JIMMY CASTOR

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James Walter "Jimmy" Castor (June 23, 1940 – January 16, 2012) was an American pop and funk musician. He is best known as a fun disco/funk saxophonist, with his biggest hit single being 1972's million seller, "Troglodyte (Cave Man)".

Castor started as a doo-wop singer in New York. He wrote and recorded "I Promise to Remember" in 1956. Castor then replaced Frankie Lymon in The Teenagers in 1957 before switching to the saxophone in 1960. He had a solo hit with "Hey Leroy, Your Mama's Callin' You" on Smash Records in 1966. Castor also played sax on Dave "Baby" Cortez's hit "Rinky Dink." He formed the Jimmy Castor Bunch in 1972 and signed with RCA. As leader of The Jimmy Castor Bunch in the 1970s, and also as a solo artist, he has released several successful albums and singles. The group reached the peak of their commercial success in 1972 with
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JIMMY CASTOR Hey Leroy album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Hey Leroy
RnB 1967
JIMMY CASTOR Phase Two album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Phase Two
RnB 1972
JIMMY CASTOR It's Just Begun album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
It's Just Begun
Funk 1972
JIMMY CASTOR Dimension III album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Dimension III
RnB 1973
JIMMY CASTOR The Jimmy Castor Story 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Jimmy Castor Story "From The Roots"
RnB 1973
JIMMY CASTOR Jimmy Castor (The Everything Man) And The Jimmy Castor Bunch album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jimmy Castor (The Everything Man) And The Jimmy Castor Bunch
RnB 1974
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Butt Of Course...
RnB 1974
JIMMY CASTOR Supersound album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Supersound
RnB 1975
JIMMY CASTOR E-Man Groovin' album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
E-Man Groovin'
RnB 1976
JIMMY CASTOR Maximum Stimulation album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Maximum Stimulation
RnB 1977
JIMMY CASTOR Let It Out album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Let It Out
RnB 1978
JIMMY CASTOR The Jimmy Castor Bunch album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Jimmy Castor Bunch
RnB 1979
JIMMY CASTOR I Love Monsters album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
I Love Monsters
RnB 1979
JIMMY CASTOR C album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
C
RnB 1980
JIMMY CASTOR I Promise To Remember Yesterday album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
I Promise To Remember Yesterday
RnB 1981
JIMMY CASTOR The Return Of Leroy album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Return Of Leroy
RnB 1983

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JIMMY CASTOR The Best Of Jimmy Castor album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Best Of Jimmy Castor
RnB 1991
JIMMY CASTOR The Definitive Collection album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Definitive Collection
RnB 2022

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The Jimmy Castor Bunch Two
RnB 2004

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