I Got a Name is the fifth and final studio album and first posthumous release by American singer-songwriter, Jim Croce. released on December 1, 1973. It features the ballad "I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song", which reached number 9 in the US singles chart, and the ballad "Salon and Saloon", the last song Croce recorded in his lifetime. The song was written by his guitarist Maury Muehleisen and was included on the album as a gift to the writer. The song is noted for its sparse piano-only vocal backing. This would be Croce's final album recorded during his lifetime, as Croce died in a plane crash on September 20, 1973, the day before the album's title song was released, leaving wife Ingrid Croce and son Adrian J. Croce. The title track, the theme from the film The Last American Hero, was another posthumous hit for Croce, reaching number 10 in the US singles chart.

I Got a Name
Studio album by Jim Croce
Released	December 1, 1973
Recorded	1973
Studio	The Hit Factory, New York City
Genre	Folk rock
Length	30:57
Label	ABC
Producer	Terry Cashman, Tommy West
Jim Croce chronology
Life & Times (1973) I Got a Name (1973) Photographs & Memories (1974)
Singles from I Got a Name
"I Got a Name / "Alabama Rain"" Released: September 1973 "I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song" / "Salon and Saloon" Released: April 1974 "Workin' at the Car Wash Blues" / "Thursday" Released: June 1974

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	C+[2]
Rolling Stone	(favorable)[3]

Track listing

Personnel

• Jim Croce – guitar, vocals, backing vocals

Additional musicians

• Leroy Brown – backing vocals on "Five Short Minutes"
• Gary Chester – drums on "I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song"
• George Devens – percussion
• Steve Gadd – drums
• Ellie Greenwich – backing vocals on "Top Hat Bar and Grille"
• Michael Kamen – ARP synthesizer and oboe on "The Hard Way Every Time"; ARP tuba synthesizer on "Workin' at the Car Wash Blues"
• Joe Macho – bass
• Rick Marotta – drums, percussion
• Bobby Matos – percussion
• Terence P. Minogue – strings, backing vocals on "The Hard Way Every Time"
• Maury Muehleisen – lead acoustic guitar, backing vocals
• Henry Gross – lead and rhythm electric guitar on "Five Short Minutes", slide guitar on "Workin' at the Car Wash Blues"
• Marty Nelson – backing vocals
• Alan Rolnick – guitar, backing vocals
• Tasha Thomas – backing vocals
• Tommy West – bass, piano, electric piano, backing vocals
• Stu Woods – bass

Chart positions

Singles[5]

Certifications

References