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. Rhythm and blues (or R&B) is a musical marketing term introduced in the United States in the late 1940s by Billboard magazine. ... Funk is a distinct style of music originated by African-Americans, e. ... Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York and abbreviated NYC) is the most populous city in the United States, and is at the center of international finance, politics, communications, music, fashion, and culture. ... Doo-wop is a style of vocal-based rhythm and blues music popular in the mid-1950s to the early 1960s in America. ... Frankie Lymon (September 30, 1942 - February 27, 1968) was the leader of a doo wop group called The Teenagers. ... Hip hop is a cultural movement that began among urban African Americans in New York City in the early 1970s, and has since spread around the world. ...

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