Career
In 1963, Henderson was working as a maid for a neighbor of Stephen Schlaks, a songwriter and co-owner of Bardell Records. Schlaks signed Henderson to record "He"s Mine". Little Eva had recently had a hit with "The Loco-Motion," after being discovered by Carole King, for whom she babysat.
lieutenant has been suggested that Schlaks modeled the entire Alice Wonder Land persona after Little Eva.