On Dec. 29, 1973, Jim Croce’s“Time in a Bottle” became the last song of the year to hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. The emotional ballad remained No. 1 for two weeks, knocking Charlie Rich’s “The ...

Jim Croce appeared well on the road to superstardom in 1973. Not long earlier, he had hit number one with a song that today has 18 million plays on YouTube and he was working on a third album. He was ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Unspecified - 1973: Jim Croce performing live on 'In Concert'.

When Jim Croce performed at Harper College in the winter of 1973, the singer-songwriter was on the cusp of superstardom. After landing “You Don’t Mess Around with Jim” on the pop charts in 1972, he ...

Singer-songwriter and Upper Darby native Jim Croce died in a plane crash in 1973 at, what was arguably, the height of his popularity. He was coming off a No. 1 single (“Bad, Bad Leroy Brown”) and ...