Sunday, August 24, 2014

The Loco-Motion: Written by Carol King and Gerry Geffin, produced by Don Kirshner and sung by Carol and Gerry’s babysitter, then very successfully covered by Michigan’s GRAND FUNK. Not a bad tune that Cameo Records passed up…



August 25, 1962: 

 
After Cameo Records producers passed on the opportunity to have Dee Dee Sharp record a Gerry Goffin / Carole King song called "The Loco-Motion", Don Kirshner at Dimension Records decided to take a chance on it...


 
 He liked the demo record's singer, Eva Boyd, who was Goffin and King's babysitter, and had her re-record it. The result was a US number one hit

Then these cats from Michigan got some mileage out of it too…
Not a bad tune
that Cameo Records passed up…

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