You Don't Mess Around With Jim

by Jim Croce

Overview

Croce's debut ABC album was also his commercial breakthrough, topping the charts for five weeks, largely due to the comic, up-tempo title tune, a story song about competing pool hustlers, although Croce also reached the Top 20 with the change-of-pace ballad "Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels)." Just after his death, ABC issued the track "Time in a Bottle," and a newly ironic message propelled it to number one. ~ William Ruhlmann

Product Details

Release Date:	05/17/2024
Label:	Bmg Rights Managemen
UPC:	4099964011234
Rank:	3639

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Jim Croce   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals,Guitar (Rhythm),Vocals (Background)
Terry Cashman   Vocals (Background),Vocals
Joe Macho   Bass
Tasha Thomas   Vocals (Background)
Ellie Greenwich   Vocals (Background)
Jim "Shaft" Ryan   Bass
The Briggs   Vocals (Background)
Maury Muehleisen   Guitar (Acoustic),Vocals (Background)
Tommy West   Bass,Piano,Guitar,Vocals,Keyboards,Percussion,Guitar (Rhythm),Piano (Electric),Vocals (Background)
Gary Chester   Drums
H.J. Boyle   Guitar (Electric),Guitar (Electric)
Jim Ryan   Bass

Technical Credits

Paul Wilson   Photography
Terry Cashman   Producer,Audio Production
Bruce Tergesen   Audio Engineer
Jim Croce   Composer
Tommy West   Producer,Audio Production
Pete Dino   String Arrangements
Ted Jensen   Musician