Talk:Jimmy Castor

Praise for Jimmy Castor
Jimmy Castor is one of the greatest, if not the greatest composer of bad-ass grooves. The vamps this man has written are ever-so-funky. Giving even James Brown a run for his money. It boggles the mind why so few people know this man and his band. Spread the word and help give credit where credit is due.

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Is this birth date correct?
Jimmy Castor was born in 1947 and co-wrote "I Promise to Remember" in 1956? While I suppose it could happen, he would have been at most nine years old when he wrote the song. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cscj01 (talk • contribs) 20:16, 13 February 2011‎
 * Quite. It's what Allmusic says here, and that is generally treated as a reliable source even though it's very often wrong on details.  However, Joel Whitburn, generally (but not always) much more reliable than Allmusic, gives 1943 - Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-1995, p.69 - as do some other sources like this, this, this and this.  Admittedly, some may have got the date from each other.  At least some obituaries give 1940.  I think 1947 is highly implausible, unless there are sources that specifically refer to him as a prodigy who was writing songs and singing in his first group at the age of 9.  I haven't seen any, so for the time being I'll revert to 1943, and other editors with other sources can discuss it here.  Ghmyrtle (talk) 19:17, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
 * 1940 look to be correct. The NYT obit says "James Walter Castor was born on Jan. 23, 1940, in Manhattan. (His son said that for years he had let others assume he was far younger than he was, by as much as seven years.)" – Connormah (talk) 22:34, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Seems reasonable - I should have read the NYT article! Ghmyrtle (talk) 22:40, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
 * No problem. It was at 1940 before, I never noticed the anon that changed it. Will keep an eye, FWIW, I guess. – Connormah (talk) 22:43, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Please note everyone that the month is set as June (day 23) in the current article, whilst the NYT obit says January (day 23). I'd suggest that we believe the NYT in this case and change "June" to "January" (though the abbreviated month names 'Jan' and 'Jun' only differ by one letter, which means they may get confused easily)

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