I actually marked this song down as a possible last week. It didn’t quite fit in with the summertime theme for last Friday, but it came to mind while I was coming up for titles. I decided that it was a go for this week since, at least the title, pretty much sums up my week. I can relate first hand that this is yet another one of those instances where the metaphor gets a bit too extended; I don’t really think I’d care to be involved with someone who actually did give me Fever. Here’s Peggy Lee, with one of her signature songs:
As a bit of a bonus, here’s Rick Derringer and the McCoys singing a version that they made a top 40 hit. Not too badly done, but I’m including this mostly because I just can’t resist giving everyone a chance to see the type of stuff that was standard issue on Hullabaloo-a-Go-Go (yes, there actually was a show), back in the day, which is why the lip syncing gets a pass. I say this with a straight face-this stuff did not seem completely, nay, not even remotely absurd at the time, not even to those of us who weren’t high.
I understand, by the way, that Derringer, a Colchester resident for a while, and a client of mine for an even briefer time, will be touring with the Ringo Starr All Starr Band this summer. He’s the only rock star of any level of magnitude I’ve every met personally, and I can honestly say he was an extremely nice guy.
The earliest version of Fever I stumbled on over at youtube was this one by Little Willie John, who must have come and gone before I got my first transistor radio. I’m not including it because there’s no video, but he is definitely worth checking out. Clearly someone who has been wrongly forgotten. Peggy Lee’s Wikipedia page says that her song was a cover of his.
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