Troglodyte (Cave Man) – Jimmy Castor Bunch | Top 40 Chart Performance, Story and Song Meaning

Chart Performance: Pop (#6); 1972

Story Behind The Song By Ed Osborne

Jimmy Castor had just turned 13 when I Promise To Remember, a song he had written and recorded with his group, The Juniors, was nestled in the R&B Top 10 by teen sensations, Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers.

After this auspicious beginning, Jimmy continued to study music theory at New York’s Music and Art High School and play his beloved saxophone. During the winter of 1966/67, Jimmy’s name was once again on a hit record entitled Hey, Leroy, Your Mama’s Callin’ You.

1972 found Jimmy with a new group, the Jimmy Castor Bunch, which included Doug Gibson, whose career start also dated back to the mid-1950’s when he was a member of the Vibraharps.

Troglodyte certainly bore no resemblance to Jimmy or Doug’s vocal harmony roots, yet, unlike their R&B group recordings, it was a stone cold smash. Tucked away on the flip side was Jimmy’s update of I Promise To Remember.

This content and all Song Meaning articles were created and written by Top 40 Contributing Editor Ed Osborne. © 2024 Ed Osborne. All Rights Reserved. In addition to these song meaning articles, Ed has written our “Year in Music 1960s-1990s” articles.

Produced by:

• Jimmy Castor
• John Pruitt

Lyrics Written by:

• Jimmy Castor
• Bobby Manigault
• Doug Gibson
• Harry Jensen
• Gerry Thomas