Post by BAZanine on Apr 21, 2024 22:20:51 GMT
James Joseph Croce (10 January 1943 - 20 September 1973)
Years Active: 1964 - 1973
Voice Type: I Got a Tone (bari)
Vocal Range: D2 - G4
{Vocal Summary}What is there to say about Jim Croce? Not much. He sings time in a bottle, doesn’t like to sing high, perfect to make you fall asleep
Written by CT .
Written by CT .
Significant High Notes:
G4 ("Big Fat Woman")
F♯4 ("What the Hell")
F4 ("Five Short Minutes", "Maybe Tomorrow", "Spin, Spin, Spin", "Washington at Valley Forge" live Cazenovia College 1964)
E4 ("Charlie Green, Play That Slide Trombone", "Hard Hearted Hannah (The Vamp from Savannah)", "I Got a Name", "One Less Set of Footsteps", "Roller Derby Queen", "San Francisco Bay Blues" live Cazenovia College 1964, "Stone Walls", "Washington at Valley Forge" live Cazenovia College 1964, "What the Hell", "Workin' at the Car Wash Blues")
E♭4 ("Maybe Tomorrow", "Woke Up This Morning" live Cazenovia College 1964)
D4 ("Age" I Got a Name version, "Another Day, Another Town", "Big Fat Woman", "Chain Gang Medley", "Charlie Green, Play That Slide Trombone", "Child of Midnight", "Cotton Mouth River", "Dreamin' Again", "Hard Hearted Hannah (The Vamp from Savannah)", "Hard Times Be Over", "Hey Tomorrow", "King's Song", "La Bamba" live Cazenovia College 1964, "Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels)", "Railroad Song", "Railroads and Riverboats", "Seek and You Shall Find" live Cazenovia College 1964, "Shopping for Clothes" live Glassboro State College 15/1/1973, "Speedball Tucker", "Steel Rail Blues", "Texas Rodeo", "Vespers", "What Do People Do", "Which Way Are You Goin'?", "You Don't Mess Around With Jim")
C♯4 ("Age" Jim & Ingrid Croce version, "Chain Gang Medley", "Coal Tattoo", "A Good Time Man Like Me Ain't Got No Business (Singin' the Blues)", "I Got a Name", "The Man That Is Me", "The Migrant Worker", "Mississippi Lady", "New York's Not My Home", "Ol' Man River", "Railroads and Riverboats", "Top Hat Bar and Grille", "Tomorrow's Gonna Be a Brighter Day", "Walkin' Back to Georgia", "The Way We Used To", "Woke Up This Morning" live Cazenovia College 1964)
C4 ("Ball of Kirriemuir" live Glassboro State College 15/1/1973, "Box #10", "Five Short Minutes", "Hey Tomorrow", "I Am What I Am", "It Doesn't Have to Be That Way", "It's All Over Mary Ann", "King's Song", "A Long Time Ago", "Lover's Cross", "Next Time, This Time", "Photographs and Memories", "San Francisco Bay Blues" live Cazenovia College 1964, "Spin, Spin, Spin", "These Dreams", "Thursday", "Time in a Bottle", "What Do People Do")
B3 ("Age" Jim & Ingrid Croce version / I Got a Name version, "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown", "Big Wheel", "Careful Man", "Charlie Green, Play That Slide Trombone", "Child of Midnight", "Country Girl", "Dreamin' Again", "A Good Time Man Like Me Ain't Got No Business (Singin' the Blues)", "Hard Time Losin' Man", "A Long Time Ago", "The Man That Is Me", "Ol' Man River", "Railroad Song", "Rapid Roy (The Stock Car Boy)", "Roller Derby Queen", "Salon and Saloon", "Speedball Tucker", "Stone Walls", "Sun Come Up", "These Dreams", "Time in a Bottle", "Tomorrow's Gonna Be a Brighter Day", "The Way We Used To", "Which Way Are You Goin'?", "Workin' at the Car Wash Blues", "You Don't Mess Around With Jim")
Significant Low Notes:
D3 ("(And) I Remember Her", "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown", "Big Wheel", "Chain Gang Medley", "Charlie Green, Play That Slide Trombone", "Coal Tattoo", "Cotton Mouth River", "Dreamin' Again", "A Long Time Ago", "Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels)", "Railroad Song", "Shopping for Clothes" live Glassboro State College 15/1/1973, "Speedball Tucker", "Sun Come Up", "Vespers", "What Do People Do", "Which Way Are You Goin'?", "Workin' at the Car Wash Blues", "You Don't Mess Around With Jim")
C♯3 ("Age" Jim & Ingrid Croce version, "Chain Gang Medley", "Country Girl", "Hard Hearted Hannah (The Vamp from Savannah)", "Just Another Day", "The Migrant Worker", "Mississippi Lady", "Railroad Song", "Top Hat Bar and Grille", "Walkin' Back to Georgia")
C3 ("Ball of Kirriemuir" live Glassboro State College 15/1/1973, "Box #10", "Hey Tomorrow", "It Doesn't Have to Be That Way", "It's All Over Mary Ann", "Lover's Cross", "More Than That Tomorrow", "Next Time, This Time", "One Less Set of Footsteps", "Recently", "Seek and You Shall Find" live Cazenovia College 1964, "Steel Rail Blues", "Thursday")
B2 ("Age" Jim & Ingrid Croce version / I Got a Name version, "Another Day, Another Town", "Careful Man", "Child of Midnight", "Dreamin' Again", "A Good Time Man Like Me Ain't Got No Business (Singin' the Blues)", "Hard Time Losin' Man", "The Hard Way Every Time", "I Got a Name", "King's Song", "Photographs and Memories", "Rapid Roy (The Stock Car Boy)", "Roller Derby Queen", "Salon and Saloon", "Stone Walls", "These Dreams", "Time in a Bottle", "Tomorrow's Gonna Be a Brighter Day", "Top Hat Bar and Grille", "Vespers", "What the Hell")
B♭2 ("The Ballad of Gunga Din")
A2 ("(And) I Remember Her", "Another Day, Another Town", "The Blizzard", "Box #10", "Cigarettes, Whiskey and Wild, Wild Women", "Five Short Minutes", "Hard Times Be Over", "I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song", "It Doesn't Have to Be That Way", "Just Another Day", "King's Song", "The Man That Is Me", "More Than That Tomorrow", "New York's Not My Home", "Ol' Man River", "One Less Set of Footsteps", "These Dreams", "Until It's Time for Me to Go", "What the Hell")
G♯2 ("Tomorrow's Gonna Be a Brighter Day")
G2 ("Alabama Rain", "Next Time, This Time", "Recently")
F♯2 ("The Blizzard")
F2 ("The Ballad of Gunga Din")
E2 ("Ol' Man River", "Shopping for Clothes" live Glassboro State College 15/1/1973)
D2 ("Workin' at the Car Wash Blues")
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*Blue marks clear falsetto notes.
*Italics mark non-melodic notes.
*Boldface marks notes that are considered impressive in relation to this person's vocal capabilities.
*Underlines mark notes obscured in the mix of the song.
*Dates on this thread are listed with the format DD/MM/YYYY.
Best Vocal Performances:
1. I Got a Name
2. Time in a Bottle
3. New York's Not My Home
4. Another Day, Another Town
5. Until It's Time for Me to Go
{Questionable Notes}C5 ("You Don't Mess Around With Jim" live Harper College 5/2/1973[1a])
B4 ("You Don't Mess Around With Jim"[1a])
B♭4 ("Charlie Green, Play That Slide Trombone"[1a])
G♯4 ("Hard Time Losin' Man" demo[1a], "I Got a Name"[2a])
E4 ("New York's Not My Home"[2a])
D3 ("I Am What I Am"[2a])
B♭2 ("You Don't Mess Around With Jim"[1b])
G2 ("Hey Tomorrow"[1b])
F♯2 ("Rapid Roy (The Stock Car Boy)"[1b], "Until It's Time for Me to Go"[1b])
E2 ("I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song"[1b])
E♭2 ("Shopping for Clothes" live Glassboro State College 15/1/1973[1b])
C♯2 ("Salon and Saloon"[1b])
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[1] Questionable representativeness.
a. Brief trills in high range.
b. Brief dips and anacrusis in low range.
[2] Questionable identity.
a. Ambiguous backing vocal.
B4 ("You Don't Mess Around With Jim"[1a])
B♭4 ("Charlie Green, Play That Slide Trombone"[1a])
G♯4 ("Hard Time Losin' Man" demo[1a], "I Got a Name"[2a])
E4 ("New York's Not My Home"[2a])
D3 ("I Am What I Am"[2a])
B♭2 ("You Don't Mess Around With Jim"[1b])
G2 ("Hey Tomorrow"[1b])
F♯2 ("Rapid Roy (The Stock Car Boy)"[1b], "Until It's Time for Me to Go"[1b])
E2 ("I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song"[1b])
E♭2 ("Shopping for Clothes" live Glassboro State College 15/1/1973[1b])
C♯2 ("Salon and Saloon"[1b])
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[1] Questionable representativeness.
a. Brief trills in high range.
b. Brief dips and anacrusis in low range.
[2] Questionable identity.
a. Ambiguous backing vocal.
{Notewatched Discography & Album Ranges}Facets (1966) (F2 - A2 - F4 - G4)
Jim & Ingrid Croce (1969) (A2 - F♯4)
You Don't Mess Around With Jim (1972) (G♯2 - D4)
Life and Times (1973) (G2 - E4)
I Got a Name (1973) (D2 - G2 - F4)
+ Live performances
+ Singles
+ Demos
Jim & Ingrid Croce (1969) (A2 - F♯4)
You Don't Mess Around With Jim (1972) (G♯2 - D4)
Life and Times (1973) (G2 - E4)
I Got a Name (1973) (D2 - G2 - F4)
+ Live performances
+ Singles
+ Demos
Photo by Paul S. Wilson.
