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Carole King

The Loco‐Motion

1971 · via Grand Funk Railroad

Carole King’s earliest release of “The Loco‐Motion” on file came out in 1971. Carole King shares the writing credit with Gerry Goffin. The earliest release on file is The Ventures’, from 1962, along with Shelley Fabares’. Also recorded by Kylie Minogue (released 1987), Ike & Tina Turner (released 1971) and Little Eva (released 1989), among 216 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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Grand Funk's ride on that one runs straight back to Carole King and Gerry Goffin, and King put out her own version of it in 1971. Hear the writer take her own song for a spin, then follow her wherever she leads.

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Credited writers: Carole King and Gerry Goffin.

Earliest release on file: The Ventures, 1962, the same year as Shelley Fabares.

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216 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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Grand Funk Railroad put out "The Loco-Motion" in 1982, but who co-wrote it with Gerry Goffin and later released her own version?Carole King
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