Re: Troglodyte
Posted: Sun Feb 02, 2014 10:58 pm
It's one of the sad stories of the entertainment business that someone as talented as Jimmy Castor -- wrote his first hit song at 13, for Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers ("I Promise to Remember"); sang, produced, played saxophone and percussion; performed doo-wop, Latin soul, jazz, funk, and a little bit of rock, earning the nickname "the Everything Man" for his range -- was best known for novelty songs like "Troglodyte" and "King Kong."
If you get the change, go back to Youtube, and look up Jimmy Castor's "Soul Serenade," "Whiter Shade of Pale" (which might be listed as "Blanca Palidez"), or "Love Jones," one of his stock-in-trade story songs. Or "It's Just Begun," one of the most sampled songs of all time for its saxophone intro and its percussion break.
If you get the change, go back to Youtube, and look up Jimmy Castor's "Soul Serenade," "Whiter Shade of Pale" (which might be listed as "Blanca Palidez"), or "Love Jones," one of his stock-in-trade story songs. Or "It's Just Begun," one of the most sampled songs of all time for its saxophone intro and its percussion break.