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.
© Richie Unterberger /TiVo
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The Locomotion
Pop - Released by Starsound Records on 27/09/2017
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Playlist: The Best Of Little Eva
R&B - Released by Rhino on 18/03/2016
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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The Locomotion
Pop - Released by Warner Music Group - X5 Music Group on 6/07/2017
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Little Eva - Platinum Selection
Pop - Released by Retro Music Box on 29/07/2020
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Presenting Little Eva
Pop - Released by Universal Digital Enterprises on 3/06/1962
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Little Eva - Vintage Selection
Pop - Released by Vintage Jukebox on 13/10/2020
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Loco-Motion / He Is the Boy (Mono Version)
Pop - Released by BNF Collection on 1/01/1962
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
The Best of Little Eva
Rock - Released by Vintage Jukebox on 8/05/2020
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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The Locomotion
Jazz - Released by Black Sheep Music on 13/10/2014
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Essential Collection
R&B - Released by Essential Collection on 19/09/2022
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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The Locomotion
Jazz - Released by Stars and Stripes on 13/10/2014
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Some Kinda Wonderful
Jazz - Released by Editione Jazz IT on 5/02/2019
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Loco-Motion (Remastered)
R&B - Released by Vintage Records on 1/04/2024
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Nightingale
R&B - Released by oldies and hits for future on 7/05/2019
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Sweet Sixties
R&B - Released by The Sweet Sixties on 3/07/2022
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo