{"id":258,"date":"2020-12-22T00:42:20","date_gmt":"2020-12-22T00:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jimmycastor.com\/?page_id=258"},"modified":"2021-01-08T19:59:34","modified_gmt":"2021-01-08T19:59:34","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jimmycastor.com\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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\u2026songwriter, singer, saxophonist, percussionist. Producer, arranger, humorist\u2026alias The E-Man<\/b>, has earned his well-deserved reputation as \u201cTHE EVERYTHING MAN.\u201d<\/b><\/p>

Before even finishing junior high school, Jimmy Castor had written his first million seller for Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers called, \u201cI Promise To Remember.\u201d<\/b> While furthering his education New York City\u2019s prestigious High School of Music & Art and later attending City College, Jimmy pursued his musical career by assembling a band of his own playing an assortment of major New York nightspots. He then wrote his second million seller \u201cHey Leroy Your Mama\u2019s Calling You,\u201d<\/b> on Mercury Records, through which a new flashy and spirited performer was introduced to the public \u2013 JIMMY CASTOR. Still early into his career, Castor befriended such music greats as Jimi Hendrix, Sly Stone, Tito Puente and King Curtis to name only a handful.<\/p>

Moving on to RCA Records, \u201cThe Jimmy Castor Bunch\u201d<\/b> continued to show off Castor\u2019s witty. Pop\/r&b writing ability though his amusing characterizations of \u201cTroglodyte\u201d<\/b> and \u201cLuther the Anthropoid,\u201d<\/b> hit singles from their first and second RCA albums, \u201cIt\u2019s Just Begun\u201d <\/b>and \u201cPhase Two\u201d<\/b> \u2013 the title cut from the \u2018It\u2019s Just Begun\u201d album was featured in the movie \u201cFlashdance.\u201d On the third RCA LP, Jimmy further established his versatility as an artist\/producer by expanding the group\u2019s more serious instrumental abilities as first recognized through Castor\u2019s haunting rendition of \u201cThe First Time Ever I Saw Your Face.”<\/b><\/p>

By the time Jimmy Castor released his debut album for Atlantic Records, it was no wonder that his aptly descriptive nickname could no longer be kept a secret. \u201cThe Everything Man\u201d<\/b> LP was released, and through Jimmy\u2019s obvious talent as master of all trades, The E-Man and The Bunch justly enjoyed a victory in obtaining Record World\u2019s \u201cTop Instrumental Group\u201d<\/b> award for the year. And, yet, another new pair of innovative singles, \u201cMaggie\u201d<\/b> and \u201cThe Everything Man\u201d<\/b> hit the charts.<\/p>

The internationally famous, smash LP, \u201cButt Of Course\u201d<\/b> was Castor\u2019s second Atlantic release. It featured two more pop\/r&b hit singles, \u201cThe Bertha Butt Boogie\u201d <\/b>and \u201cPotential.\u201d<\/b> From the same album there was also the legendary worldwide disco hit \u201cE-Man Boogie,\u201d<\/b> which rated number 10 in Billboard\u2019s annual disco poll.<\/p>

\u201cSupersound,\u201d<\/b> the next Atlantic LP yielded two more prosperous singles for The Bunch – one being the widely publicized, international favorite \u201cKing Kong,\u201d<\/b> which entered the Top 100 Pop Charts in the first week of its release and reached number 1 in Japan. \u201cE-Man Groovin\u2019<\/b>,\u201d Castor\u2019s fourth Atlantic LP, brought forth still another successful tale \u2013 this time about the universal an immortal Transylvanian figure \u201cDracula.\u201d<\/b> Castor\u2019s \u201cMaximum Stimulation\u201d<\/b> and \u201cThe Jimmy Castor Bunch\u201d<\/b> LPs further displayed Jimmy\u2019s brilliance as a writer and performer through his enchanting saxophone melodies and smooth harmonies.<\/p>

In addition to his success as a recording artist, producer, writer and arranger as \u201cThe Everything Man,\u201d Jimmy\u2019s natural ability to relate to people along with his skill, confidence and ease as a performer and speaker has captivated and motivated audiences throughout the world at various speaking engagements.<\/p>

Castor has appeared on such shows such as Dinah!, American Bandstand, Soul Train, The Mike Douglas Show, Positively Black, and Don Kirshner\u2019s Rock Concert. Jimmy and The Bunch have also enjoyed sold out performances at such venues as The Roxy in Los Angeles, The Super Dome in LA, The Felt Forum and Madison Square Garden in New York, RFK Stadium in the nation\u2019s capitol and the Omni in Atlanta.<\/p>

And to add to his credit, much of Jimmy Castor\u2019s music (“It\u2019s Just Begun,\u201d<\/b> \u201cThe Bertha Butt Boogie\u201d<\/b> and \u201cKing Kong,\u201d<\/b> to name a few) has been sampled innumerable times in movies and by a myriad of today\u2019s popular artists. His statement of \u201cWhat we\u2019re gonna do right here is go back,\u201d is legendary.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Jimmy Castor \u2026songwriter, singer, saxophonist, percussionist. Producer, arranger, humorist\u2026alias The E-Man, has earned his well-deserved reputation as \u201cTHE EVERYTHING MAN.\u201d Before even finishing junior high school, Jimmy Castor had written his first million seller for Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers called, \u201cI Promise To Remember.\u201d While furthering his education New York City\u2019s prestigious High School …<\/p>\n

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