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Best versions of fever?

minimini 879 Posts
edited March 2009 in Strut Central
I like these ones

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  • Hotsauce84Hotsauce84 8,450 Posts
    Easily.

  • ReynaldoReynaldo 6,054 Posts
    Otis Waygood Blues Band

  • holmesholmes 3,532 Posts
    Queenie Lyons. I also remember thinking the McCoys version wasn't bad.
  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts
    yeah, Holmes, the McCoys came to mind, too! extra props to that band for doing it like "hang on, sloopy"

    cant forget the original by Little Willie John

    im really into Peggy Lee's version, too - the hit version. the rendition she does in that Youtube clip up above is too fast
  • akoako https://soundcloud.com/a-ko 3,413 Posts
    McCoys version is my jam, but there are lots of goodies. queenie lyons is top notch. glad i found that LP for a dollar.
  • funky16cornersfunky16corners 7,175 Posts
    McCoys version is my jam,
  • SnagglepusSnagglepus 1,756 Posts
    I dig the Esther Phillips version on Kudu.
  • bassiebassie 11,710 Posts
  • SteadyMurphySteadyMurphy 205 Posts

    good uptempo version
  • DJBombjackDJBombjack Miami 1,665 Posts
    Rita Coolidge - dollar bin special but oh so good.
  • mannybolonemannybolone Los Angeles, CA 15,025 Posts

    good uptempo version

    Cosign. Was just listening to this yesterday in fact.
  • peacefulrotationpeacefulrotation 3,481 Posts
    Little Willie John's is GOAT imo, although Alvin Robinson's is definitely a favorite.
  • BigSpliffBigSpliff 3,266 Posts
    Man I hate this song.

    The Jr Byles and Patty Drew version are great though, thanks.
  • BigSpliffBigSpliff 3,266 Posts
    Los Jonny Jets
  • LaserWolfLaserWolf Portland Oregon 11,517 Posts
    Great Great song.
    Very few versions I don't like.

    Little Willie John!

    Elvis did a version with just bass and finger snaps, right?

    Neville Brothers do a real good group harmony version on a live lp.

    I like La Lupe, but I'm not sure that counts as a Fever cover.
  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts

    I like La Lupe, but I'm not sure that counts as a Fever cover.

    why not?

    IIRC, all she did was sing the song in a foreign language - that dont change nothin
  • ElectrodeElectrode Los Angeles 3,087 Posts
    Mrs. Krabappel with the balloon popping tease

    Bart: "Kill me."
  • ReynaldoReynaldo 6,054 Posts

    I like La Lupe, but I'm not sure that counts as a Fever cover.

    why not?

    IIRC, all she did was sing the song in a foreign language - that dont change nothin
    It does switch up half way through to something not resembling Fever, but I say it still counts.
  • peacefulrotationpeacefulrotation 3,481 Posts
    You know what is awesome, listening to LWJ's version on 78.
  • RishanRishan 454 Posts
    Ronnie Laws is nice. Just had his first 2 albums on the other day
  • LaserWolfLaserWolf Portland Oregon 11,517 Posts

    I like La Lupe, but I'm not sure that counts as a Fever cover.

    why not?

    IIRC, all she did was sing the song in a foreign language - that dont change nothin

    More than just change the language, but I was just kidding anyway.
  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts

    I like La Lupe, but I'm not sure that counts as a Fever cover.

    why not?

    IIRC, all she did was sing the song in a foreign language - that dont change nothin

    More than just change the language, but I was just kidding anyway.

    Yeah, I don't even think I've played my copy that often, but I have a vague recollection of it being totally en espanol...first few bars sounded predictable, so I didn't make it to the end.

    HONORABLE MENTION:
    Joe Tex's answer song "Pneumonia." Tex claimed to have partially cowritten "Fever" - it was supposedly his idea to give it a rhythm similar to "Sixteen Tons." He didn't get a co-writers credit, and then King Records released his 45 at the same time as "Fever," and guess whose record sold the most?

    So a pissed-off Tex recorded and released "Pneumonia," a NASTY answer song - "put your cotton-pickin' hands on me, I'm gonna hit you with this rocking chair! You got PNEUMONIA..."
  • thursdayalleythursdayalley 87 Posts
    Sharon Cash
  • faux_rillzfaux_rillz 14,343 Posts

    That's the one I was going to post!

    I also like James Brown's take.
  • faux_rillzfaux_rillz 14,343 Posts
    [deej]Madonna![/deej]
  • deanosoundsdeanosounds 181 Posts
    Without a doubt:

    Jingo - awesome afro funk
    Patti Drew
    Esther Philips
  • The_Hook_UpThe_Hook_Up 8,182 Posts
    I really dig Clyde McPhatter's
  • The_NonThe_Non 5,691 Posts
    Usha Uthup in Nairobi-Fever
  • DeeRockDeeRock 1,836 Posts


    Usha Uthup


  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts
    oh shit, forgot - Dee Clark did a killer version, slowed down and played in this ominous minor key...
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