Shilohkoko - You Don't Mess Around With Jim
Shilohkoko
Nov 03, 2024 10:26pm
<p><img src="https://singsnap-cdn.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/message-board/threads/8VAS/da844cc56e_YRJ4_media.gif"> <img src="https://singsnap-cdn.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/message-board/threads/FYEV/6f931d910b_JQBG_media.gif"> <img src="https://singsnap-cdn.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/message-board/threads/8VAS/da844cc56e_YRJ4_media.gif"></p><p><br></p><p><strong style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"><em>" You Don't Mess Around with Jim</em></strong><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"> is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Croce" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Jim Croce</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">, released in April </span><strong style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">1972 </strong><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">by </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABC_Records" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">ABC Records</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">The record spent 93 weeks on the charts, longer than any other Jim Croce album. Due to the strong performance of the </span><strong style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">posthumous</strong><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"> single release "</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_in_a_Bottle" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Time in a Bottle</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">" (#1 pop, No. 1 AC), </span><em style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">You Don't Mess Around with Jim</em><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"> was the best selling album in the U.S. for five weeks in early 1974. It was listed at No. 6 on the 1974 </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cash_Box" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"><em>Cash Box</em></a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"> year-end album charts. Two singles were originally released from the album in 1972: the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Don%27t_Mess_Around_with_Jim_(song)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">title track</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"> (#8 pop) and "</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operator_(That%27s_Not_the_Way_It_Feels)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels)</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">" (#17 pop). ............ "</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Don%27t_Mess_Around_with_Jim_(song)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">You Don't Mess Around with Jim</a>" is track one on ths album. </p><p><br></p><p><img src="https://singsnap-cdn.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/message-board/threads/M2JX/7fb2ac283e_AZ1W_media.png"><img src="https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/images/og-jim-croce-9127.jpg"><img src="https://singsnap-cdn.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/message-board/threads/M2JX/7fb2ac283e_AZ1W_media.png"></p><p><br></p><p><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">On </span><strong style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">September 20, 1973</strong><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">, at the height of his popularity and the day before the lead single to his fifth album, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Got_a_Name" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"><em>I Got a Name</em></a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">, was released, Croce and five others died in a plane crash. </span><strong style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">He was 30 years old.</strong><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"> His music continued to chart throughout the 1970s following his death. Croce's widow and early songwriting partner, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingrid_Croce" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Ingrid</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">, continued to write and record after his death. Their son, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._J._Croce" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">A. J. Croce</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">, became a singer-songwriter in the 1990s." </span> </p><p><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</span></p><p><span class="ql-cursor"></span></p>