James Joseph "Jim" Croce was a Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee and singer best known for upbeat urban ballads and songs about the common man. Hits like "Time in a Bottle," "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown," "You Don't Mess Around with Jim," and "Operator" topped the singles music charting, propelling him to national fame. A two-time Grammy nominee, he wrote many of his most successful and timeless songs in the farmhouse nearby before his tragic death in a plane crash.