Fever (1956 song)
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| Artist = [[Little Willie John]]
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| Released =1956
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| Writer = [[Eddie Cooley]] and [[Otis Blackwell|John Davenport]]
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"'''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==
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*[[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]]
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*[[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]]
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*[[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]]
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[[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]]
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