S9E484 - Jim Croce 'Photographs & Memories' with Luke Bob Robinson and Jasper Smith

On September 20, 1973, singer/songwriter Jim Croce, his musical partner Maury Muehleisen and four others were killed in a plane crash in Natchitoches, Louisiana after finishing a concert at Northwestern State University's Prather Coliseum. His music career cut tragically short, Croce nevertheless produced an amazing catalogue of songs that stand the test of time. This week's guests, Luke Bob Robinson and Jasper Smith of renowned a cappella group Straight No Chaser, brings us Croce's second posthumous release following his 1973 death - the greatest hits collection Photographs & Memories.

Songs discussed in this episode: Bad, Bad Leroy Brown - Frank Sinatra; Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, The 12 Days Of Christmas (1998), No Diggity - Straight No Chaser; Bad, Bad Leroy Brown - Dolly Parton; Bad, Bad Leroy Brown - Jim Croce; Queen Of The Hop - Bobby Darin; Bring Back That Leroy Brown - Queen; Operator (That's Not The Way It Feels), Photographs and Memories, Rapid Roy (The Stock Car Boy) - Jim Croce; Johnny Be Goode - Chuck Berry; Michelle - The Beatles; Time In A Bottle - Jim Croce; That's Me In The Bar - A.J. Croce; New York's Not My Home, Workin' At The Car Wash Blues - Jim Croce; Love American Style theme - Ron Hicklin Singers; I Got A Name - Jim Croce; Sunshine On My Shoulders - John Denver; I'll Have To Say I Love You In A Song, You Don't Mess Around With Jim, Lover's Cross - Jim Croce; Scarborough Fair - Simon & Garfunkle; One Less Set Of Footsteps - Jim Croce; Act Naturally - The Beatles; These Dreams, Roller Derby Queen - Jim Croce; Creep (Live) - Straight No Chaser

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