found on (#1) TOS (cd/cas); (#2) I. (cd/cas), Dan Cassidy On The Fiddle (Iceland, 1997; see Laura's site: Other Recordings and PL: Studio Sessions).
duet with Chuck Brown (TOS only. Bold: Eva; small caps: both).
►Base text is TOS version. I. version differs as follows:
l. 2: Never: 'You never';
l. 4: fever that's so hard to: 'feeling that I just can't';
l. 19: omits 'that';
l. 20: 'Cause: 'Because';
l. 24: night: 'night yeah';
l. 28: 'Cause: 'Because';
instead of ll. 33-34:
'You give me fever
You give me fever oh yeah';
l. 35: (Fever) fever: 'Fever';
l. 36: (Fever): 'Mmm mmm';
►Otis Blackwell wrote the song with Cooley, but credited it to his stepfather John Davenport to dodge contractual obligations with bandleader Joe Davis, who had signed him as a musician and composer, but was, according to Blackwell, in the habit of pocketing band members' royalty payments.
►No Eddie Cooley bio found.
►F was a Peggy Lee signature song.
►PL - Song by song; PL - ECB live.
►Songfacts: Fever.
original: Little Willie John 1956.
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