Actually, Peggy Lee did not write the song "Fever". The credited composers are John Davenport and Eddie Cooley.
She heard someone else singing it in Las Vegas and picked it up.
The story of the confused tale of authorship - which does not involve Peggy Lee but does involve Otis Blackwell - can be found here:
http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=3496
Peggy Lee was a gifted songwriter but this one was a cover.
Winslow
--- IcemanLE@xxxxxxx wrote:
In a message dated 9/1/2007 5:16:30 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, wasabileo@xxxxxxxxxx writes:
I was never a big Peggy Lee Fan. I hated the way she did Little Willie John's Fever
"Fever" is a song that was written by Peggy Lee.
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