Bad, Bad Leroy Brown
| "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" | ||||
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Cover for release in Spain | ||||
| Single by Jim Croce | ||||
| from the album Life and Times | ||||
| A-side | "Roller Derby Queen" (UK) | |||
| B-side | "A Good Time Man Like Me Ain't Got No Business (Singin' the Blues)" (US/Canada) "Hard Time Losin' Man" (other countries) | |||
| Released | March 20, 1973 | |||
| Recorded | 1972 | |||
| Genre | Boogie-woogie | |||
| Length | 3:02 | |||
| Label | ABC Vertigo (international) | |||
| Songwriter | Jim Croce | |||
| Producers | Terry Cashman, Tommy West | |||
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| "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" on YouTube | ||||
"Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" is an uptempo, strophic story song written by American folk rock singer Jim Croce. Released as part of his 1973 album Life and Times, the song was a No. 1 hit for him, spending two weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 in July 1973. Billboard ranked it as the No. 2 song for 1973.
Croce was nominated for two 1973 Grammy Awards in the Pop Male Vocalist and Record of the Year categories for "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown". It was Croce's only number-one single before his death on September 20 of that year and his final single to be released during his lifetime. This song is also the last song Croce publicly sang in his lifetime.