Little Eva, the singer best known for recording 1960s hit 'The Loco-Motion', has died aged 59.
Eva Narcissus Boyd died of cervical cancer on 9 April in hospital in North Carolina according to her manager.
Boyd was a teenager working as a babysitter for songwriters Carole King and Gerry Goffin in 1962 when they asked her to record 'The Loco-Motion'.
The song was a hit that year for Little Eva, again in 1974 for Grand Funk Railroad and in 1988 for then Aussie soap star Kylie Minogue.
Little Eva had minor hits with 'Keep Your Hands Off My Baby' in 1962 and 'Old Smokey Loco-Motion' in 1963.
She sang backing vocals for The Drifters, Ben E King and others and continued to perform until 2001, when she became too ill.
She is survived by two daughters and a son.
