On this day (August 25) in 1962, “The Loco-Motion” by an unknown singer named Little Eva topped the Billboard Hot 100. Penned by her employers, the song changed the young woman’s life forever, ...

It was hardly an original piece of choreography, but the Loco-motion was certainly one of the most impressive records produced by the early 1960s vogue for pop dances. Much of its impact was due to ...

Singer Little Eva, who as a teenager recorded the hit 1960s dance song The Loco-Motion, has died after a long battle with cervical cancer, aged 59, her manager said. Eva Narcissus Boyd died on ...

Little Eva was an American singer and songwriter whose music helped shape the sound of 1960s soul and pop. Born Eva Narcissus Boyd in 1943, Little Eva began her career as a babysitter for songwriters ...

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Little Eva, who scored a No. 1 with "Loco-Motion" in 1962, got a new monument on her grave in her hometown of Belhaven, off the Pungo River. Local monument maker, Quincy Edgerton, volunteered to build ...