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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Keep Your Hands Off My Baby (UK Chart Top 40 - No. 30)
R&B - Released by Music Manager on 19 Dec 2018
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The Loco-Motion (Remastered)
R&B - Released by Vintage Records on 1 Apr 2024
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Nightingale
R&B - Released by oldies and hits for future on 7 May 2019
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The Sweet Sixties
R&B - Released by The Sweet Sixties on 3 Jul 2022
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Sound and Vision
Funk - Released by the sound girly on 12 Dec 2014
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Loco-Motion
Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) - Released by PnR on 1 Apr 2013
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Revolver Hits
R&B - Released by sandero classics sound engine on 5 Jul 2020
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Loco-motion (1962)
Pop - Released by JB Production on 24 Jun 2019
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Llllloco-Motion
R&B - Released by Milestones Records on 22 May 2020
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The Loco-Motion
Pop - Released by Milestones Records on 3 May 2018
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That's Why The Moon Was Smiling
R&B - Released by The Moon Was Smiling on 20 May 2020
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The Hottest Ever
R&B - Released by total hot records re on 27 May 2020
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Llllloco-Motion
Pop - Released by Start Up Records on 22 May 2020
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Little Eva (EP) (All Tracks Remastered)
Pop - Released by Hit Singles Records on 21 Jun 2020
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The Loco-Motion / He Is The Boy (Remastered 2019)
Pop - Released by Hit Singles Records on 5 Dec 2019
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo