- Graduated in 1960 from Upper Darby High School in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, USA.
- Last name is pronounced "CRO-chee".
- His widow owns and operates Croce's, a very popular restaurant/bar in San Diego, California.
- Son, Adrian James Croce, is known in the music world as A.J. Croce.
- Was friends with Cheech Marin.
- 1965 graduate of Villanova University
- Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1990.
- Was best friends with Arlo Guthrie.
- At one point in time he drove a truck and worked construction to make ends meet.
- Regarding Jim's hit single of "Bad Bad Leroy Brown" (1973), there was an earlier novelty hit by "The Olympics" , titled "Big Boy Pete" (1960). In that song, the title character "Pete" , as in the case of Leroy. gets into a street skirmish. Ironically Pete's opponent is named "Bad Man Brown", though this Brown came up a winner in that battle.
- Member of Delta Upsilon fraternity.
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