JIM CROCE OPERATOR REACTION

[@rosiebeardshaw658]

I feel like I've joined a big family of like-minded people.At a time in my life when I'm feeling a little excluded. I I've got all this in common with your audience ,I'm not on my own! Thank you.

[@dunismith3045]

Well now you're included! Welcome.

[@dalebaker9109]

Thanks for that Rosie. All the very best to you.

[@jamarrhubbard7426]

Welcome to the music loving family! I just recently joined and I feel like I'm among old friends and family reliving musical memories!

[@reneerice4452]

Welcome! I listen to this almost every morning and look forward to the music that this young man plays for us. You are with friends.

[@marian.jablonski54]

Social media has it's good points - it connects people. Nice to know you Rosie!

[@abc456f]

Jim Croce was a song writer's song writer...master class.

[@rjjohnson2402]

"you can keep the dime." Such a poignant lyric! Back then, if the call didn't go through the operator would release the dime and it would drop through to the change slot. Here, he's so sad he doesn't even want to bother getting his dime out the slot. That's great songwriting.

[@rjjohnson2402]

@@lakecrazy Exactly! I always checked any phone or vending machine. I still remember finding some change in the machine at the laundromat that sold the soap packets. Was in 1968. Seems like yesterday. That's why I love this channel so much. ❤️

[@jimfrederick3907]

Don't forget collecting soda bottles for the 2 cent deposit!

[@lisak4367]

@@lakecrazy sometimes you even got a few extra coins..lol

[@firstname4337]

young people today -- wait, why would you need a dime to make a phone call -- and what's an operator ?

[@whathandleUtalkabt]

I remember being upset when the pay phone booth went from a dime to a quarter. I was livid as teenager.. lol

[@erickvermeulen9734]

It was a sad say when Jim Croce and Maury Muehleisen died way back in 1973, they made such beautiful music. My favourite is I'll have say I love you in a song.

[@pamking357]

Mine too I love it

[@armadillotoe]

Time in a Bottle was great too.

[@kevinwallis2194]

his wife is still selling records of his hits. i bought 2 of them on actual records.

[@debbejones6086]

I love that song

[@saraheart2804]

I remember listening to music on my white transistor radio when they broke in to say he had died. I ran to tell my sister and we both cried.

[@Mona.555]

He died just as he was starting to making it. If I remember right, he was just about to give up on having a music career when he had his first hit. Didn’t even know it. Such a phenomenal talent. We still feel his loss.

[@itscrazyal]

Another classic song that doesn't have any extra "filler" music, and just relies on an acoustic guitar & jim's voice

[@turdferguson400]

He’s one of my big brother’s fave artists of all time. If I even mention his name he starts singing his songs. Doesn’t matter where or when. 😂💖👍

[@sandrabentley1420]

He is so melodic. His voice and the actual music has so much expression. A beautiful song. Thank you.

[@go234ko96ts5]

I consider this one of his best and he had many. Tragically Jim lost his life on September 20, 1973 in a plane crash in Louisiana at the young age of 30. R.I.P. Jim. Couple of other great hits by him were, TIME IN A BOTTLE, BAD BAD LEROY BROWN, I GOT A Name and YOU DON'T MESS AROUND WITH JIM, a talented song write besides a great voice.

[@chab1rd155]

Time in a bottle...CLASSIC

[@JeffOfTheMountains]

Jim Croce is underrated. He makes great songs out of using minimal instrumentation, and his songs usually carry a solid life lesson or meaning.

[@karenchalas8761]

My husband and I were sitting in our car (outside Walmart) and I was watching couples come out. And I said to him"I don't ever want to be them"! These people looked so old!! Then I realized I'm 65 and he's near 70. But we're still wearing our jean jackets and he's rocking an Eagles t-shirt ( and I'm thinking to myself what the hell happened to you people)?? Is it the times we grew up in, was it the music or the lyric's we grew up with? I don't know? I just know I don't ever want to be those people! So we started the car turned on E.L.O. and drove off.( Then I realized WTF we are those people)!!

[@encrypter46]

When my mom was 90, I asked her how old did she feel she was. She pointed to her head and said "like a teenager". Your body ages but your mind pretty much does not. And your mind constantly wonders why your body is changing so quickly. And by quickly I mean many decades. Thus the saying "Life is short". My favorite saying is "Time flies, whether you're having fun or not". Make sure to have many memories.

[@TwistedSither]

One of my favorite Jim Croce songs. I don't think he ever made a bad song. Such a fantastic storyteller, and his stories came from real life. Such a shame that he was gone way too soon.

[@TripletDad3]

Pick out any song on Jim Croce's Photographs and Memories: His Greatest Hits. You won't be disappointed. Croce could write funny songs, touching songs, and songs that made you really think about your life, and his guitarist, Maury Muehleisen, was an absolute master at playing exactly what the song needed, and I've never heard a guitarist that could capture the mood of an acoustic song like he did.

[@shellyshannon5226]

Ahhhhh, the good ole land line. Also the party line was a blast from the past.

[@LadyIarConnacht]

Haha- waiting for my neighbor's grandma to get off the phone. Some of those old ladies could talk for hours.

[@dunismith3045]

@@LadyIarConnacht Long before call waiting!

[@larrywt656]

Yeah, I spent all my summers at my grandmother's house out in the country. She had a party line. If the phone rang two short rings each time, that was someone calling her, and you had to pick up the phone and hope nobody else was talking on it before you could call someone. I was told it was impolite to listen in, so I really never did. I actually inherited that house and live there now...but the party line's been gone since the late 70s.

[@cheyanndoyle1688]

When eavesdropping was fun! Just teasing.lol

[@leonardshevlin7260]

"Working at the Car Wash Blues" has some of my favorite Croce lyrics. It's very funny.

[@michellefarrell9082]

Leonard Shevlin Yes!❤️❤️❤️❤️🎧🎧🎧 Carwash Blues.

[@marthahamil732]

I LOVE Jim Croce!!! Gone too soon. I'm so glad you're doing more of him.

[@Sander12348]

You need to hear I got a name by him. It’s such a beautiful song. It was used in the movie Django by Quentin Tarrantino. :)

[@Drawkcabi]

The scene in Django Unchained where they played that song, in my opinion is one of the most beautiful moments in film history. Brings tears to my eyes every time I see it.

[@suraya1224]

I usually like Tarantino's movies, but I hated "Django"; including this song was the only good thing about the movie. I have loved this song for 50 years. Thanks, Jay.

[@sonjaashmore2972]

This is such a heartfelt song . He really puts all of his soul into the performance .

[@rayandsuepalmer4736]

The heartbreak in this song wrecks me every time. Excuse me. There's something in my eye. Everyone has been here at some time in their lives regardless of the technology.

[@fleetskipper1810]

Everyone can relate to betrayal and being the one left holding the emotional bag and wondering what to do with it.

[@michaellynch5254]

Time in a bottle, I'll have to say I love you in a song, and I got a name. I think I got a name is his best song.

[@michele21auntiem]

Photographs and Memories might be one you like.

[@shandac1027]

Love this song!!! Its a story we can all relate to except you'd have to know what using a payphone was like haha! " I've Got A Name " is a great one too!

[@birdnest5814]

I had all of his albums, on cassette tape. Huge fan here🙋‍♀️

[@Msgtdaveg]

He’s my all-time favorite..... both of my 20+ year old daughters HATE that they know every word to all of his songs.

[@thumpyloudfoot864]

Your daughters need to know this skill is gonna someday gonna help them find the right person to fall in love with....

[@videono1]

😂

[@introvert4everfreddy656]

😆😆😆😝

[@wpollock1]

My two 20+ year old daughters want my vinyl of Jim that I have from the 70"s....they love him!.

[@vincentjoyce5100]

David Greagrey good parenting!

[@archstanton9206]

Jim was a very rare combination of poet, artist, musician, storyteller, and singer. The fact that this song reached out and touched you the way it did proves that his gift is timeless, and that makes me happy. I am sure he would be touched to see a young guy in 2020 being so moved by one of his classics.Well done, Jay.

[@cynthiacharles3344]

Another Great Story Teller, Singer and Musician.

[@mspfinney]

Jim’s songs to listen to: I’ve got a Name, Photographs and Memories, You Don’t Mess Around With Jim, I’ll have to Say I Love You in a Song, Time in a Bottle, Bad Bad Leroy Brown.

[@pamchilton8129]

You don't pull on Superman's cape, you don't spit into the wind. 🙂

[@sriley517]

Love your channel and your reactions to discovery of great music! Jim Croce doesn't have a bad song! I was 9 years old when he died in a plane crash. I cried like a baby! The man was a genius. Only 30 years old. His lead guitarist, backing vocals Maury Muehleisen was only 23 years old. He was great. Still devastated to this day!! He left us some great music! He wrote about his true life experiences!! Enjoy the Journey!! ✌

[@snipchick]

Loved Jim Croce. Try "Photographs & Memories" and "I Got A Name"

[@llGracell]

Love watching your oldie music reviews -- back when a lot of the artists wrote and performed their own music. They poured their heart and soul into their craft, and their music has stood through the generations.

[@michaelmolloy6697]

One of the most talented songwriters and performer. So under rated.

[@Spazzmatazzz]

We didn't always need an operator to connect us but in some smaller towns you did. In this song, the operator gave him the correct number when he sang, "I can't read the number that you just gave me. Something in my eye, you know it happens everytime I think about the love I thought would save me." His eyes were full of tears and they were also maybe falling on the ink he'd written. The way you love lyrics, check out "I'll have to say I love you in a song". ☺☻

[@bethshadid2087]

You always had to make sure when you left home to have at least one dime shoved in your purse or shoe just in case.

[@bethkahn8278]

Oh man so funny. My mom always made me put one in my shoe!

[@jimmyfortrue3741]

Back then when someone gave you their phone number, writing it down on a pack of matches was pretty common. No saving it in a phone... Memorize it or write it down. Croce was a great storyteller... Lots more for you to check out.

[@freckled100]

Everything about this song is good. It tells a story, he sings so well and his guitar playing is excellent.

[@raycornell5102]

Unanswered calls did not cost anything, many folks would place a person-to-person or collect call asking for themselves so whoever answered the call would know they were ok. No charge because the person was not there to accept the call and accept the charges.

[@ericrussell4720]

this song has always made me cry :( but i love this song!!!!!

[@ginaluvsrush6093]

Cutting onions over here! 😖

[@Lynndane]

Yes. I get teary eyed everytime I hear it.

[@introvert4everfreddy656]

😆😝

[@patsloyan9755]

Amazing. After all these years, I still remember the words. ( singin)

[@spankyhanderson3680]

“She's living in L.A. with my best old ex-friend Ray.” Soooo much story compacted into a single sentence. Croce was a gifted storyteller and this is one of his best. I think you’ll enjoy Bad, Bad Leroy Brown. Another great story, not quite so raw and heartbreaking, but a real rollicking romp of a song!

[@mrheem44]

the next line says a ton too 'a guy she said she knew well and sometimes hated' lotsa guys could relate to that one with sadness and fury

[@dannomikos6334]

i still remember putting a dime in the telephone booth, yes i said telephone booth, to make a call, and i remember going through the channels on my AM radio ( before there was FM ) looking for this song and looking for tim buckley - once i was, both songs are still two of my all time favorites.

[@plother4242]

Another great Jim Croce song is "time in a bottle" would like to see you listen to that one.

[@ABertagurl]

My altime favourite Croce song. Gets me in the heart every single time.

[@pattyyoung2103]

He has a reaction to time in a bottle

[@lisak4367]

@@ABertagurl me too

[@chrystlearkan1968]

Jim Croce's son, A.J., is also a musician and there's a video of him doing a duet of shirts with his father on the song Jim wrote when he found out his wife was pregnant. It's called Time in a Bottle and it's just beautiful. As far as Bad Bad Leroy Brown, it's a cool song that you might consider reacting to, then following up with Queen's Bring Back that Leroy Brown. It was the inspiration for Queen's song although a very different take on the subject.

[@chrystlearkan1968]

Not *shirts. Should be *sorts

[@katemacgillivray210]

I was so sad when Jim Croce died. I loved his songwriting and felt (well, still feel) that we got robbed of hearing him put out more albums. So talented.

[@sonyawasmer2344]

❤️💙💜 these singer/songwriters like Croce, James Taylor and Carole King!! You have much music to react to, Jovaughn!

[@Phoenix85006]

You can add Carly Simon to this list!

[@sonyawasmer2344]

Phoenix85006 Absolutely!!!

[@debisjoy8017]

Your generation never had to deal with the operator on a phone line! This brings back good memories of calling a friend or like my fiancée and waiting for more dimes to go into the pay phone.♥️

[@bethshadid2087]

Mom: don't forget to put a dime in your shoe just in case 😁

[@turdferguson400]

Beth Shadid hehe 😂😂😂

[@tracidevine4591]

Or call collect if it's an emergency 😂😂

[@bethshadid2087]

Traci my favorite was calling the operator to cut in on a call.

[@jamarrhubbard7426]

I remember😂😂😂

[@bronzebeast5453]

Always love your videos man and thank you for uploading so often!

[@JayveeTV]

Np man I love what I do

[@bethshadid2087]

Jay it definately shows. You should check out Alice's Restaurant for a long laughing ride 😁

[@garylindsey5174]

Crazy about this song,especially the guitar work! It's just beautiful!!!

[@shirleykelly9971]

Jim Croce was just hitting his stride as a singer and songwriter when he was killed we can only imagine what he would have accomplished

[@turnerdan53]

Other songs of Jim's are One Less Set of Footsteps and Lover's Cross.

[@reneerice4452]

Lovers cross and New York's Not My Home are 2 favorites of mine. So underrated.

[@TripletDad3]

Excellent songs, but then again, there aren't any bad Croce songs.

[@MindyKoch1]

Ooh I do love Lover’s Cross!! I agree though, all his songs are great.

[@kwanshiyin]

Love his music. I was a freshman in college when we heard over the radio that he had been killed in a plane crash. I felt like I'd been punched.

[@jonathanjackson9208]

This song is one of my most favorite Croce songs. And tells such a deep story about love . He was such a beautiful artist!

[@debbejones6086]

Time in a Bottle is another good song.

[@alexandraj2005]

Yes!

[@falcongal63]

Debbe Jones He reacted to that one, too. :-)

[@super7o]

What I love about Jim is that he didn’t have a front, he wasn’t afraid to be honest. He was genuine before his time , love his music .awesome react .

[@scifiwriter6092]

Thank you for being so open minded. You are an amazing person. It's crazy how many artist died in plane accidents. If you want a movie about the craziness of having to have an operator transfer calls, you should see Pillow Talk with Rock Hudson and Doris Day. Thank you for your video, and thumbs up!

[@ayseclark-carter8744]

What a lovely song Jay . Gone to soon brings a tear to your eye love it thanks Jay 😊😊💖💕💖

[@juliagrant3299]

Amazing, one of my parents and my favs. His family is from Rochester and seeing his son perform with his grandparents was so fun.

[@juliagrant3299]

I lived in Rochester most of my entire adult life and going to Waterstreet to see his son perform with family in the front row was such a gift. My dad always had Jim on his amazing stereo and this song is one of my favorites.

[@cathyaudette1060]

I was heartbroken when he died back in1973. I always wonder what other wonderful songs he would have created. My favorite is Time in a Bottle. My boyfriend dedicated it to me on the radio. All Jim Croce's songs told a story, sometimes sad like Operator and sometimes hilarious like Bad Bad Leroy Brown. Thanks for reacting.

[@jeanfish7]

I learned about Jim' death in home economics class, the teacher let us listen to the radio, 15 teenagers in tears and hysterically, blessings to our teacher, never would have guessed her arms could be so long!!!

[@aw072]

I think Jim Croce was playing in the delivery room when I was born, I’ve listened to him so long! 🙃 Unfortunately, his is a very short discography, 3 records total between ‘72 & ‘73. Though his musical career only began in 1966, and he was gaining popularity, he and 5 others were killed in an airplane accident September 20, 1973. Croce was 30 years old. 😥 In almost any case, I like an artist’s, or band’s, good songs that remained unheard to most anyone who didn’t own the record. So I recommend these 2 songs: Workin at The Car Wash Blues kzbin.info/www/bejne/qn2umYikocSsnsU Rapid Roy That Stock Car Boy kzbin.info/www/bejne/anOxqHRqjMuLfrM Thanks, J! Keep killing the reactions!! 😁 🙌🏼

[@angieknape9173]

I remember 10c phone calls! Jim Croce was one of a kind!

[@dagnelpaula1]

Jim Croce WAS such a talented man. And just beginning to take off and become a well known name in the music industry. Even more importantly, he and his wife, Ingrid, were very much in love. They also had a little boy who was only 2 years only when his Dad died. Too sad. And so sad that we lost years and years of more wonderful music. Great reaction; so glad you enjoy his music, too.

[@jackiesueann3476]

This song makes me emotional. Great great songwriter and storyteller of our time. RIP Jim..you are great!✌❤🎶😁

[@kelseycurtis1546]

We were hearing this great song on AM radio back in the early days of the 70's .Now you can hear it with quality sound and can tell what a great musician Croce was. That's why we wanted to hear guys like him in live venues. it was actually better then the radio version when you heard it live. Thanks jayvee for this video review.

[@mrheem44]

That chorus - "isn't that the waaay they say it goes........." is one of the best ever of that 70's singer/songwriter era. Right up there with "Oh I've seen fire and I've ....."----you all know the rest of that one........♪♪♪

[@StudeSteve62]

Check out Dan Fogelberg, too...another great singer-songwriter gone too soon (though he had a much longer career than Jim, with a string of sizeable hits between about 1977 and 1984).

[@phoenixdoglover9403]

He went too soon, dammit. What could have been? It just makes this song all the more sorrowful.

[@lisac9930]

When he said, "There's something in my eye(s)", I think that was a lie, to keep from letting the operator know he was crying & that was really why he couldn't see the #. That's my take on it, anyway...

[@carollandrum9223]

My mother was driving me to school one morning and we heard on the radio that he had been killed in a plane crash. I was crushed. Such a talented man!

[@patriciajackson5870]

Great song!☮☮ He also sung If I could put time in a bottle.

[@bbz7672]

Jim Croce was amazing! Beautiful voice.

[@garyr8739]

I remember when local calls were a 5 cents (city, town, etc). 10 cents in your area code, anything else was long distance and was charged by the minute. Then it went to 10, for a few more years before it hit 25. Also, you would dial the operator for emergencies before 911 - Fire, police, medical emergencies. They did a lot more than just look up phone numbers or dial the number for you. You could even get things like local time and temperature from them before that was given a number you could call to get it.

[@midnightfury7267]

I remember I was in Jr. high when I heard on the radio that Jim had died in a plane crash. He was really on a tear through the music scene and at the top of his game. Great composer and performer. One of the best story tellers through his music and could craft haunting ballads that were spun into 70's gold. One of my favorites is the sweet short "Salon and Saloon".

[@ameygarcia-aviles5332]

Good tune! I remember my mom and aunties listening to it.

[@76006linda]

I remember when the phone booths started disappearing , I was like oh no I have to buy a phone now for sure. This was a very good song but sad. Yes, Jim Croce was very talented. Another good one is "I got a name".

[@mmay2669]

I'd like to suggest Marc Cohn - Walking in Memphis

[@stevetournay3731]

Yes. (There's a terrific live recording of that song, too, where Cohn prefaces it with the whole story of how he came to write it.)

[@heyou702pc]

Old Soldier

[@chrissacco4361]

This was getting constant radio play in 1972 when I first met my now husband. He was in college and I was still in high school. We’ll be married 46 yrs on Labor Day. ❤️ Thanks for the memories.

[@zoocheeks]

I’ve always loved this song. I can remember being in the car with my dad. I was maybe six. We were flying down a dirt road in the summertime. We were singing this song at the top of our lungs. It’s a great memory for me.❤️

[@magalindababy]

Forgot this amazing song & singer. He was amazing, makes my tears flow. The words & music are beautiful.

[@absea7918]

Great reaction! Yes, Jim Croce was such a talented singer and songwriter. Glad to see you enjoy him!

[@bigstyx]

I’m not happy about growing old but I grow up with the greatest music that you can’t find anymore.

[@KPB33]

Man he's got so many great songs! One of my all time favorite artists. I've got a name, don't mess around with jim, New York's not my home, photographs and memories, lovers cross, and more.

[@chrislorditch6100]

Jim Croce has great songs, brings back great memories. It’s sad that his life was cut so short💔

[@brendacarter48]

One of my all time songwriters of story telling.....genius

[@bethshadid2087]

Love this song. Jayvee TV I've got a good one for ya....Arlo Guthrie "Alice's Restaurant". Kinda long but I think you'll enjoy it.....story telling from 69 and it's hilariously funny 😁

[@drbvo9578]

Your comments are spot on! All of them. We have been listening to Gordon now for 30 years, never disappoints! My personal favorite is Canadian Railroad song and Early Morning Rain

[@matthewhoag2609]

I came to your channel for some Metallica, AND I get my Jim Croce fix too? Hell yeah! I really love how you are sampling music from all over the spectrum. I would have loved to have all of that music at my fingertips growing up in the 80’s. Lol, we couldn’t even look up lyrics. If you couldn’t understand part of a song you had to rewind over and over trying to figure it out. Some songs I’m sure I sang wrong for 20+ years, lol. Croce has such a wonderful voice, and man, I love his guitar work. One of those artists that was taken from us too soon. He has a special place in my heart because my dad listened to him. When I hear a Jim Croce song, I can’t help thinking if my dad who has passed away. I’m looking forward to Bad Bad Leroy Brown. It definitely has more attitude that the first two you listened too. Cheers!

[@JayveeTV]

So sorry for your loss

[@Tbirdhaynes]

His song “Cottonmouth River” is one of my all time favorites. All his songs are pretty short but he was a fantastic storyteller and he packs a lot of story and imagery in those short songs! He was taken from us way to early in a plane crash in Louisiana.

[@JJ-rb8sc]

Thank you young man for playing Jim Croce tonite. It was my first year in College in Brooklyn. You brought back that time... and of course, I remember the sad sad day we all heard Jim Croce had died I was too young to understand how young he was ... Thank you very much..

[@wendydouglas425]

Love this song! One of my top 3 Jim Croce songs. The other two are Photographs and Memories, The Hard Way Every Time. You would love them.

[@09kittykatz09]

So glad you like our Jim!!! We lost him just when we were getting to look forward to his next song!!! Like Gordy, Croce was a wordsmith!!!

[@sassypants7581]

We lost a good one in Jim. Thanx J. 👍😎

[@Bette_Fontenot]

Growing up, it was always "Bad Bad Leroy Brown" and "Don't Mess Around With Slim." I never paid attention to Jim's slower songs. Then I went to Miami to visit family when I was about 21 y/o. And my aunt and uncle played Jim the whole time in the car, and they told me to listen to "Operator." They were laughing about it when they told me the premise: this man is pouring his heart out over the phone about a woman he lost and the whole time he's talking to the operator. I finally gave it chance in my 30s, and it's my all-time favorite Croce song.

[@2zxodcfm]

A great song. It will never fade because the topic sentiment cuts everyone of us deeply. Perhaps our deepest cut thiugh relates to our one time dime phone booths! That cut will never heal.

[@chrisn1038]

I found myself in jail for a few months after a year long bender and I bought a radio on commissary and there were 2 stations that came in clear - oldies and country. I'm an oldies/folk/classic rock/motown fan. The oldies station seemed to play Operator once a day and it always got me out of my head. Beautiful song. Another one they played a few times a week was April Come She Will by Simon and Garfunkel. 2 minutes of bliss.

[@rjjohnson2402]

Yea! I love Jim Croce so much. When you reacted to him last time, there was a big argument about how to pronounce his name (I think someone unsubsribed because he didn't like being proved wrong!) The definitive proof was when Dick Cavett asked him on TV. The answer is KROH-chay not KROH-chee. In the video clip below, he's also singing Operator, live. He says his name at 4:00 mark. kzbin.info/www/bejne/lXeon3eulMyUeas

[@MindyKoch1]

I love watching you discover these artists! Jim Croce is genius!! You will love Bad, Bad, Leroy Brown. I love Lover’s Cross. You are a delight!!

[@clydeb7713]

I Think about the love that I thought woild save me Now, THAT'S some derp lyrics.

[@nickronca1562]

These are my top 10 favorite Jim Croce songs 1. I Got A Name 2. I'll Have to Say I Love You In A Song 3. One Less Set Of Footsteps 4. Operator (Not The Way It Feels) 5. Bad, Bad Leroy Brown 6. Time In A Bottle 7. You Don't Mess Around With Jim 8. Lover's Cross 9. Photographs and Memories 10. Hey Tomorrow

[@benmobi]

This used to make my babysitter cry. Some poor desperate guy in a phone booth under crushing circumstances ... "You've been so much more than kind. And you can keep the dime"

[@lindaluane]

HArd Way Every Time is also one of my favorites... Jim Croce is one of my favorite singers. Also One Less Set of Footseps is one of the best "break-up" songs ever.. I Got a Name is amazing!