Little Eva Boyd was Gerry Goffin and Carole King's babysitter and ace demo singer. Together, the three of them came up with the mega-million-seller "The Loco-motion" and its attendant album, one of the finest moments in Brill Building girl-group music history. Those 13 or so transcendent moments of glory are gathered together with 15 or so others culled from non-LP B-sides and later singles, making this the single best overview of her years at Dimension Records available. In addition to her biggest hit and her first album in its entirety, this also features her other chart hits "Let's Turkey Trot," "Keep Your Hands Off My Baby," "Old Smokey Locomotion" and her duets with Big Dee Irwin ("Swinging on a Star," "The Christmas Song," "I Wish You a Merry Christmas"). And just to perfectly bookend this collection -- which begins with "The Loco-motion" by Little Eva -- the closing track is a rare tribute track recorded and released in the early '60s: "Little Eva" by the Loco-Motions! A nice piece of rock & roll history, Brill Building style. by Cub Koda
Tracklist:
1 The Loco-Motion 2:28
Gerry Goffin / Carole King
2 He Is the Boy 3:00
Jim Ervin / Gerry Goffin
3 Some Kinda Wonderful 2:38
Gerry Goffin / Carole King
4 I Have a Love 2:25
Leonard Bernstein / Stephen Sondheim
5 Down Home 3:02
Gerry Goffin / Carole King
6 Breaking up Is Hard to Do 2:15
Howard Greenfield / Neil Sedaka
7 Run to Her 2:15
Gerry Goffin / Jack Keller
8 Uptown 2:26
Barry Mann / Cynthia Weil
9 Where Do I Go? 2:12
Gerry Goffin / Carole King
10 Up on the Roof 2:54
Gerry Goffin / Carole King
11 Sharing You 1:56
Gerry Goffin / Carole King
12 Will You Love Me Tomorrow? 2:53
Gerry Goffin / Carole King
13 Keep Your Hands off My Baby 2:32
Gerry Goffin / Carole King
14 Let's Turkey Trot 2:30
Gerry Goffin / Carole King
15 Swinging on a Star 2:38
Johnny Burke / James Van Heusen
16 Old Smokey Loco-Motion 2:33
Gerry Goffin / Carole King
17 Just a Little Girl 2:57
Gerry Goffin / Carole King
18 The Trouble With Boys 2:33
Gerry Goffin
19 What I Gotta Do (To Make You Jealous) 1:59
Gerry Goffin / Carole King
20 Let's Start the Party Again 2:48
Gerry Goffin / Carole King
21 Please Hurt Me 2:47
Gerry Goffin / Carole King
22 The Christmas Song 3:02
Mel Tormé / Robert Wells
23 I Wish You a Merry Christmas 2:27
Gerry Goffin / Carole King
24 Makin' With the Magilla 2:25
Justin, Keller, Powers
25 Wake up John 2:09
Taylor
26 Takin' Back What I Said 2:39
Taylor
27 Get Him 2:15
28 Another Night With the Boys 2:55
Gerry Goffin / Carole King
29 Little Eva (The Locomotions) 1:45
Wally Zober
