"The Loco-Motion" was originally written for Dee Dee Sharp, but Sharp turned the song down. When the demo of this song was completed, Artie Kaplan took it to Cameo-Parkway, but Cameo producer Bernie Lowe listened to the opening for all of sixty seconds before squeaking the needle off the record and saying "I didn't hear the hook," turning it down cold. The photo graced the cover of, The song was covered by Canadian ska-punk band, The Johnstones, with the title of "Locomotion" for their 2012 album, King credits Little Eva for coming up with the famous dance. When "Nothin' On You" reached #1 on the Hot 100, B.o.B became the first American act whose name is a palindrome to top the chart. In 1963, American Bandstand signed her with Dick Clark's Caravan of Stars national U.S. tour and she was set to perform for the tour's 15th show scheduled for the night of November 22, 1963 at the Memorial Auditorium in Dallas, Texas when suddenly the Friday evening event was cancelled moments after U.S. President John F. Kennedy was assassinated while touring Dallas in an open car caravan.
Although some sources claim that her stage name was inspired by a character from the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin, she stated in an interview that she was named after her aunt, which prompted her family to call her "Little Eva".
And that's how this song became the first single put out by the newly-formed Dimension Records, spawned from Aldon Music. The other two who did so prior to the Atlanta rapper were both Scandinavian groups - ABBA and A-Ha. She never owned the rights to her recordings. All rights reserved. He wrote "She Blinded Me With Science" so he could direct a video about a home for deranged scientists. "The Loco-Motion" was remade into another No.
At deadline, funeral arrangements were incomplete. 12 on the chart. Little Eva was Eva Boyd, the babysitter - actually more of a nanny - being paid $35/week to watch their daughter Louise and clean the house. The only existing footage of Little Eva performing "Loco-Motion" is a small clip from the ABC 1960s live show Shindig! After hearing the demo, they decided to release the song as a single, and it became a No. [9] A simple white cross had marked the site until a new gravestone was unveiled in November of that year. They were all young: Eva was 17, King 19 and Goffin 22. She retired from the music industry in 1971. Although some sources claim that her stage name was inspired by a character from the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin, she stated in an interview that she was named after her aunt, which prompted her family to call her "Little Eva." She also occasionally recorded new songs. One of the most successful songwriters in the business, Desmond co-wrote "Livin' La Vida Loca," "Dude (Looks Like A Lady)" and "Livin' On A Prayer. Boyd's other single recordings were "Keep Your Hands Off My Baby", "Let's Turkey Trot", and a remake of the Bing Crosby standard "Swinging on a Star", recorded with Big Dee Irwin (though Boyd was not credited on the label). Her exact age isn't known but she was believed to be between 57 and 60. Although the prevailing rumor in the 1970s was that she had received only $50 for "The Loco-Motion", it seems $50 was actually her weekly salary at the time she made her records (an increase of $15 from what Goffin and King had been paying her as nanny). Little Eva was Eva Boyd, the babysitter - actually more of a nanny - being paid $35/week to watch their daughter Louise and clean the house. [3] When they inquired why she tolerated such treatment, Eva replied without batting an eyelid that her boyfriend's actions were motivated by his love for her.[3]. Lowe's exact facial expression, upon hearing this song come out of the radio later as a #1 hit by July of '62, is forever lost to history but we're pretty sure it must have been memorable. "The Loco-Motion" is a 1962 pop song written by American songwriters Gerry Goffin and Carole King. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. This TV show was one of her final performances until 1988, when she began performing in concerts with Bobby Vee and other singers. Singer Little Eva (full name: Eva Narcissus Boyd), died yesterday (April 10) in Kinston, N.C., after a long illness, according to her manager. How the American gangsta rappers made history by getting banned in the UK. Angus Young created the distinctive opening guitar part for "Thuderstruck" by playing with all the strings taped up, except the B. It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc. She also sang "Let's Turkey Trot" and the Exciters' song "I Want You to Be My Boy" in the same episode. Released in 1987, it was the biggest-selling single of the '80s in Australia, and her only hit (#3) in the US until 2002, when she struck with "Can't Get You Out Of My Head. wherein she sang a short version of the clip along with the famous dance steps. She returned to live performing with other artists of her era on the cabaret and oldies circuits. [2] The song reached No. The husband-and-wife songwriting team of Carole King and Gerry Goffin wrote this song. So Little Eva had to make up a dance.
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