FEVER (1956 SONG)

"'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 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, Peggy Lee's cover version was even more popular. The song became a signature song for Peggy Lee.

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Selected list of recorded versions

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Selected list of recorded versions

★ Unaccompanied Women ★ Boney M. ★ Amanda Lear ★ Annabella Lwin ★ Ann-Margret ★ Daniel Ash ★ Michael Ball ★ Paris Bennett ★ Beyoncé ★ Bobby & the Midnites ★ The Bobs ★ James Brown ★ Michael Bublé ★ Sam Butera ★ Junior Byles ★ Sharon Cash ★ Eva Cassidy ★ Ray Charles and Natalie Cole ★ Marc Cohn ★ The Cramps

★ Bob Dylan ★ Brian Eno ★ Ella Fitzgerald ★ Grateful Dead ★ Gwyneth Herbert ★ The Huntsmen ★ The Jam ★ Tom Jones ★ Grace Knight ★ Cally Kwong (Cantonese) ★ La Lupe ★ Little Nell ★ Peggy Lee ★ Lucybell ★ Annabella Lwin ★ Madonna (see Fever (Madonna song)) ★ Marine Girls ★ The McCoys ★ Rose McGowan (as Paige Mathews on ''Charmed'') ★ Bette Midler ★ Mina

★ Nina Hagen ★ Μπλε (Greek pop/rock band) ★ Rita Moreno ★ Neville Brothers ★ Mika Nakashima ★ Over the Rhine ★ Una Palliser ★ Nick Pedro ★ Elvis Presley ★ The Pussycat Dolls ★ Ratdog ★ Quincy Jones ★ Suzi Quatro ★ Helen Shapiro ★ Sophie Milman ★ Sumo ★ Superpitcher ★ Aaron Sutcliffe ★ Deniz Taşar ★ Nana Visitor ★ Don Williams ★ Paranoid pets ★ Little Willie John ★ The Doors ★ Rhymefest

Lyrics

Song lyric