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Jim Croce (James Joseph Croce) was born on 10 January, 1943 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, is a soundtrack,actor,music_department. Discover Jim Croce's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 30 years old?

Popular As James Joseph Croce
Occupation soundtrack,actor,music_department
Age 30 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born 10 January, 1943
Birthday 10 January
Birthplace Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Date of death 20 September, 1973
Died Place Natchitoches, Louisiana, USA
Nationality United States

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Jim Croce Height, Weight & Measurements

At 30 years old, Jim Croce height is 5' 9" (1.75 m) .

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Height 5' 9" (1.75 m)
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Who Is Jim Croce's Wife?

His wife is Ingrid Jacobson (28 August 1966 - 20 September 1973) ( his death) ( 1 child)

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Wife Ingrid Jacobson (28 August 1966 - 20 September 1973) ( his death) ( 1 child)
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Jim Croce Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Jim Croce worth at the age of 30 years old? Jim Croce’s income source is mostly from being a successful Soundtrack. He is from United States. We have estimated Jim Croce's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2024 $1 Million - $5 Million
Salary in 2024 Under Review
Net Worth in 2023 Pending
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Source of Income Soundtrack

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1943

Jim Croce was born on Sunday, January 10th, 1943 in a working-class section of Philadelphia, in an Italian-American family. While a teenager, he began playing the accordion, and then learning to play an acoustic guitar when he was 18. After a short stint in the U. S. Army, where he supposedly met the character who inspired the song "Bad Bad Leroy Brown," Jim entered Villanova University for a degree in psychology, but he spent a lot of time working with bands, playing musical instruments and performing musical solos, more than 90% of the time. Jim worked as a construction worker after graduation, after surviving from a diesel accident, he then worked temporarily as a school teacher of a Junior High school in South Philadelphia.

Jim Croce's lifetime: Sunday, January 10th, 1943, to Thursday, September 20th, 1973, was 11,211 days, (equaling 1,601 weeks & 4 days).

1960

Graduated in 1960 from Upper Darby High School in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, USA.

1966

On Sunday, August 28th, 1966, Jim Croce married his wife, Ingrid Jacobson.

The duo were married on Sunday, August 28th, 1966, & it lasted until Thursday, September 20th, 1973, it was his last 2,580 days equaling 368 weeks & 4 days.

1967

Then in 1967, they moved to New York City where they performed together, as a folk duo performing in city nightclubs & coffeehouses & recorded an album, that's titled "Another Day, Another Town". Jim and Ingrid moved back to Pennsylvania where they bought a farmhouse and became parents to their only son, A. J. Croce. A. J. 's name at birth was Adrian James Croce.

1970

Earlier in the 1970's decade, Bobby Riggs dared another female tennis player, in a male-versus-female tennis match & he defeated her. Riggs' second dare, was much more than he expected. Jim Croce was a loving father of his only child & son, A. J. Croce for the final 723 days (103 weeks & 2 days) of his life & Jim Croce was the husband of Ingrid Jacobson.

1971

Adrian was born on Tuesday, September 28th, 1971, in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, while Jim was a diesel truck driver to earn & pay their daily food & all other monthly utility bills.

1972

A year later, one of Jim's long time college friends advised him to record some of his newer songs & send them to ABC Records, where they signed Jim up and his first solo album, "You Don't Mess Around With Jim" was released in 1972 & it was one of the top 20 best selling albums of 1972, in the United States of America.

Combined, in 1972 to 1973, Jim Croce' performed in more than 250 concerts, he was a guest-star as TV shows and released his second album in mid 1973 titled "Life and Times. " This album, featured his all time and most popular hit song, (solo 45 RPM, or 33 RPM album), of "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown!".

In all, Jim Croce had eight top-10 singles and three top-10 albums from 1972 to 1974. In the lyrics to the hauntingly wistful "Time in a Bottle", Jim left his own best epitaph as if he had foresaw his own death. Lyric: "There never seems to be enough time to do the things you want to do once you find them".

1973

He also recorded his third album, "I've Got a Name" and the title song was used in the soundtrack of The Last American Hero (1973).

It starred Jeff Bridges, and the complete album which was released on Monday, July 23rd, 1973.

His song, "Time in a Bottle" from his first solo album, received sudden national sales after being featured in "She Lives" a made for ABC-TV movie which originally aired on Wednesday, September 12th, 1973, during the. evening hours.

Eight days later, Thursday, September 20th, 1973, Jim Croce's life and career came to a sudden end when he and his musical partner, Maury Muehleisen and others boarded a private airplane in Natchitoches, Louisiana to travel to a gig in Texas when the plane crashed shortly after takeoff killing everyone on board. His third album includes the songs "I Got a Name," and "I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song" which were posthumous hits.

His life-loss date, Thursday, September 20th, 1973, was also the date of a famous tennis match, in Houston, Texas' Astrodome, nicknamed "The Battle of the Sexes", as female tennis player, Billie Jean King defeated male tennis player, Bobby Riggs, because he was an egotistical narcissistic darer & challenge maker.

1990

Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1990.