On Dec. 29, 1973, Jim Croce’s“Time in a Bottle” became the last song of the year to hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. The emotional ballad remained No. 1 for two weeks, knocking Charlie Rich’s “The ...

“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 …” Timeless words, right? Ten years before I got ...

A.J. Croce will present “Croce Plays Croce,” 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 24 at Santa Barbara’s Lobero Theatre. “‘Croce Plays Croce’ starts where the songbook ends, and the story begins by delivering a new ...

Jim Croce was a big deal in the 1970s. I know he would have had a crazy-good career if he had just a little more time on this earth. He enjoyed a few hits in his career, but the 1973 hit “Time In A ...