JIM CROCE SONG BOOK: You Don't Mess Around With Jim

Jim Croce

Published by Blendingwell Music, Inc., Englewood, NJ U.S.A., 1972

About this Item

JIM CROCE SONG BOOK: You Don't Mess Around With Jim (1972 Blendingwell Music) This is the songbook of the music found in Jim Croce's 3rd Album. 64pp; color photos both sides of covers, 8pp b&w photos. Contains words and music to 12 Jim Croce songs, including: You Don't Mess Around With Jim; Hard Time Losin' Man; Walkin' Back To Georgia; Time In A Bottle; and eight more. James Joseph Croce (1943-1973) was an American folk and rock singer-songwriter. Between 1966 and 1973, he released five studio albums and numerous singles. During this period, Croce took a series of odd jobs to pay bills while he continued to write, record and perform concerts. After Croce formed a partnership with the songwriter and guitarist Maury Muehleisen in the early 1970s, his fortunes turned. Croce's breakthrough came in 1972, when his third album, You Don't Mess Around with Jim, produced three charting singles, including "Time in a Bottle", which reached No. 1 after Croce died. The follow-up album Life and Times included the song "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown", Croce's only No. 1 hit during his lifetime. On September 20, 1973, at the height of his popularity and the day before the lead single to his fifth album, I Got a Name, was released, Croce, Muehleisen, and four others died in a plane crash. His music continued to chart throughout the 1970s following his death. Croce's widow and early songwriting partner, Ingrid, continued to write and record after his death. Songbook displays piano plus melody lines and has guitar chords with lyrics. Book has been used showing compression creases. Interior is complete, clean, and unmarked. Glued paperback binding is starting to separate, but pages are still bound in as of this date. Page-edges have stains from drink splashes. Now stored in a plastic bag, rear cover had bound with another book leaving scars. Album released in 1972, each song has that date in its copyright. Blendingwell catalog: B3-1168. No ISBN nor LCCN. MSR = US $4.95. Thanks for looking!

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: JIM CROCE SONG BOOK: You Don't Mess Around With Jim
• Publisher: Blendingwell Music, Inc., Englewood, NJ U.S.A.
• Publication Date: 1972
• Language: English
• Binding: Soft cover
• Illustrator: Paul Wilson (Photos of Jim Croce)
• Printing: Printing Unknown
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Weight: 8 ounces
• Signed: No Ownership Markings