50+ Music<p>"Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" is an uptempo, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/strophic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>strophic</span></a> story song written by American <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/folkRock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>folkRock</span></a> singer <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/JimCroce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JimCroce</span></a>. Released as part of his 1973 album <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LifeAndTimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LifeAndTimes</span></a>, the song was a No. 1 hit for him, spending two weeks at the top of the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BillboardHot100" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BillboardHot100</span></a> in July 1973. Billboard ranked it as the No. 2 song for 1973. Croce was nominated for two 1973 <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/GrammyAwards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GrammyAwards</span></a> in the Pop Male Vocalist and Record of the Year categories for <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BadBadLeroyBrown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BadBadLeroyBrown</span></a>. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTrsS8SGwx4" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=yTrsS8SGwx4</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>