Showing posts with label jim croce. Show all posts
Showing posts with label jim croce. Show all posts
Sunday, July 7, 2019
Sunday, September 20, 2015
WE LOVE THE 70s!
Today, September 20th, in 1973 a plane crash took the life of Jim Croce, who was on the cusp of superstardom. Even though it eluded him in life, in death he became legend.
Monday, September 7, 2015
Saturday, October 4, 2014
Friday, January 10, 2014
Saturday, January 14, 2012
Casey Kasem's American Top 40 The 70s - January 14th 2012
The Top 20 Singles
20 - Hello It's Me - Todd Rundgren
19 - Top of the World - The Carpenters
18 - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John
17 - Until You Come Back To Me - Aretha Franklin
16 - Me and Baby Brother - War
15 - When I Fall in Love - Donny Osmond
14 - Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress) - Helen Reddy
13 - Love's Theme - Love Unlimited Orchestra
12 - The Most Beautiful Girl In the World - Charlie Rich
11 - The Way We Were - Barbara Striesand
10 - Helen Wheels - Paul McCartney and Wings
9 - Let Me Be There - Olivia Newton-John
8 - Living for the City - Stevie Wonder
7 - Never Never Gonna Give Ya Up - Barry White
6 - You're Sixteen - Ringo Starr
5 - I've Got To Use My Imagination - Gladys Knight and the Pips
4 - Smokin' in the Boys Room - Brownsville Station
3 - Show and Tell - Al Wilson
2 - Time in a Bottle - Jim Croce
1 - The Joker - Steve Miller Band
(1 week at #1)
The #1 Album This week in 1974
You Don't Mess Around with Jim - Jim Croce
(1st of 5 consecutive weeks at #1)
Originally released in 1972, his debut album didn't make it to the top until this week in 1974 after the tragic death of Jim Croce in 1973. Croce died in a small plane in September of 1973 crash on the way to a show in Texas His single "Time in a Bottle" became his posthumous #1 hit spent 2 weeks at the top.
The first single from the album in 1972 was the classic title cut "You Don't Mess Around with Jim" which reached #8 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Saturday, July 23, 2011
Casey Kasem's American Top 40 The 70s - July 23rd 2011
The Top Ten Singles
10 - Natural High - Bloodstone
9 - Playground In My Mind - Clint Holmes
8 - Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy - Bette Midler
7 - Smoke on the Water - Deep Purple
6 - Give Me Love - George Harrison
5 - Kodachrome - Paul Simon
4 - Shambala - Three Dog Night
3 - Yesterday Once More - The Carpenters
2 - Will It Go Round in Circles - Billy Preston
1 - Bad, Bad Leroy Brown - Jim Croce
(1st of 2 consecutive weeks at #1)
The Top Ten Albums
10 - The Captain and Me - The Doobie Brothers
9 - Diamond Girl - Seals and Crofts
8 - Made in Japan - Deep Purple
7 - Fantasy - Carole King
6 - Houses of the Holy - Led Zeppelin
5 - Red Rose Speedway - Paul McCartney and Wings
4 - The Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
3 - Now and Then - Carpenters
2 - There Goes Rhymin' Simon - Paul Simon
1 - Living in the Material World - George Harrison
(5th of 5 consecutive weeks at #1)
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
The Year in Billboard #1 Hits - 1974
Ok here we start a new year of #1 hit songs from the top of the Billboard Hot 100. Here is 1974
January 5th 1974
Time in a Bottle - Jim Croce
(2 weeks at #1)
This was a posthumous #1 hit for the Jim Croce, he was killed 3 months earlier in a plane crash.
January 5th 1974
Time in a Bottle - Jim Croce
(2 weeks at #1)
This was a posthumous #1 hit for the Jim Croce, he was killed 3 months earlier in a plane crash.
Monday, January 10, 2011
#1 Song of the Week
Our #1 song of the week celebrates the birth of one of the all time best singer/songwriters, Jim Croce.
Born today in 1943 in South Philadelphia he was not an overnight success by any stretch of the imagination. He worked for years in night clubs and small gigs while working construction to pay the bills.
In 1972 he signed a 3 record deal and put out 2 albums that same year, "Life & Times" and "You Don't Mess Around with Jim".
He had his biggest success with the first single off "Life & Times" with "Bad Bad Leroy Brown" which hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and stayed for 2 weeks in July 1972.
Sadly he would not get to enjoy the success and fame he had worked so hard for as he and musical partner Marty Muehleisen were tragically killed in a crash on the way to another concert, September 20 1973.
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