Classify Jim Croce, Italian-American singer

[Zeus]

He is of Italian descent, but was born in the USA. He is one of my favorite singers. I always thought he looked atypical for an Italian though.

[Latinus]

Yeah, he is on the exotic side.

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[SonicYouth]

According to Wikipedia, he was the son of James Albert Croce and Flora Mary Babucci both Italian Americans.
Croce is a surname from Lombardy, North Italy:
https://www.cognomix.it/mappe-dei-co...italiani/CROCE
Babucci is a surname from Umbria, Central Italy:
https://www.cognomix.it/mappe-dei-co...aliani/BABUCCI

[Oghuz]

He is alive

[Zroota]

Irano-Armenoid

Don't know, but as soon as I read "Italian American" I immediately thought he will be dark and exotic. Italian Americans/Australians come from the more 'darker' regions of Italy and are usually pretty exotic looking.

[savvas]

According to Wikipedia, he was the son of James Albert Croce and Flora Mary Babucci both Italian Americans.
Croce is a surname from Lombardy, North Italy:
https://www.cognomix.it/mappe-dei-co...italiani/CROCE
Babucci is a surname from Umbria, Central Italy:
https://www.cognomix.it/mappe-dei-co...aliani/BABUCCI

Nope, you liar, his mother's surname was Babusci, which is an Abruzzi's surname (Southern fucking Italy), and not Babucci. His father was from Palermo; Croce is a Pan-Italian surname, and is typical of the Palermo area too:

https://www.mappadeicognomi.it/index...croce&s=Genera

Why do you have to fucking lie all the time?

Wikipedia states that his parents were from Abruzzi and Sicily:

[SonicYouth]

Nope, you liar, his mother's surname was Babusci, which is an Abruzzi's surname (Southern fucking Italy), and not Babucci. His father was from Palermo; Croce is a Pan-Italian surname, and is typical of the Palermo area too:

Why do you have to fucking lie all the time?

Wikipedia states that his parents were from Abruzzi and Sicily:

You actually edited the Wiki page. LOL If you search on the Internet you will find out everywhere that his mother's surname was BabuCCi and NOT BabuSCi, as you stated:



Source: https://www.grammyconnect.com/people/jim-croce



Source: the book "Jim Croce Anthology (Songbook): The Stories Behind the Songs", you can find it on Google



Source: http://www.fractiondiscs.se/jim-croce/



Source: https://www.ilsussidiario.net/news/m...mparsa/430224/

And the surname Croce is mostly spreaded in Lombardy, not in Sicily:



https://www.cognomix.it/mappe-dei-co...italiani/CROCE

[kaltar]

You actually edited the Wiki page. LOL If you search on the Internet you will find out everywhere that his mother's surname was BabuCCi and NOT BabuSCi, as you stated:

He is correct. In his official biography written by his wife the surname is reported as Babusci.

https://books.google.com/books?id=1WlKDgAAQBAJ&pg=PT22


His family tree states that 3 out of 4 Jim Croce's grandparents are from Abruzzo and one from Sicily.

https://www.geni.com/people/Jim-Croc...00070323228958

[Mr.G]

Ah the great Jim Croce. You have excellent musical taste He does indeed have a strong and unique look.

[KMack]

Really good singer, died young.