Teen Beat / Teen Rock
Years active 1962-2001
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Belhaven, North Carolina, USA
Born June 29, 1943, Died April 10, 2003 (a. 59), Kinston, North Carolina
Eva Narcissus Boyd (June 29, 1943 – April 10, 2003), known by the stage name of Little Eva, was an American pop singer. 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
Born in Belhaven, North Carolina, she moved to the Brighton Beach section of Brooklyn, New York, at a young age. As a teenager, she 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 wrote, the most successful being "The Loco-Motion.” … Read original text here >>> Little Eva
Little Eva ” LLLLLCO — MOTION ” London SHU 8437 [1972]
Repro release, all tracks 1962
Little Eva ” LLLLLittle Eva” Dimension WESM 512 [2001]
all these tracks 1963