This page will contain videos about Jim Croce, as they become available.Jim CroceJim Croce (January 10, 1943 - September 20, 1973) was an American singer and songwriter. He began playing music in college, finally signing to ABC in 1972, releasing You Don't Mess Around With Jim and Life & Times that year. The singles "Time in a Bottle" (written for his newborn son, A.J., who is now an accomplished musician and songwriter in his own right,), "You Don't Mess Around with Jim" and "Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels)" helped the former album reach #1 on the charts in 1974. Croce died in a plane crash on September 20, 1973 in Natchitoches, Louisiana, only days before releasing the third ABC album, I Got a Name. The posthumous release included three hits, "I Got a Name," "Workin' at the Car Wash Blues" and "I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song". Several releases since have sold moderately well. Croce was interred in the Haym Soloman Memorial Park cemetery in Frazer, Pennsylvania. Recently, his widow, Ingrid, was allowed to obtain from Jims daughter Heidieh the permissions for all of his songs. Since then, she has allowed a PBS special to be made from archive footage as well as footage from the Croce family collection, in order to, in her words, "keep his legacy alive". Discography
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Since then, she has allowed a PBS special to be made from archive footage as well as footage from the Croce family collection, in order to, in her words, "keep his legacy alive". The lead single of this album will be featuring the artist, Loon called, "Lifestyle Of A Superstar". Recently, his widow, Ingrid, was allowed to obtain from Jims daughter Heidieh the permissions for all of his songs. 3: The Game of Death, and scheduled for release in April 2005. Croce was interred in the Haym Soloman Memorial Park cemetery in Frazer, Pennsylvania. 2, in May 2003 and March 2004. Another album is on the way, titled Streetsweepers Vol. Several releases since have sold moderately well. Kay Slay has released two albums, Streetsweepers Vol.1 and Streetsweepers Vol. The posthumous release included three hits, "I Got a Name," "Workin' at the Car Wash Blues" and "I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song". In 2004, another single and video were released for "Who Gives A...Where You From". Croce died in a plane crash on September 20, 1973 in Natchitoches, Louisiana, only days before releasing the third ABC album, I Got a Name. In the summer of 2003, Kay Slay released a single and music video of his own for a track called "Too Much For Me", which featured rapping from Loon, Nas, and Foxy Brown, and a sung chorus by relative newcomer, Amerie; though the song itself failed to hit big, its music video was aired on MTV Jams and BET. The singles "Time in a Bottle" (written for his newborn son, A.J., who is now an accomplished musician and songwriter in his own right,), "You Don't Mess Around with Jim" and "Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels)" helped the former album reach #1 on the charts in 1974. DJ Kay Slay's Thursday night show on the Hot 97 radio station in Manhattan, New York and his constant stream of mixtapes are now watched closely by record executives who want to sign the next big hip-hop artist. He began playing music in college, finally signing to ABC in 1972, releasing You Don't Mess Around With Jim and Life & Times that year. The majority of commercial mainstream hip-hop artists send their "disses" [1] (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=dis&defid=718156) to "the Drama King," and up-and-coming artists try to get air time on his show so they can can have similar success such as the rapper, 50 Cent. Jim Croce (January 10, 1943 - September 20, 1973) was an American singer and songwriter. In 2001, when Jay-Z and Nas's rivalry erupted on Kay Slay tapes, everything changed for him. Download sample of "Time in a Bottle". He made his way spinning records and releasing mixtapes, all the while trying to get some money and a record contract. Live: The Final Tour (1990). When the New York City Transit Police cracked down on graffiti in the late 1980s, Kay Slay took up turntables. The Faces I've Been (1975). He was featured in the classic hip-hop documentaries Wild Style and Style Wars. I Got a Name (1973). Originally from East Harlem in New York, Kenneth started out with graffiti, using his tag name, DEZ. Life & Times (1972). The New York Times called him "Hip-Hop's One-Man Ministry of Insults.". You Don't Mess Around with Jim (1972). DJ Kay Slay, also known as the Drama King, (born Kenneth Gleason) is the ringmaster of the new hip-hop rivalries, played out on his mixtapes. Jim & Ingrid Croce (1969). Facets (1966). |