Bad Bad Leroy Brown straight off of the Photographs & Memories album.

Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" is a song written by American folk rock singer Jim Croce. Released as part of his 1973 album Life and Times, the song was a Number One pop hit for him, spending two weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 in July 1973. Billboard ranked it as the No. 2 song for 1973. Croce was nominated for two 1973 Grammy awards in the Pop Male Vocalist and Record of the Year categories for "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown". It was his last number-one single before his death on September 20 of that year.

I Got a Name" is a 1973 single recorded by Jim Croce with lyrics by Norman Gimbel and music by Charles Fox. It was the first single from his album of the same title and also Croce's first posthumous single, released the day after his death in a plane crash on September 20. The song reached a peak of on the Billboard Hot 100 after spending 17 weeks on the chart. It also hit on the Cash Box Top 100.

Watch the video for Bad, Bad Leroy Brown from Jim Croce's Photographs & Memories - His Greatest Hits for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. Sadly, Croce died in a small commercial plane crash one day before his third album, "I Got a Name" was to be released. Early life Croce was born in South Philadelphia. Jim Croce (Jan 10, 1943 ‒ Sept 20, 1973) was an American singer-songwriter from South Philadelphia whose biggest single "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" hit number 1 on the US charts in the summer of 1973. View full artist profile.

Bad, Bad Leroy Brown. Album: Photographs & Memories: His Greatest Hits, 1974. In the music industry, arguably the worst tragedy that can befall an artist is to die in their prime, when he or she is just beginning to break through to the mainstream and reach people on a national level. One such artist was Jim Croce, a songwriter with a knack for both upbeat, catchy singles and empathetic, melancholy ballads. Ironically, Jim Croce's career peaked after his death. In December of 1973, the album I Got a Name surfaced, but it was "Time in a Bottle," from 1972's You Don't Mess Around with Jim which would become his second number one single. Shortly afterwards, "I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song" reached the Top Ten. Several albums were released posthumously, most notably the greatest hits collection, Photographs and Memories, which became a best-seller.

Well the South side of Chicago Is the baddest part of town And if you go down there You better just beware Of a man named Leroy Brown anonymous. I was there and went to impromptu song gathering where Croce got up and wowed every one with his singing, which was at the time him doing Buddy Grecco songs. This song was a orever for him on the album ‘Life and Times’; and this was the follow-up to eatness album ‘You Don’t Mess Around With Jim’. Anyway, this guy (the name escapes me – but it was not Leroy Brown) was very bad – obviously – and was locked up for going AWOL (Absent With-Out Leave) from the unit they were serving in together.

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Words and music by Jim Croce. Well the

Chorus: G. And he's bad, bad, Leroy Brown, A7. The baddest man in the whole damn town. B7 C. Badder than old King Kong. And Leroy Brown, he learned a lesson 'bout messin'. Well, the two men took to fightin'. A7. And when they pulled them from the floor, B7 C D7 G.

And he's b G ad, bad, Leroy Brown, The b A7 addest man in the whole damn town. B B7 adder than old K C ing Kong. And m D eaner than a j C unkyard do. .in front of everybody's nose. He got a custom Continental. He got an Eldorado too. He got a thirty-two gun in his pocket for fun. He got a razor in his shoe. And he's b G ad, bad, Leroy Brown, The b A7 addest man in the whole damn town. And at the edge of the bar sat a girl name of Doris. and oh, that girl look nice. Well, he cast his eyes upon her.