When I attended grade school, our music classes often provided time for singing old folk songs from a state-approved textbook. I remember, in particular, “Erie Canal” and “Bicycle Built For Two.” For ...

On Sept. 20, 1973 beloved singer and songwriter Jim Croce died when the chartered plane he was flying in crashed into a tree during takeoff in Natchitoches, Louisiana. Croce, who wrote the hit songs ...

UPPER DARBY – Peggy Eckenrode of Drexel Hill remembered hearing Jim Croce singing his song ‘Operator’ when she was 11 years old. ‘He was an inspiration,’ Eckenrode said. ‘I wanted to play the guitar ...

Seconds after taking off from an airport in Natchitoches, La., on the night of Sept. 20, 1973, the small plane carrying musician Jim Croce clipped a tree in the darkness and crashed, killing all six ...

A.J. Croce will perform his own music, some covers and songs written by his father, the late Jim Croce, during the show “Croce Plays Croce: 50th Anniversary Tour” on April 2, 2024, at The Lerner ...