Time in a Bottle 1972 Jim Croce

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"Time in a Bottle" is a song by Jim Croce. He wrote the lyrics after his wife told him she was pregnant in December 1970. It appeared on Croce's 1972 debut album 'You Don't Mess Around with Jim' and was featured in the 1973 made-for-television movie 'She Lives!' After he was killed in a plane crash in September 1973, the song was aired frequently on radio, and demand for a single release built. The single of "Time in a Bottle" became Croce's second, and final track to reach No.1 in the United States. 

James Joseph Croce (1943-1973) was an American folk and rock singer-songwriter. Between 1966 and 1973, he released 5 studio albums and numerous singles, during this period, he took a series of odd jobs to pay bills while he continued to write, record and perform concerts. 
After Croce formed a partnership with the songwriter Maury Muehleisen (1949-1973) his fortunes turned. Croce's breakthrough came in 1972, when his third album, You Don't Mess Around with Jim, produced three charting singles, including "Time in a Bottle" which reached No.1 after Croce died. The follow-up album Life and Times included the song "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown", Croce's only No.1 hit during his lifetime.

On September 20, 1973, at the height of his popularity and the day before the lead single to his fifth album, I Got a Name, was released, Croce and five others died in a plane crash. His music continued to chart throughout the 1970s following his death. Croce's widow and early songwriting partner, Ingrid, continued to write and record after his death. Their son, A. J. Croce, became a singer-songwriter in the 1990s.