Re: [Harp-L] Peggy

[IcemanLE@xxxxxxx]

In a message dated 9/1/2007 9:48:12 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx writes:

Peggy  Lee was a gifted songwriter but this one was a cover.


It appears to be a combination of both - Peggy has been credited with the  
lyrics in her version of the song - this was the only exposure I had to the  
history. 
 
Here is some info from Winslow's web link - 
 
"Ever since Peggy Lee covered Little Willie John's  classic, there are two 
versions of the lyrics, the original and Peggy's. She  included Romeo and Juliet 
and Captain Smith and _Pocahontas_ 
(http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=3496#)  (actually - all the text from 'Everybody's got  the fever'). As much as 
there was a racial division in _music_ 
(http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=3496#)  in the 50s and 60s, there was for the two versions  of this song. The 
numerous black artists who covered it merely stuck to Little  Willie John's 
original, the white artists used Peggy's extension. In fact, that  situation 
makes that this song is two classics in one - Little Willie John's  original is 
*the* classic for the R&B conaisseurs."
 
Her understated version has its own magical charm as  well.





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