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  2. Jun 15, 2023 · The smoldering tune was originally recorded by the then-eighteen-year-old R&B singer, Little Willie John. Soon after its initial release, “Fever” topped the R&B charts and would...

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  3. Nov 11, 2021 · The first artist to record "Fever," predating Ray Peterson by a year, was the r&b vocalist Little Willie John (1937-1968), born in Arkansas but raised in Michigan. His early involvement in music was a family affair, as he joined his elder brothers when they formed a local gospel quintet.

  4. "Fever" is a song written by Eddie Cooley and Otis Blackwell, who used the pseudonym "John Davenport". It was originally recorded by American R&B singer Little Willie John for his debut album, Fever (1956), and released as a single in April of the same year.

    • "Letter from My Darling"
    • May 1956
  5. Blackwell said in an interview that Little Willie John didn't want to record this at first because he didn't like the finger snapping. Peggy Lee recorded the most famous version of this song. She was born Norma Deloris Egstrom on May 26, 1920 in Jamestown, North Dakota.

  6. Jan 19, 2013 · Picking up on the fact that his girl singer must like the song a lot, Mr. Goodman finally asked Peggy if she wanted to record the song, which was titled “Why Don’t You Do Right?” Recorded July 27, 1942, it became the first of Peggy’s big hits. The story almost ended there.

  7. Jun 9, 2021 · This song was written circa 1955 by a R&B singer named Eddie Cooley (1933-2020) alongside another songwriter, Otis Blackwell (2020). To note both were African-Americans, with the former being from Atlanta and the latter Brooklyn.

  8. Jul 24, 2023 · Inspired by a slightly more rockabilly version of “Fever,” recorded by Ray Petersen in 1957, Lee eventually heard John’s version and decided to record her own take on the tune that would...

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