Little Iva ( Eng. Little Eva , real name: Eva Narcissus Boyd , Eng. Eva Narcissus Boyd ; June 29, 1943 - April 10, 2003 ) is an American pop singer. best known for the song “ The Loco-Motion ”, with which she topped the American charts in 1962.
| Little eva | |
|---|---|
 Little Willow, 1962 | |
| basic information | |
| Birth name | |
| Full name | Eva Narcissus Boyd |
| Date of Birth | June 29, 1943 |
| Place of Birth | Belhaven , North Carolina |
| Date of death | April 10, 2003 (59 years old) |
| A place of death | Kinston , North Carolina |
| A country |  USA |
| Professions | |
| Years of activity | 1962-2001 (as a singer) |
| Genres | pop , R&B |
| Aliases | |
| Labels | Dimension , Collectables , Amy , Verve , Spring, Malibu |
Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 Recognition
- 3 singles
- 4 notes
- 5 Links
Biography
Eva Boyd was born in Belhaven, North Carolina , then moved to Brighton Beach in Brooklyn , New York City . As a teenager, she worked as a maid and worked as a nanny with a child of the writing duo Carol King and Jerry Goffin [1] . There is a widespread story that the authors were inspired to create a song by Eva’s amusing manner of dancing, and that they recorded this song with her just as a demo, intending to release it later by Dee Sharp . However, Carol King herself in an interview with the National Public Radio (NPR) shortly after the death of Little Willow denied this version. According to her, from the very beginning they represented Eve as a girl who has a good voice, so they decided to record this song with her.
Music producer Don Kirshner , who worked on Dimension Records , liked the song and it was released as a gramophone single [1] . The song reached number one on the US national chart on August 25, 1962. It has sold over one million copies and has been certified gold [1] .
In the same year, Iva’s relationship with her boyfriend inspired Goffin and King to write the song “He Hit Me (It Felt Like A Kiss)” (“He hit me (I took it like a kiss)”), which was performed by The Crystals . They found out that Eva’s boyfriend beats her, and when asked why she tolerates this, she said that he behaves this way because he loves [2] .
Eva Boyd died of cancer at the age of 59 [3] .
Recognition
The song “ The Loco-Motion ”, performed by Little Willow, is on the list of 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll, compiled by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame [4] .
Singles
| Year | Title | Charts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | US R&B | UK | ||
| 1962 | " The Loco-Motion " | one | one | 2 |
| Keep Your Hands Off My Baby | 12 | 6 | thirty | |
| 1963 | “Let's Turkey Trot” | twenty | 16 | 13 |
| “Swingin 'on a Star” | 38 | - | - | |
| "Old Smokey Loco-Motion" | 48 | - | - | |
| “What I Gotta Do (To Make You Jealous)” | 101 | - | - | |
| "Let's Start the Party Again" | 123 | - | - | |
| 1970 | “Mama Said” [A] | - | - | - |
| 1972 | "Loco-Motion" | - | - | eleven |
| 1973 | "Loco-Motion" | - | - | - |
| 1986 | "Loco-Motion" | - | - | 87 |
- A “Mama Said” Also Reached 96th Place On Canadian RPM Top Tracks Chart
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 Murrells, Joseph. The Book of Golden Discs. - 2nd. - London : Barrie and Jenkins Ltd, 1978. - P. 148. - ISBN 0-214-20512-6 .
- ↑ [ Little Willow (Eng.) On the AllMusic allmusic website] . Date of treatment July 7, 2009.
- ↑ Laing, Dave . Obituary: Little Eva (English) , The Guardian (April 14, 2003). Date of treatment December 5, 2018.
- ↑ Experience The Music: One Hit Wonders and The Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll . The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum . Date of appeal May 14, 2016.
Links
- Little Willow Biography on Spectropop
- Little Willow Biography on The History of Rock and Roll