Little Eva
Little Eva Narcissus Boyd was a babysitter for Carole King and Gerry Goffin when the songwriting team was inspired to write "The Loco-Motion," a song based on a dance that Eva would do around the house. Eva also got to sing on their demo, which impressed Don Kirshner enough to release it as it was. One of the greatest girl group hits, "The Loco-Motion" hit number one in 1962; the follow-up, "Keep Your Hands Off My Baby," was also written by Goffin-King. Almost as good as her debut, it reached the Top 20, and was even covered by the Beatles on-stage in their early days (though they never recorded it in the studio). Unfortunately, Eva was then pigeonholed as a dance-craze singer and given inferior material. She never again reached the soulful heights of her first two singles; "Let's Turkey Trot" (1963) was her only other Top 20 hit, although she continued working until October 2001. She succumbed to cervical cancer in April of 2003.
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The Locomotion
Pop - Released by Starsound Records on Sep. 27, 2017
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Playlist: The Best Of Little Eva
R&B - Released by Rhino on Mar. 18, 2016
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The Locomotion
Pop - Released by Warner Music Group - X5 Music Group on Jul. 6, 2017
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Presenting Little Eva
Pop - Released by Universal Digital Enterprises on Jun. 3, 1962
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The Loco-Motion / He Is the Boy (Mono Version)
Pop - Released by BNF Collection on Jan. 1, 1962
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The Loco-Motion (Billboard Hot 100 - No. 01)
R&B - Released by Music Manager on Dec. 19, 2018
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Women - Little Eva
Pop - Released by Don't stop the music on Jul. 15, 2021
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Essential Collection
R&B - Released by Essential Collection on Sep. 19, 2022
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Some Kinda Wonderful
Jazz - Released by Editione Jazz IT on Feb. 5, 2019
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Keep Your Hands Off My Baby (UK Chart Top 40 - No. 30)
R&B - Released by Music Manager on Dec. 19, 2018
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Nightingale
R&B - Released by oldies and hits for future on May 7, 2019
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The Sweet Sixties
R&B - Released by The Sweet Sixties on Jul. 3, 2022
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Sound and Vision
Funk - Released by the sound girly on Dec. 12, 2014
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The Locomotion
Soul - Released by Music Manager on Jul. 15, 2015
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