Fever
Context
Peggy Lee rewrites part of the lyrics of the Little Willie John song and records it with minimal accompaniment: bass, light drums and finger snaps. This restrained version, arranged with Jack Marshall, becomes her signature song. It reaches #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was nominated at the first Grammy Awards.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Vocal jazz, scat, vocalese. Among the origins and influences of Vocal jazz, scat, vocalese: Classic blues (women singers), Swing, big bands, Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's).