Jimmy Castor is most well known for his 1970s funk novelty hits "Troglodyte (Cave Man)" and "The Bertha Butt Boogie", but his musical career stretches all the way back to the 1950s. Castor was born on June 2, 1943 in New York, NY and grew up in Harlem. He assembled his first group, "Jimmy and The Juniors", in 1955. They had a modest hit with the song "I Promise To Remember" in 1956. The song, written by Castor, would later be recorded by Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers and go on to become a national hit for them. By late 1957, Frankie Lymon had left the Teenagers and Castor replaced him as lead singer of the group.

By 1966, Castor had his first big break as a solo artist with the hit "Hey Leroy, You're Mama's Calling You!" (#16 R&B charts, #31 pop charts). Castor would continue to record throughout the 1960s for various labels before being signed to RCA records in 1971. By this time, he had formed a new funk-rock group, "The Jimmy Castor Bunch". Their first album, "It's Just Begun", was released in March 1972 and the first single from the album, "Troglodyte (Cave Man)", became one of the biggest hits of the year, reaching #6 on the national pop charts. He continued with other novelty hits such as "Luther The Anthropoid", "King Kong", "Supersound", and most notably "The Bertha Butt Boogie" (#16 pop charts - 1974) from the album "Butt Of Course".

Castor kept the hit coming throughout the 1970s with such hits as "Potential", "Bom Bom", "Space Age", "Maximum Stimulation", "Let It Out", and others. His last chart hit was "Don't Do That" in 1979 (#50 on R&B charts). By this time, The Jimmy Castor Bunch had broken up and Castor continued on as a solo artist through the 1980s. In 1988, he had a top #30 R&B hit with singer Joyce Sims titled "Love Makes A Woman".

By 1993, he had reformed The Jimmy Castor Bunch and started touring with the group. In 1995, Rhino Records released a greatest hits CD titled "The Everything Man - The Best of The Jimmy Castor Bunch" featuring all of their classic hits from the 1970s.  In 1999, the band released their first new record in 20 years with the single "I Got Something For Ya", which was a minor hit on the R&B charts that year. The song was included on their 1999 release simply titled "J.C.B. - Jimmy Castor Bunch". That same year, BMG records released The Jimmy Castor Bunch's first two albums ("It's Just Begun" from 1972 and "Phase Two" from 1973) on CD for the first time. In 2002, RCA Records released a new CD compilation titled "16 Slabs Of Funk".  In 2004, the band released the single "If You Don't Want My Lovin" included on their CD release "J.C.B. - Jimmy Castor Bunch Two".

As of the present, Jimmy Castor still records and tours with The Jimmy Castor Bunch, reminding us that he's still got that spark. Don't count him out by a long shot!