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Jim Croce

1943 - 1973

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James Joseph Croce ( KROH-chee; January 10, 1943 – September 20, 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jim Croce has received more than 9,250,546 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Jim Croce is the 751st most popular musician (up from 775th in 2019), the 3,794th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,926th in 2019) and the 234th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 9.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.97

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.92

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Jim Croce ranks 751 out of 3,175. Before him are Pierre Baillot, Christian Ferdinand Abel, Rudolf Barshai, John Miles, Wanda Jackson, and Marco Uccellini. After him are Peter Machajdík, Frank Beard, Pink Anderson, Željko Joksimović, Alice, and Francisco Canaro.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Jim Croce ranks 267. Before him are Cornelia Froboess, Tuesday Weld, Tariq Ali, Gilbert & George, Jimmy Snuka, and Roberto Micheletti. After him are Negasso Gidada, Laura Biagiotti, Michel Ocelot, António Simões, Prince Franz Wilhelm of Prussia, and Milan Nenadić. Among people deceased in 1973, Jim Croce ranks 128. Before him are Grigori Kozintsev, Vilhelm Moberg, Alexander Vandegrift, Elisa Leonida Zamfirescu, Nikolay Kamov, and Archduchess Isabella of Austria. After him are Sergei Tumansky, Günther Pancke, Abd al-Rahman al-Bazzaz, Ira Sprague Bowen, Laurens Hammond, and Adolfo Zumelzú.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jim Croce ranks 3,794 out of 20,380. Before him are Wanda Jackson (1937), Ty Cobb (1886), John Perkins (1945), Machine Gun Kelly (1895), Sarah Paulson (1974), and Bernie Mac (1957). After him are Thomas Newman (1955), Robert Foxworth (1941), Michael Richards (1949), Darlene Conley (1934), Aileen Riggin (1906), and Bruce Rauner (1957).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Jim Croce ranks 234. Before him are Kerry King (1964), Bix Beiderbecke (1903), Jim Hall (1930), McCoy Tyner (1938), Eric Singer (1958), and Wanda Jackson (1937). After him are Frank Beard (1949), Pink Anderson (1900), Ira Gershwin (1896), Jimmy Smith (1925), Dave Grohl (1969), and Chrissie Hynde (1951).

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