Little Eva getting the rightful recognition she truly deserves. The Goffin & King composition of “The Locomotion” still resonates over 60 years later with Little Eva putting a new dance craze securely on the map.
@mrstanbmw5 жыл бұрын
keep on putting the spotlight on our artist who didn't get the shine they should have.
@jackjules7552 Жыл бұрын
Carol King did not mention Little Eva even once in her published autobiography.
@Passionate4music15 жыл бұрын
THANKS MIKE 🎶 ANOTHER AWESOME DOCUMENTARY ON YET ANOTHER TALENTED STAR WHO WAS SO UNDERRATED IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY😥 I REALLY ENJOYED IT! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
@jamesgreen45295 жыл бұрын
I love these series
@FriendofDorothy4 жыл бұрын
"The Locomotion" is easily one of the best and most exciting singles of the '60s and Eva nailed the vocal. I equally loved "Keep Your Hands Off My Baby". The studio players don't get enough credit; just listen to that drummer on those two great singles! The problem beyond those two songs was the same problem encountered by Claudine Clark after her smash "Party Lights". The producers kept saddling these artists with either lame remakes of older hit tunes or, even worse, with novelty records that were either corny or not really funny or clever. I bought "Old Smokey Locomotion" and also (unbelievably) "Let's Turkey Trot" (easily the campiest of her recordings). Even as a kid I recognized these records were too goofy to be taken very seriously, but novelty records were a thing back then. Poor Claudine was saddled with "Walkin' In a Cemetery", a pretty awful novelty record, after the huge success of "Party Lights". It bombed and she was left being a one hit wonder. Too bad the same fate befell Eva after her two hit singles. (If you really want to hear Eva do a novelty song her best one was her collaboration with Big Dee called "Swinging On a Star". It's really cute!. The only other things I have to say about this interesting video is: 1. the word you were looking for is "estranged", not "estranded" (no big deal, but noticeable) and 2. The problem with "He Hit Me (and it Felt Like a Kiss" is two-fold: it's not a very catchy or appealing song, and it unfortunately does romanticize physical abuse; that song would set the internet afire with criticism if released today. Too many women accepted abuse in their relationships back then, and too many still do. Abuse is not love, it is CONTROL, usually from a person who has no sense of control over themselves! You get treated the way you teach others to treat you. If you are being abused call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233. Reach out to someone, it won't stop on its own, especially if there are drugs or alcohol involved.
@cotus2408 Жыл бұрын
We’ll return that kind of love, * KNOCK the love right back ! 😀😂
@cotus2408 Жыл бұрын
I think the number to call is a four-digit number these days 🥰👍 !
@NicoleMcLain-nk8td Жыл бұрын
Thanks for writing that I am gonna listen to party lights by Claudia.
@deanadiedrich93044 жыл бұрын
WOW! Just going through the KZbin channels and l found this station....OMG this is by far my number one channel now! I saw Little Eva (The first video I've watched.) And l was hooked! I subscribed immediately! I love this channel, my parents had most of these artists in they're record library's Thank you .The Host sound and looks great the editing is great and the photo are beautiful...l noticed your background theme song is one of the horn musician king Curtis a great talent gone to soon... l know your working on him ...he did a song about mixing up an orchestra...to sound like he was julia child. I liked the instrumental he did on Bobby Gentry's Ode to Billy Joe... l will watch all these episodes over and over again ! Please keep up the good work. You work on the best Biography/Documentaries I've seen in a long time these are the best!!!!!!!!!!
@lamper2 Жыл бұрын
same goes for me but in 2022
@marquezrosa20855 жыл бұрын
I absolutely loved this episode! Thank you so much once again! Hoping you can do one on Mary Frierson aka Wendy Rene! She has a super interesting story! Although I’d say she was more an underground artist I wish she had recived more recognition.
@Bribrig4l5 жыл бұрын
I lov your channel
@nurknanker61054 ай бұрын
Im only 4 minutes into this story & want to say thanks for the details & photos. ❤ I'm old enough to have had Little Eva as a babysitter & to have bought the Grand Funk cover version. My folks had her single in our family jukebox. ❤
@tonyrussi77773 жыл бұрын
I saw Little Eva in 1989 at Little Darlins Rock N Roll Palace near Disney World in Orlando & she was GREAT. She was doing alot of Shows at that time.
@Ransomhandsome3 жыл бұрын
My favorite Little Eva quote, when asked if she still performed, "I don't loco-mote no more."
@terrimyers33374 жыл бұрын
RIP Eva
@Hershey_Gregg5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing
@sdgakatbk4 жыл бұрын
Not bad. I think artists can get labeled by one big hit as maybe was the case with Little Eva. The Locomotion is a good song, but I prefer Keep Your Hands off my Baby. I think she could have branched into more different styles of music. And working with Ray Charles was quite an accomplishment.
@tz8700pplop3 жыл бұрын
Loved this song very much
@sarahmoses19103 ай бұрын
One fine day was definitely a sound. I didn't realize she's done so much. RIP EVA. forever GOD bless.
@MadredeAgua93 жыл бұрын
Goffin, King, and Eva were set to release ONE FINE DAY but Eva's manager didn't like the song and convinced her not to record it so her lead vocals were erased and the tune was given to the Chiffons.
@sherrilynnnelson7032 жыл бұрын
Fantastic!! Thank you ❤️
@josettahines57604 жыл бұрын
It’s crazy because I’ve never seen this before...However, this is my mommy!!!
@user-zu9cw2xq7f4 жыл бұрын
Josetta Hines such a Blessing 🙂
@original1stmother4 жыл бұрын
She was beautiful
@Powerfulchange7123 жыл бұрын
Wow!!! Amazing!!!
@ccth224 жыл бұрын
Wow great stuff...
@charlesbarry27675 жыл бұрын
THANKS FOR SHEARING, I LIKED LITTLE EVA.
@kearleneulberg733 Жыл бұрын
I am so glad l found this channel ..This is fantastic... This was During my Era.. 🎉 Thanx YOUUU *** For sharing this post .. ❤
@preciousjackson25904 жыл бұрын
Lil eva reminds me of my grandma and great aunt
@therocknrollgamer95722 жыл бұрын
Maybe she is a close relative to you, without you even realizing
@sirpoppinchuck4 жыл бұрын
Eva got saved!!!!!
@lisablack1244 жыл бұрын
Rest In Peace Little Eva and Little Millie Small. Unfortunately you only made money for the people who owned you. ♥️♥️♥️❤️❤️❤️🦋🦋🦋🦋♥️♥️🙏
@fredsimms6643 жыл бұрын
Love the channel!
@NicoleMcLain-nk8td Жыл бұрын
I am interested in little eva,,, thank you.
@Ransomhandsome3 жыл бұрын
$50 for Locomotion? Not true. Just in 1962 alone Little Eva made $30,000 from that recording, which is the same amount Carole King made from it that year.
@jackjules7552 Жыл бұрын
It's interesting that Carol King does even mention Little Eva's name even once in her autobiography. When Carol King appeared as a guest on the David Letterman show, she was asked by Mr Letterman where Little Eva had disappeared to. Carol gave a poker face and answered that she had no idea.
@rexxgarvin53134 жыл бұрын
Little Eva did not have a shot. I will explain later
@rexxgarvin53134 жыл бұрын
I will explain now. At that time, ''They'' just grabbed any black person from the street. In the late 50's, early 60's, this was a great brand new time for black folks. Another kind of rock and roll was beginning. Little ''Black'' Eva just fit that time, Not a for a future. She did not write songs. She was just a performer that could be replaced with no problem. Keep in mind, she was a Baby Sitter. Jewish Carol just needed a voice to her express her written song. The Jewish Black Connection is deep. Will explain later
@rexxgarvin53134 жыл бұрын
@@zepperwing1 Please, don't make it deeper than what it is. Its all right there in history! I will be careful replying to folks online. Everything I talk about is right there for you to see, I just point out what people are clueless to. I will explain later. School is in session......
@rexxgarvin53134 жыл бұрын
@@zepperwing1 I will explain now. All you have to do is Study the ''Mind Set'' and the Time and place. To be black and aware is in some cases '' Not Good''. Stay Dumb to realistic accurate facts, but don't expose your intelligence. Pull up a Chair.........In the Music Industry, Back then, You pick the time and Year. Blacks were fresh from Down South, could not read. But they where ready for the ''Whatever''. When you are living in your youth, living in your time, All you are thinking about is Fun and Travel. You are living the Spotlight. In some cases, you were not prepared for This at all. You were an ''Idea''. One day, your ass in working in a factory, next thing you know, you are on tour. The Folks who created The Artist know what they are doing. The Performer never knows. Show Bizz and The Fan's are feeding their Ego. The Black is the Performer. Bow. Lets Make this a Game show. Ready Folks? What culture of People own the rights? The Publication Rights? They are the Creators. They Love Us. They have marched with us. takin' the bullet for us, got beaten for us, Funded us. Who are they? Tell me......
@rexxgarvin53134 жыл бұрын
@@zepperwing1 How old are you?
@rexxgarvin53134 жыл бұрын
@@zepperwing1 When Facts are facts. When the flashbacks come back. Some things have to be said. Most of the black performers died broke, or sold their rights. The writers and their families are ''Okay'' for the rest of their lives. Don't let my comment distract you. Read some fairy Tales to match up to your reality. Matter of fact, alot of folks Thought Carol was black, by her name. Her real name is not Carol King by the way. Like the actor Tony Curtis. Not his real name. Jerry Lewis (My Idol) The Comedian. Not his his real name. There will be more Black and Jewish stories soon my friend. The Closet is soon opening. And that closet might not be for you. Read those Fairy Tales. That will work out for you!!
@nicwalker21753 жыл бұрын
She was a great musician and trailblazer. They stole her money...Carol king and the whole lot of them vultures. Her family should still be making withdrawls on her account today and forever. Ashe' Eva; nothing little about her talent.💜
@jackjules7552 Жыл бұрын
You might also know that Carol King did not mention Little Eva even once in her published autobiography....it's as if Little Eva played no part in her life at all.
@marvelousmartian53793 жыл бұрын
Interesting story. She should have change her style and went to a different company especially by the 70's! Don't know what happen to Big Dee Irwin but he should have been in Muscle Shoals or somewhere down south singing some soul!!
@user-xg7iz4ok5z6 ай бұрын
These were the Glory days!!!
@jamespinckard42103 ай бұрын
Those were the days.....................
@TonyT-i9w7 ай бұрын
R.I.P. Little Eva ❤
@cotus2408 Жыл бұрын
😳 Wasn’t JFK assassinated on November 22nd not on the 23rd ? ! 🥲😢
@juliereminiec4937 Жыл бұрын
Eva was Carole King's babysitter,not maid
@martinejoseph16442 жыл бұрын
Avec mes pensées les plus belles pour elle .................... souvenirs d'amour ///////////// Joseph /////////// FRANCE ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
@cotus2408 Жыл бұрын
Why do some women think of it as LOVE, when their man / boyfriend beat on them ? 😱🤬😤 ( Well, return the love and BEAT them back ! 😡👍 )
@raheem8083 жыл бұрын
Man we all know dis shit fabricated little eva wrote those lyrics herself
@MadredeAgua93 жыл бұрын
Goffin and King initially were going to give Ms Boyd co-writer credit but the $ sign flashed in front of their eyes so they kept the royalties to themselves.
@jackjules7552 Жыл бұрын
@@MadredeAgua9 It's interesting that Carol King does not mention Little Eva even once in her autobiography. It's like Little Eva played no part in her life.