>: * Little Eva's "The Loco-Motion" hit #1 in 1962, but there was never any
>: actual dance by that name
>Most certainly there was a dance called the Loco-Motion. People used to
>do it all the time. You must be joking.
Retroactively, perhaps. According to co-writer Carole King (_Billboard Book of Number One Hits_, 1985 edition), "There never was a dance called the loco-motion until after it was a number one hit record... everyone said, 'how does this dance go,' so Little Eva had to make up a dance."
Also seen as Loco-motion when referring to the dance
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>: * Little Eva's "The Loco-Motion" hit #1 in 1962, but there was never any
>: actual dance by that name
>Most certainly there was a dance called the Loco-Motion. People used to
>do it all the time. You must be joking.
Retroactively, perhaps. According to co-writer Carole King (_Billboard Book of Number One Hits_, 1985 edition), "There never was a dance called the loco-motion until after it was a number one hit record... everyone said, 'how does this dance go,' so Little Eva had to make up a dance."