On this day in music history: August 25, 1962 - “The Loco-Motion” by Little Eva hits #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for 1 week, also topping the R&B singles chart for 3 weeks on the same date. Written and produced by Carole King and Gerry Goffin, it is the debut single and biggest hit for the R&B/Pop vocalist from Belhaven, NC. Little Eva (aka Eva Boyd) is the seventeen year old babysitter for the husband and wife songwriting team. One day, King hears Eva singing around the house and asks the teenager to sing on the demo of a new song that she and her husband have written. The demo is heard by music publisher Don Kirshner who releases it “as is” on his newly established Dimension Records imprint. Entering the Hot 100 at #86 on June 30,1962, it climbs to the top of the chart eight weeks later. “The Loco-Motion” proves to have great staying power as it is covered numerous times over the years, with the band Grand Funk Railroad also scoring a number one pop hit with their cover version in May of 1974. Australian pop singer/actress Kylie Minogue also takes the song to number three on the Hot 100 in November 1988 with her version. Little Eva’s original recording is inducted into the Grammy Hall Of Fame in 2016. “The Loco-Motion” is certified Gold in the US by the RIAA.Jeff Harris' Behind The Grooves
and no NOT the Kylie version . . . . . . .
and DEFINITELY not the the Grand Funk Railroad version either!! 😡
(oh and it's written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King so I would forgive listening to Carole's version!! )
the author's version
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