"Troglodyte (Cave Man)", originally released as "Troglodite", is a 1972 novelty

funk Funk is a music genre that originated in African-American communities in the mid-1960s when musicians created a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through a mixture of various music genres that were popular among African-Americans in the ...

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Jimmy Castor Bunch James Walter Castor (January 23, 1940 – January 16, 2012) was an American funk, R&B and Soul music, soul musician. He is credited with vocals, saxophone and composition. He is best known for songs such as "It's Just Begun", "The Bertha Butt Bo ...

. In the US, it peaked at No. 4 on the R&B chart and No. 6 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. ''Billboard'' ranked it as the No. 80 song for 1972. In Canada, the song reached No. 1 for two weeks in July 1972, and was No. 29 on the ''RPM''/Kowal year-end chart. "Troglodyte" sold over half-a-million copies, and has been certified gold by the

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.RIAA - TROGLODYTE June 30, 1972
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Background

A character introduced in the song, Bertha Butt ("one of the Butt Sisters"), was featured in many later Castor Bunch songs, including " The Bertha Butt Boogie" (1975). The song has been

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Chart performance

References

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