 On Croce's final album, "I Got a Name", a "Leroy Brown" is credited as a backing vocalist.The song inspired Queen vocalist Freddie Mercury (who cited Croce as one of his artistic inspirations) to write the song "Bring Back That Leroy Brown" for the band's third album, "Sheer Heart Attack", released a year after Croce died.The song is quoted by rapper Ol' Dirty Bastard in his song "Snakes".