The story of Little Eva and her hit, &#;The Loco-Motion&#; has often been told as the story of a songwriter&#;s babysitter who recorded a demo for them that turned into a lucky hit. However, there&#;s much more to the story than that.
Eva Narcissus Boyd was born in Belhaven, North Carolina on June 29, At a young age, she moved to Brighton Beach in Brooklyn, New York, and as a teenager, worked as a maid and babysitter.
Carole King and Gerry Goffin knew Little Eva could sing and hired her as a babysitter for $35 a week for their growing family. After they wrote &#;The Loco-Motion,&#; Goffin and King asked Little Eva to sing the demo so it could be pitched to Dee Dee Sharp on Cameo Parkway. Goffin and King&#;s publisher was Aldon, formed by Don Kirshner and Al Nevins. They started a record label, Dimension and, when they heard Little Eva&#;s demo, decided to release it as a single on their new label.
In August , &#;The Loco-Motion&#; by Little Eva was number one on Billboard&#;s Hot chart. Her follow-up single, &#;Keep Your Hands Off My Baby&#; reached number 12 on the pop chart and number six on the R&B chart. Her third single, &#;Let&#;s Turkey Trot&#; was a top 20
Eva Narcissus Boyd, known by her stage name Little Eva, was born on June 29, , in Belhaven, North Carolina. She became an iconic figure in the music industry, best known for her hit single &#;The Loco-Motion.&#;
Little Eva moved to the Brighton Beach area of Brooklyn, New York, as a teenager. She worked as a maid and babysitter for the famous songwriting duo Carole King and Gerry Goffin. It was during this time that her unique dance moves and singing talent caught their attention. Inspired by her quirky dance style, King and Goffin wrote &#;The Loco-Motion&#; for her, initially as a demo. Music producer Don Kirshner of Dimension Records was impressed by the song and Little Eva&#;s performance, leading to its release.
&#;The Loco-Motion&#; quickly became a number-one hit in the United States in , selling millions of copies and earning gold status. The song&#;s success catapulted Little Eva to stardom, and she became known for her energetic performances and distinctive voice. She followed up with other notable singles, including &#;Keep Your Hands Off My Baby,&#; &#;Let&#;s Turkey Trot,&#; and a remake of Bing Crosby&#;s &#;Swinging on a Star&#; with Big Dee Irwin.
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Eva Narcissus Boyd (June 29, – April 10, ), known by the stage name of Little Eva, was an American singer, well known for her hit "The Loco-Motion". 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".
Biography
Boyd was born in Belhaven, North Carolina in and had twelve siblings. At the age of fifteen, she moved to the Brighton Beach section of Brooklyn, New York. As a teenager, Boyd worked as a maid and earned extra money as a babysitter for songwriters Carole King and Gerry Goffin.
It is often claimed that Goffin and King were amused by Boyd's particular dancing style, so they wrote "The Loco-Motion" for her and had her record it as a demo (the record was intended for Dee Dee Sharp). However, as King said in an interview with NPR and in her "One to One" concert video, they knew she could sing when they met her, and it would be just a matter of time before they would have her record songs they
Little Eva
Childhood And Early Life
American singer, Eva Narcissus Boyd was known as Little Eva was born in Railroad Street, Belhaven, a rural area in North Carolina on the 29 June . Her mother, Laura Boyd, had thirteen children and Eva was her tenth child. When she was fifteen years old, Eva moved to New York where she enrolled at the high school and lived with relations. To support herself she did domestic work and babysitting. A musician friend found employment for Eva working as a babysitter for Carole King and her partner Gerry Goffin. Both were established songwriters who had hits songs recorded by various artists.
Rise To Stardom
There have been many stories about how the song Locomotion came to be written. Carole King rebuffed these stories by saying that when she employed Eva, she was aware of the fact that the young woman had a good voice and that it would be a matter of time before Eva recorded a King/Goffin song.
Eva’s version of Locomotion was released by Dimension Records and in The record reached number one on the charts, selling over a million copies and turning gold.
Career
The success of Locomotion propelled Eva to
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