Eva Narcissus Boyd was "Little Eva's" real name. She was also the babysitter for Carole King and her then husband Gerry Goffin! Also, this song was at the top of the charts in August of 1932 on Dimension Records, with the Cookies as back-up!
*Superb Job, Kenn. Easily The Best Version That I Have Ever Heard Of This Classic Golden Oldie. You Are By Far The Best Enhancement Uploader On The Net. Beautiful, Kenn Simply Beautiful.*
Little Eva, what a sweetheart. So sad that she's gone. Tremendous job with this song. Also very sad that the amazingly talented Kenn Wingle has also passed on R.I.P.
This is awesome! It really needed this! I grew up on Grand Funk’s version, but this was always a favorite as well…. Would love to hear Grand Funk’s version enhanced also, but that was pretty darn good as is.
Everybody's doin' a brand new dance now (Come on baby do the locomotion) I know you'll get to like it if you give it a chance now (Come on baby do the locomotion
Hi Kenn. Like I Mentioned In My Earlier Comment, Super Job Uploading Little Eva, (The Loco-Motion) Awesome Enhancements As Always... I Have Read Multiple Times In Your Bio That You Get A Lot Of Your Ideas Of Great 60s Songs From Your Comments. I Have A Song That Has Always Been One Of My Favorites Which I Hope Is One Of Yours. Also, The Lovin Spoonful (You Didn't Have To Be So Nice) Kenn, If You Could Find It In You To Consider This Classic Tune, I Would Be Most Appreciative. Thanks So Much, My Friend... Ricky!
Not many people outside of Liverpool UK and Hamburg Germany had heard of The Beatles when this was released in August 1962. Decca and Parlophone in London had, but certainly not in America to influence this record.
Not bad at all! I love these enhancements. I wish I could do this someday. I have a keyboard and a midi cable. But I have a laptop that's completely dead. LoL. What programs do you use in case I want to do this? You explained the process already to me and it seems rather difficult at first. Thanks! Elijah P.S: Happy father's day of your a Dad, Kenn.
Interesting question as to exactly what I do on these songs to enhanced them. Well each song is different as to how it would be enhanced. I use a Yamaha 1602 (16) track mixing console given to me by a friend. I bought a Sterling Pro Studio Microphone. The process goes something like this.(1)I start out with a clean digital audio file from a CD and do a RESTORATION from that MAGIX AUDIO CLEANING LAB (adjusting the 3 band compression/dynamics, EQ & brightness settings. (2). Then I move that file over the MAGIX AUDIO STUDIO 7 (multitrack program) on my HP computer and place it as track 1 or the MAINFRAME TRACK. The microphone is plugged into the sound mixer and fed into the back of the computer by aux in audio channel so it can be picked up by the multitrack program. Instruments like electric guitars and keyboard are plugged directly in to the sound mixer but acoustic guitars, vocals, clapping, tambourine etc. and miked. (3) Then comes the critical task of deciding what instruments, percussion, vocals and keyboard might be needed to enhance the original. This is most critical job of all. There is no manual on doing this. You either know what you are doing or you do not. The TECHNIQUES change from song to song/artist to artist which is a real challenge. It helps first if you are a musician of some sort and have a working knowledge of the genre of music you are planning on enhancing. I do best with the songs of the era I grew up with 60's 70's era. Hope this helps. Kenn
