Tommy West is an American musician and record producer from Jersey City, New Jersey, best known as the longtime producer and creative partner of Jim Croce. He produced Croce's Billboard Hot 100 number one singles 'Bad, Bad Leroy Brown' (1973) and 'Time in a Bottle' (1973); Croce's 1972 album 'You Don't Mess Around with Jim' topped the Billboard 200, while its title single peaked at No. 8 on the Hot 100.
Produced Jim Croce's Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 singles “Bad, Bad Leroy Brown” and “Time in a Bottle” (1973).
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He co-ran Terry Cashman and Tommy West Productions, one of the more successful independent production companies of the early 1970s, and continued working in recording and production after Croce's death in 1973.
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