Jim Croce Wrote Music That Still Resonates Today

Singer-songwriter Jim Croce, who wrote the hit song “Time in a Bottle” while living on a farmhouse in Lyndell, has seemingly fallen into obscurity after being killed Sept. 20, 1973, in a plane crash, writes Marc Myers for the Wall Street Journal. But his music still resonates. Croce died at 30, leaving behind a wife and son. At the time of the crash, he was on tour promoting “Life and Times,” his second ABC album of original material… read more >