Eva Narcissus Boyd (June 29, 1943 – April 10, 2003), known by her stage name Little Eva, was an American singer best known for her 1962 hit "The Loco-Motion". == Biography == Boyd was born in Belhaven, North Carolina, in 1943 and had twelve siblings. At the age of fifteen, she moved to the Brighton Beach section of Brooklyn, New York. As a teenager, she worked as a maid and earned extra money as a babysitter for songwriters Carole King... [more on Wikipedia]