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 ...

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A.J. Croce was eight days shy of his second birthday when he lost his father, folk-soft rock star Jim Croce, but he is helping to keep the late balladeer's music alive. Since last year, the younger ...

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.

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 ...

Jim Croce's widow, Ingrid Croce, talks to Take Two about her husband's music, his untimely death and her new book, "I Got A Name." In 1973 the song "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" was released by the singer ...

Never let it be said that A.J. Croce used nepotism as a crutch toward crafting his own solo career. As the son of late singer-songwriter Jim Croce, it would have been easy for the former to come out ...