SotD: "The Loco-Motion" - Little Eva (1962)

Eva Boyd, better known as Little Eva (after a character from Uncle Tom's Cabin), scored a #1 hit in 1962 with this Carole King/Gerry Goffin penned tune. And while King and Goffin were bonified Brill building songwriters, their relationship with Eva was alittle unsual. Eva was their babysitter, and when they caught her dancing around their house one night, they were so inspired by her moves they decided to write a song about it. "The Loco-Motion" was written, and they couldn't think of anyone better to demo it than Eva herself. That demo impressed Producer Don Kirshner so much, he wanted her to sing it for the single. She did and her career was launched.

King/Goffin also wrote a song "He Hit Me (It Felt Like A Kiss)" which was a hit for The Crystals, inspired by Eva's confession to King/Goffin that her boyfriend abused her. So, when listening to this delightfully groovy and gummy track, don't kid yourself that the 60s were in anyway more innocent then our society today. In fact, I think Eva would be more controversial in our society because we take everything at face value. It would be like Rhianna changing her name to Amistad and releasing a song called "Hit Me With Your Love" and having it go to #1.

Now that you can do it, let's make a chain, now.
(Come on baby, do The Loco-motion.)
A chug-a, chug-a motion like a railroad train, now.