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Little Willie John
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“Fever” is a song written by Eddie Cooley and John Davenport and originally recorded by Little Willie John in 1956. It was released as a double-sided hit along with the top-ten R&B song “Letter from My Darling”. The song reached number one for three weeks on the R&B Best Sellers chart, which also made the popular charts as an early rock and roll song, peaking at number twenty-four.
After its original release, “Fever” has been covered by numerous artists from various musical genres. In 1958, Peggy Lee recorded the first cover version of the song, which featured additional lyrics composed by Lee herself without credit. These uncopyrighted lyrics (including the verses beginning “Romeo loved Juliet,“ and “Captain Smith and Pocahontas”) are now generally thought of as a...
Read on...Song lines: ♪ What a lovely way to burn ... You give me fever (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ... Fever ... in the mornin ♫
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