Fever - Eddie Cooley 1956.(HEY I WROTE THAT..)

LANE QUIGLEY AND THE MEMORY LANE SHOW ON ROCK-IT RADIO SHOW #3913 - HEY I WROTE THAT.. EDDIE COOLEY (By Klaus Kettner with Tony Wilkinson) Eddie Cooley was born in Atlanta, Georgia, and later relocated to New York. His lasting claim to fame is that he wrote the smash hit (and subsequent standard) ’Fever’ that has been successfully recorded by many artists including Little Willie John, The McCoys, Terry Dene, Elvis Presley and, of course, Peggy Lee. The song was co-written with the legendary composer and singer Otis Blackwell who, for this piece, adopted the nom de plume of John Davenport. This happened to be the real name of Blackwell’s stepfather. As Otis explained: “Eddie Cooley was a friend of mine from New York and he called me up and said “Man, I got an idea for a song called “Fever“, but I can´t finish it. I had to write it under another name because, at that time, I was still under contract to Joe Davis.“ When recorded by Rhythm & Blues