The record spawned three hits: "You Don't Mess Around With Jim," "Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels)," and "Time in a Bottle. The latter would become Croce's breakthrough hit, shooting all the way to number one on the Billboard charts. Croce quickly followed with Life and Times in early 1973 and gained his first number one hit with "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown.

Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels)" is a 1972 song written by Jim Croce. Croce's record was released on August 23, 1972. It was the second single released from Croce's album You Don't Mess Around with Jim. It reached a peak of on the Billboard Hot 100 in December 1972, spending twelve weeks on the chart. There is a similar song written by Ron "Pigpen" McKernan of the Grateful Dead and released on their 1970 American Beauty album.

Operator, well could you help me place this call?

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Bad, Bad, Leroy Brown. I only wish my Am words could just convince C myself. That it just wasn't D real, But C that's not the way it G feels Bm C Am C G. G Oper Bm ator, well could you h C elp me place this c G all. Am Cause I can't read the D number that you just Em gave me D C Bm D.

Watch the video for Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels) from Jim Croce's Greatest Hits for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. It was released August 23, 1972, and was the second single released from his album "You Don't Mess Around with Jim". Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels)" is a 1972 single written and recorded by American singer-songwriter Jim Croce.

Jim Croce - Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels). views 179. Repetition on the radio 128. play. Jim Croce Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels). James Joseph Croce, better known as Jim Croce, was born in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on January 10, 1943, to Jim and Flora Croce, and grew up in a family of Italian background. Croce took a strong interest in music at a young age. At five, he learned to play his first song on the accordion, "Lady of Spain.

Artist: Jim Croce, Song Title: Operator (That's Not The Way It Feels), Type: Backing Track, Format:. MP3, Delivery: Download, Length: 3:38. Jim Croce - Operator (That's Not The Way It Feels). Song ID: 001809 More versions of this song: MTX2098. The song Jim Croce - Operator (That's Not The Way It Feels) is professional recreation. It is not by the original artist.

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