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Fever

Words & Music by John Davenport, Eddie Coole

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Fever

Words & Music by John Davenport, Eddie Coole

Never know how much I love you
Never know how much I care
When you put your arms around me
I get a fever that's so hard to bear

You give me fever when you kiss me
Fever when you hold me tight
Fever in the morning
Fever all through the night.

Ev'rybody's got the fever
That is something you all know
Fever isn't such a new thing
Fever started long ago

Sun lights up the daytime
Moon lights up the night
I light up when you call my name
And you know I'm gonna treat you right

You give me fever when you kiss me
Fever when you hold me tight
Fever in the morning
Fever all through the night

Romeo loved Juliet
Juliet she felt the same
When he put his arms around her
He said 'Julie, baby, you're my flame
Thou giv-est fever when we kisseth
Fever with the flaming youth
Fever I'm afire
Fever yea I burn for sooth'

Captain Smith and Pocahantas
Had a very mad affair
When her daddy tried to kill him
She said 'Daddy, o, don't you dare
He gives me fever with his kisses
Fever when he holds me tight
Fever, I'm his misses,
Oh daddy, won't you treat him right'

Now you've listened to my story
Here's the point that I have made
Cats were born to give chicks fever
Be it Fahrenheit or centigrade
They give you fever when you kiss them
Fever if you live and learn
Fever till you sizzle
What a lovely way to burn
What a lovely way to burn
What a lovely way to burn

First album:

RCA LSP-2231, 1960, Elvis Is Back

First recorded:

Studio Session for RCA RCA Studio B, Nashville, April 3, 1960

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Written by John Davenport (a pseudonym for Otis Blackwell) and Eddie Cooley in 1956, Fever was a million-seller for both Little Willie John (King 4935) in 1956 and Peggy Lee (Capitol 3998) in 1958. John's recording topped the rhythm & blues chart, while Lee's recording peaked at #8 on the Hot 100 chart. In late 1965 the McCoys did even better, reaching #7 with their version (Bang 511). Fever was the song that Juliet Prowse was singing at the Las Vegas Hilton in 1981 when a fire broke out, the resulting inferno killing eight people. She stopped singing and calmed the audience.

Elvis recorded Fever on April 3, 1960, at RCA's Nashville Studios. He included the song on his 1973 TV Special, Elvis: Aloha From Hawaii.

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Never know how much I love you
Never know how much I care
When you put your arms around me
I get a fever that's so hard to bear

You give me fever when you kiss me
Fever when you hold me tight
Fever in the morning
Fever all through the night.

Ev'rybody's got the fever
That is something you all know
Fever isn't such a new thing
Fever started long ago

Sun lights up the daytime
Moon lights up the night
I light up when you call my name
And you know I'm gonna treat you right

You give me fever when you kiss me
Fever when you hold me tight
Fever in the morning
Fever all through the night

Romeo loved Juliet
Juliet she felt the same
When he put his arms around her
He said 'Julie, baby, you're my flame
Thou giv-est fever when we kisseth
Fever with the flaming youth
Fever I'm afire
Fever yea I burn for sooth'

Captain Smith and Pocahantas
Had a very mad affair
When her daddy tried to kill him
She said 'Daddy, o, don't you dare
He gives me fever with his kisses
Fever when he holds me tight
Fever, I'm his misses,
Oh daddy, won't you treat him right'

Now you've listened to my story
Here's the point that I have made
Cats were born to give chicks fever
Be it Fahrenheit or centigrade
They give you fever when you kiss them
Fever if you live and learn
Fever till you sizzle
What a lovely way to burn
What a lovely way to burn
What a lovely way to burn

First album:

RCA LSP-2231, 1960, Elvis Is Back

First recorded:

Studio Session for RCA RCA Studio B, Nashville, April 3, 1960


Written by John Davenport (a pseudonym for Otis Blackwell) and Eddie Cooley in 1956, Fever was a million-seller for both Little Willie John (King 4935) in 1956 and Peggy Lee (Capitol 3998) in 1958. John's recording topped the rhythm & blues chart, while Lee's recording peaked at #8 on the Hot 100 chart. In late 1965 the McCoys did even better, reaching #7 with their version (Bang 511). Fever was the song that Juliet Prowse was singing at the Las Vegas Hilton in 1981 when a fire broke out, the resulting inferno killing eight people. She stopped singing and calmed the audience.

Elvis recorded Fever on April 3, 1960, at RCA's Nashville Studios. He included the song on his 1973 TV Special, Elvis: Aloha From Hawaii.