With songs like Big Bad Leroy Brown and You Don’t Mess Around with Jim, he made folk music with a beat. With songs like Operator and Time in a Bottle, he brought listeners to tears. Croce was 30 years old when his songs hit the top of the charts and he died in a plane crash.

An undated b/w photo of musician Jim Croce Image source: jimcroce.com

“You don’t tug on Superman’s cape. You don’t spit into the wind. You don’t pull the mask off the old Lone Ranger. And you don’t mess around with Jim.”
-American singer-songwriter Jim Croce, born on this day in 1943.
#MusicSky #Operator #TimeInABottle #History #BOTD

i finished the pocky day drabble for greek tragedy if friends and mutuals would like to read it... 🌾☀️⏳
#glashe-yapper #GreekTragedy #Viatrix #TimeInABottle #TiaB

A screenshot of a snippet of my writing. The page is light gold and the text is dark gold. The text reads as such: Phainon never once thought of himself as a poet, though the sight of Viatrix bathed in the warm glow of the setting sun made him wish he was. Those pale lashes brushing along the arch of her cheekbones, where a smattering of golden hued freckles could be seen. Like constellations. His heartfelt reverie would then be interrupted by the sudden crinkling of a bag of chocolate-flavored Pocky opening. If Phainon were a dog, his ears would’ve perked up and his tail wagging a mile a minute. With her pointer finger and thumb lightly pinching at the end of the biscuit stick, Viatrix slowly tilted her head upwards to meet his bright-eyed gaze. “Is that what I think it is?~” Phainon leaned comfortably into her personal space with a mischievous smile, and Viatrix leveled him with a serious look.

happy pocky day from greek tragedy… 🌾☀️⏳
#glashe-yapper #GreekTragedy #Viatrix #TimeInABottle #TiaB

I missed this, Debbie.
♥️ #JimCroce #TimeInABottle #SaturdayNightMusic 🎶
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Collage on paper “time in a bottle”
6”x 6” collage on paper #collageonpaper #atlantaartist #lcmmart #abstractart #atlantacollagesociey #timeinabottle

Today's "oldie but goodie" is "Time in a Bottle" by Jim Croce, 1972.

#TimeInABottle #JimCroce #music #oldiebutgoodie #1970s

youtu.be/wNBiH-H5kTw

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This day in 1973, #JimCroce died from a plane crash in Louisiana.

#TimeInABottle is still the most moving 🇺🇸 #1 hit ever (1973).

Jim Croce

Real Name: James Joseph Croce

Birth: 10 Jan 1943
South Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA

#Death: 20 Sep 1973 (aged 30)
Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, USA

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#OTD #JimCroce #singer #songwriter #FolkRock #TimeInABottle

Belinda Carlisle’s new album #Once Upon A Time In California

Belinda Carlisle’s new album #Once Upon A Time In California

Happy #BelindaCarlisle #NewAlbum day

Really enjoying listening to her latest album #OnceUponATimeinCalifornia

The sunset #vinyl looks great … and loving the choice of covers, particularly her versions of #TimeInABottle #Superstar #One & #EverybodysTalkin’ (the standout track?)

#RecordCollector

youtube.com/watch? #Music #Musicsky #SoftRock #Ballads
#MusicChallenge
#FirstLineFavorites
Day 13/FINAL
#DavidsMonthOfMusic (Deceased Artists) Day 13
#JimCroce 🕊
#TimeInABottle
The lyrics; moving & unforgettable, song a timeless classic. Age at which he died (30), tragic. Enjoy the video!

$13 Tees, $15 Tanks & V-Necks + All That 70's Summer Music Magic @ kungfububblegum.threadless.com #Seventies #PopMusic #SingerSongwriter #FolkMusic #JimCroce #TimeInABottle #AMRadio #Panapet #tshirts #homedecor #vintage #GenX #Retro #Classic

PoetryPhotographicPoetry © 2020 by Neil E Clement depicting the lyrics for the song "Time in a Bottle" written by Jim Croce in 1972 on a vertical rectangle using black letters on a light green background along with some musical notes, small tree images and sunshine images in lighter green. Time in a Bottle by JIM CROCE · 1972 if I could save time in a bottle the first thing that I’d like to do is to save every day ’til eternity passes away just to spend them with you if I could make days last forever if words could make wishes come true I’d save every day like a treasure and then again, I would spend them with you but there never seems to be enough time to do the things you want to do once you find them I’ve looked around enough to know that you’re the one I want to go through time with if I had a box just for wishes and dreams that’d never come true the box would be empty except for the memory of how they were answered by you but there never seems to be enough time to do the things you want to do once you find them I’ve looked around enough to know that you’re the one I want to go through time with "Time in a Bottle" #JimCroce #TimeInABottle #Poetry #digitalPhotographybyneileclement #PoetryPhotographicPoetry Photo © 2020 Neil E Clement, All Rights Reserved

"Time in a Bottle" #JimCroce #TimeInABottle #Poetry #digitalPhotographybyneileclement #PoetryPhotographicPoetry
Photo © 2020 Neil E Clement, All Rights Reserved

Time in a Bottle Jim Croce · You Don't Mess Around With Jim · Song · 1972

One of the "car" songs my sisters & I would sing as kids & my daughter now sings it to my grandson along with a catalogue of others. I got other things wrong but both of my grown children have good and diverse music sensibilities.
#TimeinaBottle
#JimCroce
#Musicsky
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I don’t hear much of his music though; usually #timeinabottle when I do. He was the only one of the singer-songwriters who seemed to have heard any #leiberandstoller records though I didn’t know what that meant then. Anyhoo, this is a fantastic album so give it a spin. #jimcroce #1972 #abcrecords

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Mixed media on paper “vintage”
8”x5 1/4” mixed media on old notes #mixedmediaonpaper #atlantaartist #lcmmart #abstractart #atlantacollagesociety #timeinabottle #vintage

$14 Tees + up to 35% Off All That 70s Summer Music T-Shirt Magic @ kungfububblegum.threadless.com #Seventies #PopMusic #SingerSongwriter #FolkMusic #JimCroce #TimeInABottle #AMRadio #Panapet #tshirts #homedecor #vintage #GenX #Retro #Classic

Me
like a moth drawn to the light, against the tide, trying to find my way…

#DailyHaikuPrompt
#TimeInABottle
#moth #me
6/5/2025
Book 5

Since Mommyji knew how much I loved the flowers, she bought me a bottle of Yardley Lily of the Valley when I was a little girl.
Many years and bottles later, it remains one of my favourite perfumes. 💚

#TimeInABottle

Time in a Bottle Jim Croce · You Don't Mess Around With Jim · Song · 1972

Music break...this is one my sisters and I used to sing in the car; radios weren't "on demand" back then...IYKYK
#musicsky
#JimCroce
#TimeinaBottle
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Jim Croce - You Don’t Mess Around With Jim album

Choose 20 albums that have stayed with you or influenced you. One album per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just album covers.

Day 19

#MusicChallenge #MusicThreads #Music #JimCroce #TimeInABottle

For what would’ve been Jim Croce’s 82nd birthday. ♥️🎶

#JimCroce #TimeInABottle #Vinyl #VinylRecords #VinylJunkie #VinylCommunity #Music

#timeinabottle
#youth is wasted on the young

#JimCroce #TimeInABottle

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Today's "oldie but goodie" is "Time in a Bottle" by Jim Croce, 1972.

#TimeInABottle #JimCroce #music #oldiebutgoodie #1970s

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNBi...

are you jammin to jim? #jimcroce #jim #croce #operator #badbadleroybrown #operator #timeinabottle

#JimCroce #TimeinaBottle #Music #Lyrics

Time in a Bottle Nostalgia Symposium [IN-PERSON] One-day gathering of video game nostalgia, media, and research-creation in a symposium!

🎟️25 FREE Tickets to our #TimeinaBottle NOSTALGIA symposium on Feb 2, 2024, released!

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