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In May 1958, Peggy Lee recorded a cover version of "Fever" in Hollywood, which featured significantly rewritten lyrics composed by Lee herself without credit. [21] [22] The song was not included on Lee's album, Things Are Swingin', when it was first released in 1959; however it was listed as a bonus track on its 2004 reissue release. [21]
Peggy Lee's version reached number 11 on the U.S. pop singles chart, becoming her first Top 40 pop hit since "Fever" eleven years earlier, and topping the adult contemporary chart. It also reached number six in Canada. It won Lee the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance and later was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
Norma Deloris Egstrom [a] (May 26, 1920 – January 21, 2002), known professionally as Peggy Lee, was an American jazz and popular music singer, songwriter, and actress whose career spanned seven decades.
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Things Are Swingin' is an album by singer Peggy Lee with music arranged and ... The 2004 CD re-release includes the non-album single "Fever" and its B-side "You Don't ...
The album spawned the single "Fever," a cover version of the 1956 Little Willie John record which was covered by Peggy Lee and whose 1958 rendition became the most widely known version of "Fever" and the singer's signature song. A remix of the song, produced by L.E.X, reached number 4 on the US Billboard Dance Club Songs chart in 2006. [2]
All Aglow Again! is a 1960 compilation album (see 1960 in music) by Peggy Lee, ... 1. "Fever" (Eddie Cooley, John Davenport) 2. "Where Do I Go from Here?"
This is an A–Z list of jazz tunes which have been covered by multiple jazz artists. It includes the more popular jazz standards, lesser-known or minor standards, and many other songs and compositions which may have entered a jazz musician's or jazz singer's repertoire or be featured in the Real Books, but may not be performed as regularly or as widely as many of the popular standards.