Fever (1956 song) 2305460 226069654 2008-07-16T18:15:51Z 66.225.130.21 /* Selected list of recorded versions */ {{Infobox Single <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Songs --> | Name = Fever | Cover = | Cover size= | Caption = | Artist = [[Little Willie John]] | from Album= | A-side = | B-side = | Released =1956 | Format = | Recorded = | Genre = | Length = | Label = | Writer = [[Eddie Cooley]] and [[Otis Blackwell|John Davenport]] | Producer = | Certification = | Chart position = | Last single = | This single = | Next single = | Misc = }} "'''Fever'''" is a [[song]] credited to [[Eddie Cooley]] and "John Davenport" (a pseudonym for [[Otis Blackwell]]). The song was a [[rhythm and blues]] hit for [[Little Willie John]] that crossed over and became a [[pop standard]] after being transformed, with additional lyrics, by [[Peggy Lee]]. It was published in [[1956 in music|1956]] and originally recorded as a hit by Little Willie John that also made the popular charts as an early [[Rock'n'Roll]] song. In [[1958 in music|1958]], Peggy Lee's [[cover version]] was even more popular. The song became a [[signature song]] for Peggy Lee. [[Elvis Presley]] recorded a near identical version to Lee's two years later for his 1960 album, ''[[Elvis Is Back!]]''. ==Selected list of recorded versions== {{col-begin}} {{col-3}} *[[A Fine Frenzy]] *[[Boney M.]] *[[Amanda Lear]] *[[Annabella Lwin]] *[[Ann-Margret]] *[[Daniel Ash]] *[[Roy Ayers]] *[[Michael Ball (singer)|Michael Ball]] *[[Paris Bennett]] *[[Beyoncé Knowles|Beyoncé]] *[[Bobby & the Midnites]] *[[The Bobs]] *[[Bow Wow Wow]] *[[James Brown]] *[[Michael Bublé]] *[[Sam Butera]] *[[Junior Byles]] *[[Eva Cassidy]] *[[Ray Charles]] and [[Natalie Cole]] *[[Christina Aguilera]] *[[Marc Cohn]] *[[The Cramps]] *[[The Doors]] *[[Bob Dylan]] *[[Brian Eno]] *[[Ella Fitzgerald]] {{col-3}} *[[Grateful Dead]] *[[Gwyneth Herbert]] *[[The Jam]] *[[Tom Jones (singer)|Tom Jones]] *[[Laura Stoica]] *[[Madleen Kane]] *[[Diana Krall]] *[[Claude Nougaro]] (French singer, song as "39 degrés de fièvre") *[[La Lupe]] *[[Nell Campbell|Little Nell]] *[[Peggy Lee]] *[[Lucybell]] *[[Annabella Lwin]] *[[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]] (see [[Fever (Madonna song)]]) *[[Marine Girls]] *[[The McCoys]] (Billboard #7) *[[Rose McGowan]] (as Paige Matthews on ''[[Charmed]]'') *[[Meiko]] *[[Syesha Mercado]] *[[Bette Midler]] *[[Mina (singer)|Mina]] *[[Nina Hagen]] {{col-3}} *[[Sophie Milman]] *[[Rita Moreno]] *[[Mika Nakashima]] *[[Neville Brothers]] *[[Over the Rhine]] *[[Rhymefest]] *[[Nicholas Pedro]] *[[Elvis Presley]] *[[The Pussycat Dolls]] *[[Ratdog]] *[[Quincy Jones]] *[[Suzi Quatro]] *[[Helen Shapiro]] *[[Nina Simone]] *[[Sumo (band)|Sumo]] *[[Superpitcher]] *[[Toots & The Maytals]] *[[Fever Tree]] *[[Sarah Vaughan]] *[[Nana Visitor]] *[[Don Williams]] *[[Little Willie John]] *[[Ana Carolina]] *[[Mountain]] {{col-end}} {{Elvis Presley}} [[Category:1956 songs]] [[Category:Songs by Otis Blackwell]] [[Category:Songs by Eddie Cooley]] [[Category:1958 singles]] [[Category:1966 singles]] [[Category:Beyoncé Knowles songs]] [[Category:Peggy Lee songs]] [[Category:Elvis Presley songs]] [[Category:Ella Fitzgerald songs]] [[Category:Rita Coolidge songs]] {{pop-standard-stub}} [[fr:Fever]] [[pt:Fever]] [[it:Fever]] [[de:Fever_%28Lied%29]]