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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 8,684,190 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Jim Croce is the 778th most popular musician (up from 987th in 2019), the 3,937th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,862nd in 2019) and the 256th most popular American Musician.

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  • 8.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.59

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.08

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.45

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Jim Croce ranks 778 out of 2,662. Before him are Adam Clayton, Teddy Wilson, Billie Joe Armstrong, Bernhard Romberg, Gerd Albrecht, and Theodore Thomas. After him are Mischa Elman, Hide, Desmond Dekker, Jan Johansson, Tommy Dorsey, and Dave Grohl.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Jim Croce ranks 258. Before him are Lobo, William Calley, James Turrell, Giovanni Goria, Walter Godefroot, and Valery Nepomnyashchy. After him are Sani Abacha, Dušan Uhrin, Mulatu Astatke, Marika Green, Scott Walker, and Michel Ocelot. Among people deceased in 1973, Jim Croce ranks 125. Before him are Paul van Zeeland, Âşık Veysel, Lauri Lehtinen, Yaakov Dori, Grigori Kozintsev, and José Alfredo Jiménez. After him are Amleto Giovanni Cicognani, Carmine Gallone, Paavo Talvela, Nikolay Kamov, Winthrop Rockefeller, and Eleazar López Contreras.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jim Croce ranks 3,937 out of 18,182. Before him are Bill W. (1895), Stuart Roosa (1933), Robert McKee (1941), Susan Kohner (1936), Jimmy Smits (1955), and James Rosenquist (1933). After him are Richard Roundtree (1942), Whitfield Diffie (1944), Toby Keith (1961), Howard Pyle (1853), Armand Hammer (1898), and Eunice Newton Foote (1819).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Jim Croce ranks 256. Before him are Fats Waller (1904), Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829), Taj Mahal (1942), Steve Lukather (1957), Teddy Wilson (1912), and Billie Joe Armstrong (1972). After him are Tommy Dorsey (1905), Dave Grohl (1969), Roy Buchanan (1939), Jeff Hanneman (1964), Scott Walker (1943), and Huey Lewis (1950).

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