Jim Croce has been played on NTS in shows including Cherrystones, featured first on 28 June 2016. Songs played include You Don't Mess Around With Jim, Time In A Bottle and Tomorrow's Gonna Be A Brighter Day.

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. His influences included Ian & Sylvia, Gordon Lightfoot and Woody Guthrie. Sadly, Croce died in a small commercial plane crash one day before his third album, "I Got a Name" was to be…