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...