Song 692: This week the playlist applauds Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels) by Jim Croce, who also wrote the song, and you can find a YouTube video of it by clicking on the title. As the warmer months of 1972 unfolded, my romantic partner and I spent a lot of time traveling, hitching a few times and also driving her parent's car on at least one major excursion. During those journeys, we got to hear a bunch of radio hits, and although the majority of chart toppers in that era didn't move me, a few of them did get me going along with their rambles, including a handful by a new guy with the initials JC, and this marks his first appearance in this collection. When he needed some assistance from a switchboard technician, it sounded pretty convincing that he had overcome the blow and had learned to take it well, so the telephone assistant probably did give him the number when she/he could find it. Sadly, just before the summer of the following year came to an end, as my wife and I lived in an apartment on the south part of Evanston, Jim's life came to an end via a plane crash, so whether or not he got the number, the company obviously did keep the dime.
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