The Loco-motion Little Eva, June 1962, First release. The song is a popular and enduring example of the dance-song genre: much of the lyrics are devoted to a description of the dance itself, usually performed as a type of line dance. Little Eva originally released The Loco-motion written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King. by two different music artists (Grand Funk Railroad did the other version).
An instant dance song hit, the song actually came before the loco-motion dance, and it was also one of only two songs to hit No. Eva Narcissus Boyd, who was Carol King’s baby-sitter who did the original demo, released it in 1962. “The Loco-Motion” was written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King, who had Dee Dee Sharp in mind to record it, but after Dee Dee turned it down. 1) and finally in 1988 by the Australian singer Kylie. 1) in 1974 by the American band Grand Funk Railroad (also U. The song is notable for appearing in the American Top 5 three times, each time in a different decade: in 1962 by the American pop singer Little Eva (U.
'The Loco-Motion' was originally written for Dee Dee Sharp, but Sharp turned the song down. There's a Spectorian Wall-of-Sound flair to the production, right from the almost military drum roll that starts off the song, followed by droning saxes against a chugging rhythm. 359 on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of “The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. 'The Loco-Motion' is a 1962 pop song written by American songwriters Gerry Goffin and Carole King. A 1962 single that did all that was Little Eva's 'The Loco-motion,' written by the pre-eminent Brill Building songwriting team of Gerry Goffin and Carole King. It was her biggest hit, was the 6th most successful song released that year, and is now ranked No. Hot 100 and R&B charts, and No.2 in Great Britain. Remembering Little Eva on her birthday, “The Loco-Motion” hit No. Today’s song from Clarksdale, Mississippi, the birthplace of the blues and rock n’ roll.
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