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-'''Jimmy Castor''' (June 23, 1947 – January 16, 2012) was an [[United States|American]] [[pop music|pop]] and [[funk]] [[musician]]. He is best known as a [[novelty record|fun]] [[disco]]/funk [[saxophone|saxophonist]], with his biggest [[hit single]] being 1972's million seller, "[[Troglodyte (Cave Man)]]".+'''''It's Just Begun''''' is the second album by the [[Jimmy Castor Bunch]], released in 1972 on RCA Records. "[[It's Just Begun (song)|It's Just Begun]]" and "[[Troglodyte (Cave Man)]]" have each become staples in hip-hop sampling. Songs from the album have been sampled more than twenty-five times.
-==Career==+The album hit #11 on the R&B charts and #27 on the [[Billboard 200]]. "[[Troglodyte (Cave Man)]]" hit #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #4 R&B.
-Castor started as a [[doo-wop]] [[singing|singer]] in New York. He [[songwriter|wrote]] and [[sound recording and reproduction|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 (music)|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 Records|RCA]].+
-As leader of The Jimmy Castor Bunch in the 1970s, and also as a [[solo (music)|solo]] [[musician|artist]], he has released several successful [[album]]s and [[single (music)|singles]]. The group reached the peak of their commercial success in 1972 with the release of their album, [[It's Just Begun]], which featured two [[hit record|hit]] singles: the title track and "Troglodyte (Cave Man)," which was a large hit in the [[United States|U.S.]], peaking at #6 in the [[Billboard Hot 100]]. The track stayed in the chart for 14 weeks and was a million seller by 30 June 1972, and received a [[music recording sales certification|gold disc]] award from the [[Recording Industry Association of America|R.I.A.A.]].+
-Castor continued the trend in 1975 with "The Bertha Butt Boogie" and later recorded "E-Man Boogie," "King Kong," "Bom Bom," and "Potential." The Castor band included [[keyboardist]]/[[trumpet]]er Gerry Thomas, [[bassist]] Doug Gibson, [[guitarist]] Harry Jensen, [[conga]] player Lenny Fridle, Jr., and [[drummer]] Bobby Manigault. Thomas, who simultaneously recorded with the [[Fatback Band]], left in the '80s to exclusively record with them. Castor recorded as a solo performer from 1976 until 1988. He had one of his bigger hits in many years with a 1988 revival of "Love Makes a Woman," which paired him with disco [[diva]] [[Joyce Sims]]. Castor had his own [[record label]], Long Distance, in the 1980s.+The title track, "It's Just Begun" has been hailed as a funk classic, and has been sampled over a dozen times.
-Many of the group's tunes have been heavily [[sampling (music)|sampled]] in [[film]]s and in [[Hip hop music|hip-hop]]. In particular, the [[saxophone]] hook and groove from "It's Just Begun" and the spoken word intro and groove from "Troglodyte" (namely, "What we're gonna do right here is go back...") have been sampled extensively.+"[[Troglodyte (Cave Man)]]" has made its impact felt as well, making its way onto more than 20 compilation albums, ranging from ''16 Slabs of Funk'' to ''Greatest Soul Groups''.
-He died in 2012.+==Track listing==
 +# "Creation (Prologue)" 1:34
 +# "[[It's Just Begun (song)|It's Just Begun]]" 3:43
 +# "[[Troglodyte (Cave Man)]]" 3:36
 +# "You Better Be Good (Or the Devil Gon' Getcha)" 2:56
 +# "Psyche" 4:25
 +# "L.T.D. (Life, Truth, and Death)" 7:20
 +# "My Brightest Day" 4:03
 +# "Bad" 3:04
 +# "I Promise to Remember" 2:47
 +# "Creation (Epilogue)" 1:02
-==Discography== 
-Popular songs by Jimmy Castor include: 
-* "Hey, Leroy, Your Mama's Callin' You" (1966), #31 
-with The Jimmy Castor Bunch:+==Personnel==
-* "It's Just Begun" (1972)+*Jimmy Castor - Saxophone, Timbales, Vocals
-* "[[Troglodyte (Cave Man)]]" (1972), #6+*Doug Gibson - Bass, Backing Vocals
-* "The Bertha Butt Boogie (part 1)" (1975), #16+*Harry Jensen - Guitar
-* "King Kong (part 1)" (1975), #69+*Lenny Fridie, Jr. - Congas
 +*Gerry Thomas - Trumpet, Piano
-As a solo artist: 
-* "Love Makes a Woman" (1988) (with [[Joyce Sims]]) 
-Albums:+ 
-*''Hey Leroy'' (1968) (Smash)+ 
-*''[[It's Just Begun]]'' (1972) ([[RCA Records|RCA]])+==Charts==
-*''Phase 2'' (1972) (RCA)+{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
-*''Dimension 3'' (1973) (RCA)+|-
-*''The Jimmy Castor Bunch featuring The Everything Man'' (1974) ([[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]])+! rowspan="2"| Year
-*''Butt Of Course...'' (1975) (Atlantic)+! rowspan="2"| Album
-*''Supersound'' (1975) (Atlantic)+! colspan="2"| Chart positions<ref name="allmusic albums">{{Cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p37807/charts-awards/billboard-albums|pure_url=yes}}|title=Jimmy Castor Band US albums chart history|publisher=allmusic.com|accessdate=2011-06-21}}</ref>
-*''E-Man Groovin''' (1976) (Atlantic)+|- style="font-size:smaller;"
-*''Maximum Stimulation'' (1977) (Atlantic)+! width="40"| [[Billboard 200|US]]
-*''Let It Out'' (1978) (Drive/[[T.K. Records]])+! width="40"| [[Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums|US<br>R&B]]
-*''The Jimmy Castor Bunch'' (1979) ([[Cotillion Records|Cotillion]]/Atlantic)+|-
-*''C'' (1980) (Long Distance)+| rowspan="1"| 1972
-*''The Return of Leroy'' (1983) (Dream)+| align="left"| ''[[It's Just Begun]]''
-*''The Everything Man-The Best of The Jimmy Castor Bunch'' (1995) ([[Rhino Records|Rhino]])+| 27
 +| 11
 +|-
 +|}
 + 
 +===Singles===
 +{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
 +|-
 +! rowspan="2"| Year
 +! rowspan="2"| Single
 +! colspan="3"| Chart positions<ref name="allmusic singles">{{Cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p37807/charts-awards/billboard-singles|pure_url=yes}}|title=Jimmy Castor Band US singles chart history|publisher=allmusic.com|accessdate=2011-06-21}}</ref>
 +|- style="font-size:smaller;"
 +! width="40"| [[Billboard Hot 100|US]]
 +! width="40"| [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|US<br>R&B]]
 +! width="40"| [[Hot Dance Club Songs|US<br>Dance]]
 +|-
 +| rowspan="1"|1972
 +| align="left"| "Troglodyte (Cave Man)"
 +| 6
 +| 4
 +| &mdash;
 +|-
 +|}
 + 
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It's Just Begun is the second album by the Jimmy Castor Bunch, released in 1972 on RCA Records. "It's Just Begun" and "Troglodyte (Cave Man)" have each become staples in hip-hop sampling. Songs from the album have been sampled more than twenty-five times.

The album hit #11 on the R&B charts and #27 on the Billboard 200. "Troglodyte (Cave Man)" hit #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #4 R&B.

The title track, "It's Just Begun" has been hailed as a funk classic, and has been sampled over a dozen times.

"Troglodyte (Cave Man)" has made its impact felt as well, making its way onto more than 20 compilation albums, ranging from 16 Slabs of Funk to Greatest Soul Groups.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Creation (Prologue)" 1:34
  2. "It's Just Begun" 3:43
  3. "Troglodyte (Cave Man)" 3:36
  4. "You Better Be Good (Or the Devil Gon' Getcha)" 2:56
  5. "Psyche" 4:25
  6. "L.T.D. (Life, Truth, and Death)" 7:20
  7. "My Brightest Day" 4:03
  8. "Bad" 3:04
  9. "I Promise to Remember" 2:47
  10. "Creation (Epilogue)" 1:02


Personnel

  • Jimmy Castor - Saxophone, Timbales, Vocals
  • Doug Gibson - Bass, Backing Vocals
  • Harry Jensen - Guitar
  • Lenny Fridie, Jr. - Congas
  • Gerry Thomas - Trumpet, Piano



Charts

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