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Today In Music History: A Little Lady With a Big Hit

Posted at 5:56 AM on June 29, 2010 by Steve Seel
Filed under: Music History

Birthdays:

Singer Colin Hay of Men At Work is 57.

Today in:

1955 - "Rock Around the Clock" by Bill Haley and the Comets hit number one on the singles chart.
1969 - The Jimi Hendrix Experience played at Mile High Stadium in Denver in what was to be their final gig together.
1984 - St. Paul was the site for the kickoff of Bruce Springsteen's massive 15-month, four-continent, 150-show Born In The U.S.A. tour.
1985 - Mick Jagger and David Bowie recorded a version of "Dancing In The Street" in London.

Birthday Anniversary:

Little Eva (Eva Narcissus Boyd) was born on this day in 1943 in Bellhaven, North Carolina. Eva was Carole King's and Gerry Goffin's babysitter who inspired them to write the #1 hit "Locomotion"; she became the unlikely singer for the song after she sang on the demo, and producer Don Kirshner decided to release it as it was. Eva died of cervical cancer April 10, 2003.

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