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Profile of Jimmy Castor on Famous Like Me

 
Name: Jimmy Castor  
   
Also Know As:
   
Date of Birth: 22nd June 1943
   
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
   
Profession: Actor
 
 
From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia

Jimmy Castor is an American R&B and funk musician from New York City. 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.

Popular songs by Jimmy Castor include:

  • "Hey, Leroy" (1967)

with The Jimmy Castor Bunch:

  • "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)

External link

  • Official website
  • Detailed biography


This content from Wikipedia is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article Jimmy Castor