name," “Bad, Bad Leroy Brown,” “Operator,” and other hits. Just 30 years old, he died in a plane crash in northwest Louisiana in 1973, ...

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 ...

When A.J. Croce needed inspiration as a young musician, he didn't have to look very far. The part-time Southwest Florida resident said he was drawn early to the music of his father, legendary ...

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 ...

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 ...