Talk:Fever (Little Willie John song)

message: Was it Martin Short (on SCTV) who, as "Peggy Lee for the Bran Council", sang "Fiber"?  —Tamfang 21:21, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Does The Simpsons cover count?  I added it anyway.Sposato (talk) 23:39, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Parodies

message: No merge - Madonna's version is notable enough in it's own right to have an article on - it certain has more references (five) this one has one - labelled as an external link. Would also overbalance this article entirely.--Alf melmac 12:40, 24 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree completely, and I do not see any rationale for merging. I will delete the templates. --Alexander (talk) 00:01, 28 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Discussion on merging Fever (Madonna song)

message: This article has far too much information on the Madonna version of the song. There have been hundreds of recordings of "Fever," the most historically significant being those of Little Willie John and Peggy Lee. The article should be weighted toward extensive discussion of those versions, and not Madonna's or any of the others. Other versions by major musical figures of the 20th and 21st century, Madonna and Elvis Presley, certainly deserve mention but have no place being either the focus of or the bulk of the information in the article.PJtP (talk) 16:26, 19 September 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree with this.  While the articles should remain merged, I think info on other versions of the song should be significantly beefed up.  I'm also strongly for removing the bloated, frankly unneeded section on track lists and remixes pertaining to the Madonna version. - eo (talk) 16:30, 19 September 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Agree with eo. Beef up LWJ and PL, remove the track lists and remixes from the Madonna section. If I had more courage I'd remove this kind of track listing and remixes from every article - this is an encyclopedia, not a trade journal. --Richhoncho (talk) 19:24, 19 September 2010 (UTC)

text: It's a mess.  The article should present an overview of what is a classic song, over 50 years old.  The extent of the detail given to recent versions by Madonna and Beyonce is simply embarrassing.  A start could be to expand the sections on the Little Willie John and Peggy Lee versions, and then to cut back the later sections.  Does anyone not agree with that?  Ghmyrtle (talk) 13:44, 28 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Too much Madonna

message: Season 1, episode 5 of The Muppet Show featured a cover of the song with Rita Moreno and Animal. Originally aired October 9, 1976.
Definitive.
Unforgettable. 24.215.250.197 (talk) 12:53, 18 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rita Moreno Muppet Show Performance 

message: The French page mentions the involvement of Joe Tex in the writing, but not the English page. Could somebody confirm his involvement ?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.140.72.25 (talk) 16:42, 3 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Joe Tex ? 

message: Why there is no mention of fact that Peggy Lee has another version with completely different lyrics from both the original and her first version?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.240.72.57 (talk) 14:39, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Tell us more - with sources, please.  You may well be right - I'm not a Peggy Lee expert - but if you have reliable information it could be added in.  Ghmyrtle (talk) 14:44, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Peggy Lee Versions 

message: *http://www.vh1.com/music/tuner/2013-06-14/shock-out-12-amazing-reggae-covers-of-classic-songs/
*http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01qqb1c
*http://books.google.com/books?id=iDsIAQAAMAAJ&q=peggy+lee+fever&dq=peggy+lee+fever&hl=en&sa=X&ei=jYANVKH4E4nvOomogYAC&redir_esc=y
*http://books.google.com/books?id=dFwV3oyy6Y8C&pg=PA11&dq=The+McCoys+fever&hl=en&sa=X&ei=IQkOVKTOCojtOrmIgKAC&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=The%20McCoys%20fever&f=false
*http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20136347,00.html
*1001 Songs: The Great Songs of All Time and the Artists, Stories and Secrets Behind Them
*http://peggylee.com/all-about-peggy/concerts/
*http://variety.com/results/?q=fever%20peggy%20lee
I Am... ***D.D. 15:11, 7 September 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  For expansion 

message: It's clear to me that the punctuation on this page, used to source Blackwell's quote, contains an error.  It says: 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.".  But, this page on the same site makes it clear that it was Blackwell - not Cooley - who was contracted to publisher Joe Davis, and so had to conceal his identity by using the pseudonym John Davenport - Cooley's name appeared unaltered as the co-writer.  I've tweaked the punctuation in the quote accordingly, to place the end of the Cooley quote after the words "...finish it".    I hope this is uncontentious.  Ghmyrtle (talk) 19:32, 10 September 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes you're right about that. But is the website quoting him a reliable source? I couldn't find anything to prove it is. I Am... ***D.D. 19:40, 10 September 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: It depends what you mean, and how you want to "prove" it.  I regard it as written by experts in their field, highly reliable and well-informed in most cases, and have used it many times.  Of course, it's not infallible - but it is far less fallible than, say, Allmusic.   Ghmyrtle (talk) 20:44, 10 September 2014 (UTC)
replies: text:  might I suggest you guys run the reference once through WP:RSN? The plan is to take this article for GA in future, so its better we resolve any reliable reference issues right now. —Indian:BIO · [ ChitChat ] 05:44, 11 September 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I submitted it. I Am... ***D.D. 14:51, 11 September 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Blackwell and Cooley 

message: Calling the release the "promotional material" looks misleading. It was released as a digital download commercially. Shall "infobox song" or "infobox single" be used? If the former, how do we call it? If the latter... hmm? --George Ho (talk) 07:25, 4 June 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Please remember that being sold separately does not mean a single release. It needs to be billed as such from the recording company/Beyonce's management or from Billboard or third party media. Take the case for Lady Gaga's Artpop era. Both "Venus" and "Dope" were released independently. But they were billed as promotional releases for the countdown to the album. —IB [ Poke ] 08:08, 2 November 2016 (UTC)
replies: text:  Shall we not call them "promotional materials"? That approach is less accurate. Which other infobox is appropriate for digitally-released commercial singles? George Ho (talk) 08:15, 2 November 2016 (UTC)

text:  If the release is a promo, why using the image? Per FFD discussion, which you started, promos are normally discouraged if the singer was not the first well-known to popularize the song. However, it's the image of the digital release. Now I'm torn. --George Ho (talk) 08:25, 2 November 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: For promotional singles we use  only but change the type to promotional. As for the usage of the cover art, my discussion for Madonna's "I Want You" was regarding the commercial availability of the cover art. Both "I Want You" and "Impressive Instant" were promotional releases, but not commercially available. Hence adding their artwork fails the first aspect of WP:NFCC. Its not the case here since "Fever" by Beyonce was commercially available. —IB [ Poke ] 08:52, 2 November 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Infobox for the Beyoncé release 

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message: There was no such thing as Billboard Hot 100 in 1956, that didn't start until 1958. The single reached #1 in R&B for 5 weeks, #24 in Best Sellers, and #28 in Top 100. 
Top 100 chart on the week it peaked is http://www.umdmusic.com/default.asp?Lang=English&Chart=D&ChDate=19560718&ChMode=N  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.109.137.114 (talk) 12:26, 7 July 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: That is correct - I've tweaked the wording.  Thanks for your comment.   Ghmyrtle (talk) 12:37, 7 July 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Little Willie John chart position

message: the recent chopping of the list of other covers because it somewhat deletes the fact as how significant the song is in popular culture.  I agree that some, many, of the versions included could go but this looks like overkill to me.  However I have given up arguing about this these sorts of things, being content to just carp about them. Carptrash (talk) 17:33, 21 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  I was sorry to see