Song: Troglodyte (Cave Man)
Album:The Everything Man: The Best Of The Jimmy Castor Bunch
Jimmy Castor's mix of humour and funk resulted in this 1974 top ten pop hit. He was also a fixture on the R & B charts in the 70s. He was born June 2, 1943 in New York City. Castor was mostly a sax player but he wrote I Promise To Remember for the doo wop group Wing With The Juniors and replaced Frankie Lymon in The Teenagers. He switched to sax in 1960 and played on a lot of sessions including the hit Rinky Dink by Dave "Baby" Cortez. He had a hit in 1966 with Hey Leroy, Your Mama's Callin' You in 1966 on Smash Records. Castor formed The Jimmy Castor Bunch in 1972 and signed with RCA Records. Other members were keyboardist/trumpeter Gerry Thomas, bassist Doug Gibson, guitarist Henry Jensen, conga player Lenny Fridle Jr., and drummer Bobby Manigault. They had several R & B hits including The Bertha Butt Boogie and King Kong but Troglodyte crosed over and reached #6 on the Billboard Hot 100. Thomas left to join The Fatback Band and Castor moved to Atco. This Rhino comp covers his RCA and earlier recordings. He had a hit on his own Long Distance label in 1988 with Love Makes A Woman. Not surprisingly, Castor is constantly sampled by hip hop guys and there's a list on his website. Castor has been working on releasing some of his early recordings but he still performs in New York clubs. Here's The Jimmy Castor Bunch performing Troglodyte 1974.
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