Jimmy Castor

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Jimmy Castor (born 2 June 1943, New York) is an American pop and funk musician.

In the late 1950s, he worked with the doo-wop group Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers. As leader of The Jimmy Castor Bunch in the 1970s, and also as a solo artist, he has released several successful albums and singles, some of which have been heavily sampled in films and in hip-hop. In particular, the saxophone hook and groove from "It's Just Begun" and the spoken word intro and groove from "Troglodyte" have been sampled extensively.

[edit] Discography

Popular songs by Jimmy Castor include:

• "Hey, Leroy" (1967)

with The Jimmy Castor Bunch:

• "It's Just Begun" (1972)
• "Troglodyte (Cave Man)" (1972)
• "The Bertha Butt Boogie (part 1)" (1974)
• "King Kong (part 1)" (1975)

As a solo artist:

• "Love Makes a Woman" (1988) (with Joyce Sims)

[edit] External links

• Official website
• Detailed biography