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Jimmy Castor

Known as the "Everything Man" because of the melting pot of styles he used to create his eccentric, strutting, party tunes, Jimmy Castor was a cult figure of the 1970s soul and funk scene whose music went on to be sampled by an array of hip hop stars, including Kanye West, Ice Cube and Beastie Boys. Starting out with his doo-wop group Jimmy and the Juniors, Castor was still in his early teens when his song I Promise To Remember became a hit for his friend Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers in 1956. He soaked up the Puerto Rican sounds he was hearing in multi-cultural New York and crea...