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"On April 10, 2003, American singer Little Eva died in Kinston, North Carolina, aged 59. She had the 1962 US No.1 & UK No.2 single 'The Loco-Motion'. Eva was working as a babysitter for songwriters Carole King and Gerry Goffin who asked her to record the song they'd just written. 'The Loco-Motion' was also a hit for Grand Funk Railroad in 1974 (US No.1) and for Kylie Minogue in 1988 (US No.3)."
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Little Eva “continued performing until she was diagnosed with cervical cancer in October 2001. She died on April 10, 2003 in Kinston, North Carolina, at the age of 59, and is buried in a small cemetery in Belhaven, North Carolina. Her gravesite was sparsely marked until July 2008, when a report by WRAL-TV of Raleigh, North Carolina highlighted deteriorating conditions at the cemetery and efforts by the city of Belhaven to have it restored. A simple white cross had marked the site until a new gravestone was unveiled in November of that year. Her new grey gravestone has the image of a steam locomotive prominently engraved on the front and the epitaph reads: ‘Singing with the Angels’.”
SGT (Join to see) Capt Dwayne Conyers SPC Woody Bullard
Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7346794/eva-narcissus-boyd
SGT (Join to see) Capt Dwayne Conyers SPC Woody Bullard
Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7346794/eva-narcissus-boyd
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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
Excellent additional information. We had her in concert on campus 1966-67 time frame.
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One of those songs that they wouldn't let be played at high school dances when it first came out.
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SPC Woody Bullard
Great song to get on the floor and dance with your girlfriend.
Do you remember when the KINGSMEN'S "LOUIE LOUIE" was
banned by some radio stations because they thought the words
were obscene ? The FBI even opened up a investigation of the
"LOUIE LOUIE" record. I was amazed because President Kennedy
had just been assassinated two months earlier in November 1963.
Do you remember when the KINGSMEN'S "LOUIE LOUIE" was
banned by some radio stations because they thought the words
were obscene ? The FBI even opened up a investigation of the
"LOUIE LOUIE" record. I was amazed because President Kennedy
had just been assassinated two months earlier in November 1963.
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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
SPC Woody Bullard Yes I sure do, the AM station in Hartford CT that I lstened to was one that did. If I recall we were able to pull it in late at night from a station in Buffalo NY. Connecticut had a hard time getting past it's Puritan heritage when rock and roll first came out.
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SPC Woody Bullard
Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen - I was a teenager living in Daytona Beach
and all the kids at our high school were crazy about "LOUIE LOUIE" the first time we
heard the song. A couple of the local radio stations stopped playing the record but a
lot of us had bought the vinyl 45 RPM record. I still have mine and play it on the
turntable. Still sounds great.
and all the kids at our high school were crazy about "LOUIE LOUIE" the first time we
heard the song. A couple of the local radio stations stopped playing the record but a
lot of us had bought the vinyl 45 RPM record. I still have mine and play it on the
turntable. Still sounds great.
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