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Pearls: Songs Of Goffin & King, 1980
Written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King
This is the same song titled "The Loco-Motion," released first by Little Eva. King's not the brash vocalist that Little Eva is (although, to my astonishment, I read that a couple of people allege that King is the actual singer of Eva's 1962 track, and I guess they do sound a little similar). This is a more muted version, built on piano lines, with a cool '70s-style sax solo in the middle. As everyone knows, the lyrics describe a dance ("Now that you can do it, let's make a chain, now / A chugga-chugga motion like a railroad train, now"), but contrary to popular opinion, the dance was inspired by the song, not the other way around.
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