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James Walter Castor (January 23, 1940 - January 16, 2012) was an American funk, R&B, and soul musician. A multi-instrumentalist, he is credited with vocals, saxophone and composition. He is best known for songs with his band, The Jimmy Castor Bunch, such as "It's Just Begun", "Bertha Butt Boogie", and the biggest hit single, million-seller "Troglodyte (Cave Man)."

Below is a list of The Jimmy Castor Bunch songs, sorted by the most popular first. Place mouse on to see information about song. Click song title to play song and to read details about the song including lyrics (if available). Click year to list all songs from that year. Click label to list songs from that record label. Songs with chart position "---" either never made it into the US top 100 R&B or UK charts or we have no details of their highest chart positions if they did.

(Song are sorted in highest US R&B Top 100 and/or UK Top 100 chart position order)


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1 record label: RCA 2226
chart position: RandB #4, US #6
written by: Harry Jensen, Gerald Thomas, Douglas Gibson, Robert Manigault, Jimmy Castor & Langdon Fridie Jr.
album: It's Just Began
comments: [novelty]
 		The Jimmy Castor Bunch Troglodyte (Cave Man)
1972 RCA
2 record label: Atlantic 3232
chart position: RandB #22, US #16
written by: Jimmy Castor & Johnny Pruitt
album: Butt of Course
comments: [funk]
 		The Jimmy Castor Bunch The Bertha Butt Boogie
1975 Atlantic
3 record label: Atlantic 3295
chart position: RandB #23, US #69
written by: Jimmy Castor and John Pruitt
 		The Jimmy Castor Bunch King Kong (Pt. 1)
1975 Atlantic
4 record label: Atlantic 3375
chart position: RandB #28, US #101
written by: Ellwood Henderson (as Ellwood Henderson Jr.)
album: E Man Groovin'
 		The Jimmy Castor Bunch Space Age
1977 Atlantic
5 record label: Atlantic 3270
chart position: RandB #25
written by: Ellwood Henderson
album: Butt of Course
 		The Jimmy Castor Bunch Potential
1975 Atlantic
6 record label: RCA 389
chart position: Cashbox RandB #26
written by: MacColl
album: Phase Two
comments: [instrumental]
 		The Jimmy Castor Bunch The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
1972 RCA
7 record label: RCA Victor 740763
chart position: US #105
written by: Jimmy Castor, Johnny Pruitt and Gerry Thomas
album: Phase Two
 		The Jimmy Castor Bunch Luther the Anthropoid (Ape Man)
1972 RCA Victor
8 record label: Atlantic 3316
chart position: RandB #42
written by: Jimmy Castor and John Pruitt
album: Supersound
 		The Jimmy Castor Bunch Supersound
1976 Atlantic
9 record label: Cotillion 44253
chart position: RandB #50
written by: Jimmy Castor and Dan Lewittes
album: The Jimmy Castor Bunch
 		The Jimmy Castor Bunch Don't Do That!
1979 Cotillion
10 record label: Atlantic 3362
chart position: RandB #67
written by: Ellwood Henderson (as Ellwood Henderson Jr.)
 		The Jimmy Castor Bunch Everything Is Beautiful to Me
1976 Atlantic
11 record label: RCA Victor 0953
chart position: RandB #72
written by: King Curtis (as Curtis Ousley) and Luther Dixon
album: Dimension III
comments: [instrumental]
 		The Jimmy Castor Bunch Soul Serenade
1973 RCA Victor
12 record label: Atlantic 3455
chart position: RandB #82
written by: Ellwood Henderson (as Ellwood Henderson Jr.)
album: Maximum Stimulation
 		The Jimmy Castor Bunch Maximum Stimulation
1978 Atlantic
13 record label: Atlantic 3331
chart position: RandB #97
written by: Exuma
album: Supersound
 		The Jimmy Castor Bunch Bom Bom
1976 Atlantic




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