Fever

"Fever" is a 1956 rhythm and blues song by Eddie Cooley and Otis Blackwell, credited as John Davenport. This page has the Fever chords and a backing track you can slow down, speed up and transpose.

Who wrote "Fever"

Little Willie John recorded it first in 1956. Peggy Lee's version of 1958, with new verses she wrote herself and an accompaniment of bass, drums and finger snaps, became the best known.

Recordings that made it a standard

• Little Willie John (King, 1956) — the original.
• Peggy Lee (Capitol, 1958).