Little Eva
- MatchLittle Eva
- 100%The Chiffons
- 92%The Cookies
- 87%The Shirelles
- 74%The Dixie Cups
- 68%Betty Everett
- 68%The Crystals
- 64%The Marvelettes
- 60%Chubby Checker
- 58%Brian Hyland
- 58%The Swinging Blue Jeans
Biography
Eva Narcissus Boyd, 29 June 1943, Bellhaven, North Carolina, USA, d. 10 April 2003, Kinston, North Carolina, USA. Discovered by songwriters Carole King and Gerry Goffin, Little Eva shot to fame in 1962 with the international hit single The Loco-Motion, a driving, dance-based song that was the first release on the Dimension Records label. Its ebullient, adolescent approach was muted on a follow-up single, Keep Your Hands Off My Baby, but although further releases from the... Read more