{"id":45967,"date":"2012-01-17T09:14:55","date_gmt":"2012-01-17T08:14:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackouthiphop.com\/?p=45967"},"modified":"2012-01-17T00:29:51","modified_gmt":"2012-01-16T23:29:51","slug":"r-i-p-jimmy-castor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/r-i-p-jimmy-castor\/","title":{"rendered":"R.I.P. Jimmy Castor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object width=\"100%\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/JNS42Na2mpc?version=3&amp;hl=en_US\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>We have received word from readers this evening that legendary singer and songwriter Jimmy Castor, known for his funky &#8212; and funny &#8212; hits during the 70s, has died.  As the leader of the Jimmy Castor Bunch, he topped the charts with such cuts as the humorous &#8220;Troglodyte (Cave Man)&#8221; and &#8220;The Bertha Butt Boogie.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Castor started as a singer and saxophonist in New York, and first appeared as a session man for Frankie Lymon, for whom he also wrote the hit &#8220;I Promise to Remember.&#8221;  But it was his solo work and work leading the Jimmy Castor Bunch that won fans all over the world. Other hits included &#8220;King Kong,&#8221; &#8220;Potential&#8221; and &#8220;Hey Leroy, Your Mama&#8217;s Callin&#8217; You,&#8221; with many of his songs being later sampled by hip-hop artists.<\/p>\n<p>Even long after his hitmaking days were over, Castor continued to perform around the world, pleasing fans with his unique style of funk and dance music. He will be missed.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.soultracks.com\/story-jimmy-castor-dies\" target=\"_blank\">SoulTracks<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have received word from readers this evening that legendary singer and songwriter Jimmy Castor,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-videos"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pG6fW-bXp","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45967"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45967\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}