The Loco-Motion

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Written by: Gerry Goffin, Carole King
Produced by: Goffin
Released: June '62 on Dimension
Charts: 16 weeks
Top spot: No. 1

Right place, right time: at seventeen, Eva Boyd was hired to baby-sit King and Goffin's newborn during recording sessions. One day they asked her to help cut a demo of "The Loco-Motion." Music publisher Don Kirshner liked it so much, he made it the first single on his Dimension label. "There never was a dance called the loco-motion until after it was a hit," King said. "Everyone said, 'How does this dance go?' So Little Eva had to make up a dance."

Appears on: The Loco-Motion (Rhino)

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