Missed that, I type slow :-)
(plus I logged of after posting)
As to The Pretenders. You prolly didn't miss much. They were a Rock Group in the late 70's, early 80's led by Female Singer-song-writer Chrissie Hynde. Their big hit was 'Back On The Chain Gang'. (R&R was still pretty much DEAD then. (imo)
And I didn't know Jim Croce covered Sam Cooke's 'Chain Gang' until I searched his discography. I didn't really care for him. I kinda cringed at his 'Bad Bad Leroy Brown', even though I was at that time still living on the 'South Side of Chicago' (like in his song).
Fill Your hands, you son of a biscuit!
Seriously, everyone should hear this Croce song at least once...he doesn't get credit for writing what is basically one of the funniest novelty songs ever. The best part is that the woman in the song is a real person Croce met whil singing in bars.
The guy who posted this included the lyrics under "More Info."
I was living at the time on the North Side of Chicago, the bestest part of town, where I grew up. I didn't really care for "Leroy Brown," but I did like Jim Croce.
Most of his songs seemed to fall into one of two categories: the urban-gritty/blue-collar/redneck character story-song (LB, Rapid Roy, Roller Derby Queen, Car Wash Blues) or the tender ballad (Operator, Time in a Bottle).