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Everyone will be familiar with the Ben E King original of this track but this version is a little less known. Little Eva is of course most famous for recording the The Loco-Motion. She was born Eva Narcissus Boyd in 1943 in Bellhaven, North Carolina and moved to New York to finish her education. Whilst in New York, Eva worked as a maid and babysitter for Carole King and Gerry Goffin. It was through this connection that she came to record the Loco-Motion, although the song was originally intended for Dee Dee Sharpe.
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Little Eva’s version of Stand By Me was released in 1965 and was her only release on Amy, as far as I can tell. It is more up beat than the Ben E King version and works well as a mid-paced dancer. Eva puts in a great vocal performance and it builds to a nice finale. There seem to be quite a few copies of this floating around and I do not think that it is particularly collectable, hence you can get a great song at a really reasonable price.
2 comments:
I love this version of "Stand By Me" and you're right that it's a tad more uptempo than Ben E King's version, so it's a bit more floor friendly. I picked my copy up for $6.00 and if I had a dollar for everyone that has asked me who it was when I play it.... i'd easily have trebled my money.
top top tune, never heard it until it was on yer cd the other week
keep em coming roger
ta
snowy
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