According to the title of her single, what was Peggy Lee suffering from in the 1958 pop charts?

dan d, sure was a big wow! James Cotton also sang "Fever" on his 100% Cotton album back in the 70's. Wow again!

Mel, how do I get responses when I text someone like this

Player #151898054, love this

One of the flat out sexiest songs, especially for the conservative 1950s. Looking up the lyrics just now, I'd remembered the reference to Pocahontas and John Smith, but I can't recall ever hearing the clever bit about Romeo and Juliet. "Romeo loved Juliet Juliet, she felt the same When he put his arms around her He said, "Julie, baby, you're my flame" Thou giveth fever When we kisseth, fever with thy flaming youth Fever! I'm a fire, fever, yeah, I burn forsooth"

She smoked many cigarettes and in turn received her raspy singing voice.

I WONDERED WHAT HAPPENED TO PEGGY LEE. FEVER IS MY FAVORITE SONG . SHE SANG IT SO WELL WITH JUST THE RIGHT EMPHASIS.

FEVER in the morning, fever all through the night!

It helps being “old” sometimes. 😛

7734usay, thank you for sharing this information. Loved her and her singing but seemed like she just disappeared.

one of the best songs ever! Peggy Lee's performance was both powerful and understated. in the Netflix show, The Queens Gambit, the main actress lip succeeded and danced to this.

Player #7106191, In November, 1961, at New York's Basin Street, Lee collapsed on stage in mid-performance. Hospitalized with double pneumonia, she suffered permanent lung damage. She would go on performing and recording well into the 1990s, but some of her vitality was gone. My mom told me Peggy had an oxygen tank off-stage.