Hi everyone. Truly Judy’s Uncommon Oldies takes us to WOHO in Toledo, Ohio, 1470 On Your Dial, to Wally Wo-Ho’s Tip Top Tunes Survey from August, 1963.
My survey artist, Little Eva, was born Eva Narcissus Boyd in Belhaven, North Carolina. As a teen, she worked as a maid and earned extra money as a babysitter for songwriters Carole King and Gerry Goffin.
In 1962, Little Eva recorded the Goffin/King tune written for her called The Loco-Motion. The song climbed all the way to #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100, sold over a million copies and was awarded a gold disc. It also reached #2 in the UK. Several other Top 40 hits followed including Keep Your Hands Off My Baby, which is my favorite by her, Let’s Turkey Trot and Swinging On a Star, recorded with Big Dee Irwin.
My survey song Bubbled Under Billboard’s Hot 100 at #101 in 1963. On Wally Wo-Ho’s Tip Top Tunes Survey, in Toledo, Ohio, in August of 1963 at #27, here is Little Eva with What I Gotta Do (To Make You Jealous) on the Dimension label.
