Tuesday, February 21, 2017

"Hey Leroy, Your Mama's Calling You" #31 2/18/1967

Yo' mama! Jimmy Castor came from the Sugar Hill section of Harlem, arguably the birthplace of rap. In the 50's he replaced his buddy Frankie Lymon in the Teenagers. When doo-wop faded, Jimmy became a session sax player until this record, which owed its sound to the Puerto Rican influx to Harlem. He later fronted the Jimmy Castor Bunch in the 70's as he boogied with Bertha Butt, one of the Butt Sisters.


1 comment:

Tal Hartsfeld said...

For some reason this song struck me as being a derivative Caribbean style.