Ingrid Croce

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Ingrid Croce (born April 27, 1947) is an American author, singer-songwriter and restaurateur. She is the widow of singer-songwriter Jim Croce and the mother of singer-songwriter A.J. Croce. Between 1964 and 1971, Ingrid and Jim Croce performed as a duo and wrote together. In 1969, Capitol Records released their album, Jim & Ingrid Croce, which has been re-released on CD. Their song, "Age", won a country music award in the late 1970s. Both "Age" and "Hey Tomorrow" are included in Jim Croce’s Platinum Albums on ABC Dunhill Records. Several of Jim and Ingrid Croce's co-written songs are now available on Home Recording, Americana and have been released on Down the Highway (1975), Have You Heard Jim Croce Live (DVD; 2002) The 50th Anniversary Collection (1992), The Definitive Collection: "Time in a Bottle" (1999; 2 CDs).

Schooling

Ingrid Jacobson was raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in a Jewish family. Just as Ingrid was turning sixteen, her mother died at the age of 36 from breast cancer and a weak heart. Ingrid had to leave high school and gymnastics and moved to her father's home in the suburbs. She and her twin sister, Phyllis, attended various high schools after the death of their mother. They graduated from Nether Providence High School in 1965. Ingrid attended Rhode Island School of Design and Moore College of Art and travelled to Mexico in her senior year when she won a Fellowship to study painting and pottery in San Miguel de Allende.