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** One of the backing vocalists on Croce's albums, Ellie Greenwich, was actually a performer in her own right, as lead vocalist of The Raindrops, which had a top 20 hit with "The Kind of Boy You Can't Forget" in 1963. The group also consisted of Greenwich's husband, Jeff Barry, and the two were also successful songwriters, writing or co-writing such hit songs as "Da Doo Ron Ron", "Then He Kissed Me", "Be My Baby", "Hanky Panky", "Baby, I Love You", "Do Wah Diddy Diddy", "Chapel of Love", "I Wanna Love Him So Bad", "Maybe I Know", "People Say", and "Leader of the Pack."
** The two men who wrote Croce's hit "I Got a Name", Norman Gimbel and Charles Fox, also wrote "Killing Me Softly with His Song", as well as the theme songs to ''Series/HappyDays'' and ''Series/LaverneAndShirley''.
** One of the backing vocalists on Croce's albums, Ellie Greenwich, was actually a performer in her own right, as lead vocalist of The Raindrops, which had a top 20 hit with "The Kind of Boy You Can't Forget" in 1963. The group also consisted of Greenwich's husband, Jeff Barry, and the two were also successful songwriters, writing or co-writing such hit songs as "Da Doo Ron Ron", "Then He Kissed Me", "Be My Baby", "Hanky Panky", "Baby, I Love You", "Do Wah Diddy Diddy", "Chapel of Love", "I Wanna Love Him So Bad", "Maybe I Know", "People Say", and "Leader of the Pack."
** The two men who wrote Croce's hit "I Got a Name", Norman Gimbel and Charles Fox, also wrote "Killing Me Softly with His Song", as well as the theme songs to ''Series/HappyDays'' and ''Series/LaverneAndShirley''.
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* RetroactiveRecognition:
** One of the backing vocalists on Croce's albums, Ellie Greenwich, was actually a performer in her own right, as lead vocalist of The Raindrops, which had a top 20 hit with "The Kind of Boy You Can't Forget" in 1963. The group also consisted of Greenwich's husband, Jeff Barry, and the two were also successful songwriters, writing or co-writing such hit songs as "Da Doo Ron Ron", "Then He Kissed Me", "Be My Baby", "Hanky Panky", "Baby, I Love You", "Do Wah Diddy Diddy", "Chapel of Love", "I Wanna Love Him So Bad", "Maybe I Know", "People Say", and "Leader of the Pack."
**RetroactiveRecognition: The two men who wrote Croce's hit "I Got a Name", Norman Gimbel and Charles Fox, also wrote "Killing Me Softly with His Song", as well as the theme songs to ''Series/HappyDays'' and ''Series/LaverneAndShirley''.
** One of the backing vocalists on Croce's albums, Ellie Greenwich, was actually a performer in her own right, as lead vocalist of The Raindrops, which had a top 20 hit with "The Kind of Boy You Can't Forget" in 1963. The group also consisted of Greenwich's husband, Jeff Barry, and the two were also successful songwriters, writing or co-writing such hit songs as "Da Doo Ron Ron", "Then He Kissed Me", "Be My Baby", "Hanky Panky", "Baby, I Love You", "Do Wah Diddy Diddy", "Chapel of Love", "I Wanna Love Him So Bad", "Maybe I Know", "People Say", and "Leader of the Pack."
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* MemeticMutation: Well, you don't tug on Superman's cape, you don't spit into the wind, you don't pull the mask of that ole Lone Ranger and you don't mess around with Jim.[[note]]or Slim.[[/note]]
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* SerialNumbersFiledOff: Though it's ok because both are by the same artist, "You Don't Mess Around With Jim" and "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" are very similar in narrative.
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* SerialNumbersFiledOff: Though it's ok okay because both are by the same artist, "You Don't Mess Around With Jim" and "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" are very similar in narrative.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: "Operator (That's Not the Way it Feels)". Both due to it being rooted in UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar [[note]]Croce said the song was inspired by his time spent in the military, as he watched long cues of men line up to use the only phone on base to call their significant others and find out if the [[DearJohnLetter Dear John Letters]] they just received were true.[[/note]] and its entire premise of having a conversation with the phone operator, a profession that [[TechnologyMarchesOn went the way of the dodo]] decades ago.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: "Operator (That's Not the Way it Feels)". Both due to it being rooted in UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar [[note]]Croce said the song was inspired by his time spent in the military, as he watched long cues queues of men line up to use the only phone on base to call their significant others and find out if the [[DearJohnLetter Dear John Letters]] they just received were true.[[/note]] and its entire premise of having a conversation with the phone operator, a profession that [[TechnologyMarchesOn went the way of the dodo]] decades ago.
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Dead Artists Are Better is for fictional examples, Posthumous Popularity Potential is for real-life examples. Moving from the main page.
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* PosthumousPopularityPotential: The majority of his success came after his death.
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* SerialNumbersFiledOff: Though it's ok because both are by the same artist, "You Don't Mess Around With Jim" and "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" are very similar in narrative.
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* SerialNumbersFiledOff: Though it's ok because both are by the same artist, "You Don't Mess Around With Jim" and "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" are very similar in narrative.narrative.
* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: "Operator (That's Not the Way it Feels)". Both due to it being rooted in UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar [[note]]Croce said the song was inspired by his time spent in the military, as he watched long cues of men line up to use the only phone on base to call their significant others and find out if the [[DearJohnLetter Dear John Letters]] they just received were true.[[/note]] and its entire premise of having a conversation with the phone operator, a profession that [[TechnologyMarchesOn went the way of the dodo]] decades ago.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: "Operator (That's Not the Way it Feels)". Both due to it being rooted in UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar [[note]]Croce said the song was inspired by his time spent in the military, as he watched long cues of men line up to use the only phone on base to call their significant others and find out if the [[DearJohnLetter Dear John Letters]] they just received were true.[[/note]] and its entire premise of having a conversation with the phone operator, a profession that [[TechnologyMarchesOn went the way of the dodo]] decades ago.
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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic:
** "Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels)" is a wistful yet melodic BreakupSong with lyrics that really punch you in the gut as the singer tries to assure himself that he's totally fine when he really isn't.
** "Working at the Car Wash Blues" is a relatable song for any minimum-wage workers who feel their skills misused and their intelligence unappreciated.
** "Rapid Roy the Stock Car Boy" is a fun little tale about the life of a supremely talented race car driver.
** Both "You Don't Mess Around with Jim" and "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" are catchy and creative songs about notorious tough guys getting comeuppance for their actions -- the former song being slicker and more suave in tone while the latter is jauntier and more bombastic.
** "Time in a Bottle" -- Croce's second and last number 1 hit -- is a heartwarming song about Croce's love and devotion for his newborn son and how he will cherish the time he spends being his father. [[TearJerker It was one of the last songs he released before the plane crash that took his life]].
** "Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels)" is a wistful yet melodic BreakupSong with lyrics that really punch you in the gut as the singer tries to assure himself that he's totally fine when he really isn't.
** "Working at the Car Wash Blues" is a relatable song for any minimum-wage workers who feel their skills misused and their intelligence unappreciated.
** "Rapid Roy the Stock Car Boy" is a fun little tale about the life of a supremely talented race car driver.
** Both "You Don't Mess Around with Jim" and "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" are catchy and creative songs about notorious tough guys getting comeuppance for their actions -- the former song being slicker and more suave in tone while the latter is jauntier and more bombastic.
** "Time in a Bottle" -- Croce's second and last number 1 hit -- is a heartwarming song about Croce's love and devotion for his newborn son and how he will cherish the time he spends being his father. [[TearJerker It was one of the last songs he released before the plane crash that took his life]].
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* CommonKnowledge: "Time in a Bottle" is commonly thought of as a romantic song. He actually wrote it for his then-newborn son.
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* SerialNumbersFiledOff: Though it's ok because both are by the same artist, "You Don't Mess Around With Jim" and "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" are very similar in narrative.
* UnreliableNarrator: How some interpret "Workin' at the Car Wash Blues". The premise of the song is that the narrator claims his intelligence is wasted working at the car wash and that he deserves greater success in life, calling himself "a genius" and "an undiscovered Howard Hughes". However, there is nothing in the song to back up his claims, so it's up to the listener's interpretation to decide if he's telling the truth and was just dealt a bad hand in life, or if he just has a massive ego and really isn't as smart as he thinks he is.
* UnreliableNarrator: How some interpret "Workin' at the Car Wash Blues". The premise of the song is that the narrator claims his intelligence is wasted working at the car wash and that he deserves greater success in life, calling himself "a genius" and "an undiscovered Howard Hughes". However, there is nothing in the song to back up his claims, so it's up to the listener's interpretation to decide if he's telling the truth and was just dealt a bad hand in life, or if he just has a massive ego and really isn't as smart as he thinks he is.
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* SerialNumbersFiledOff: Though it's ok because both are by the same artist, "You Don't Mess Around With Jim" and "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" are very similar in narrative.
* UnreliableNarrator: How some interpret "Workin' at the Car Wash Blues". The premise of the song is that the narrator claims his intelligence is wasted working at the car wash and that he deserves greater success in life, calling himself "a genius" and "an undiscovered Howard Hughes". However, there is nothing in the song to back up his claims, so it's up to the listener's interpretation to decide if he's telling the truth and was just dealt a bad hand in life, or if he just has a massive ego and really isn't as smart as he thinks he is.narrative.
* UnreliableNarrator: How some interpret "Workin' at the Car Wash Blues". The premise of the song is that the narrator claims his intelligence is wasted working at the car wash and that he deserves greater success in life, calling himself "a genius" and "an undiscovered Howard Hughes". However, there is nothing in the song to back up his claims, so it's up to the listener's interpretation to decide if he's telling the truth and was just dealt a bad hand in life, or if he just has a massive ego and really isn't as smart as he thinks he is.
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* SerialNumbersFiledOff: Though it's ok because both are by the same artist, "You Don't Mess Around With Jim" and "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" are very similar in narrative.
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* SerialNumbersFiledOff: Though it's ok because both are by the same artist, "You Don't Mess Around With Jim" and "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" are very similar in narrative.narrative.
* UnreliableNarrator: How some interpret "Workin' at the Car Wash Blues". The premise of the song is that the narrator claims his intelligence is wasted working at the car wash and that he deserves greater success in life, calling himself "a genius" and "an undiscovered Howard Hughes". However, there is nothing in the song to back up his claims, so it's up to the listener's interpretation to decide if he's telling the truth and was just dealt a bad hand in life, or if he just has a massive ego and really isn't as smart as he thinks he is.
* UnreliableNarrator: How some interpret "Workin' at the Car Wash Blues". The premise of the song is that the narrator claims his intelligence is wasted working at the car wash and that he deserves greater success in life, calling himself "a genius" and "an undiscovered Howard Hughes". However, there is nothing in the song to back up his claims, so it's up to the listener's interpretation to decide if he's telling the truth and was just dealt a bad hand in life, or if he just has a massive ego and really isn't as smart as he thinks he is.
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* RetroactiveRecognition:
** One of the backing vocalists on Croce's albums, Ellie Greenwich, was actually a performer in her own right, as lead vocalist of The Raindrops, which had a top 20 hit with "The Kind of Boy You Can't Forget" in 1963. The group also consisted of Greenwich's husband, Jeff Barry, and the two were also successful songwriters, writing or co-writing such hit songs as "Da Doo Ron Ron", "Then He Kissed Me", "Be My Baby", "Hanky Panky", "Baby, I Love You", "Do Wah Diddy Diddy", "Chapel of Love", "I Wanna Love Him So Bad", "Maybe I Know", "People Say", and "Leader of the Pack."
** The two men who wrote Croce's hit "I Got a Name", Norman Gimbel and Charles Fox, also wrote "Killing Me Softly with His Song", as well as the theme songs to ''Series/HappyDays'' and ''Series/LaverneAndShirley''.
** One of the backing vocalists on Croce's albums, Ellie Greenwich, was actually a performer in her own right, as lead vocalist of The Raindrops, which had a top 20 hit with "The Kind of Boy You Can't Forget" in 1963. The group also consisted of Greenwich's husband, Jeff Barry, and the two were also successful songwriters, writing or co-writing such hit songs as "Da Doo Ron Ron", "Then He Kissed Me", "Be My Baby", "Hanky Panky", "Baby, I Love You", "Do Wah Diddy Diddy", "Chapel of Love", "I Wanna Love Him So Bad", "Maybe I Know", "People Say", and "Leader of the Pack."
** The two men who wrote Croce's hit "I Got a Name", Norman Gimbel and Charles Fox, also wrote "Killing Me Softly with His Song", as well as the theme songs to ''Series/HappyDays'' and ''Series/LaverneAndShirley''.
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* SerialNumbersFiledOff: Though it's ok because both are by the same artist, "You Don't Mess Around With Jim" and "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" are very similar in narrative.
