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Elvis Presley - Fever

Never know how much I love you 
Never know how much I care 
When you put your arms around me 
I get a fever that's so hard to bear 

You give me fever when you kiss me 
Fever when you hold me tight 
Fever in the morning 
Fever all through the night. 

Captain Smith and Pocahantas 
Had a very mad affair 
When her daddy tried to kill him 
She said 'Daddy, o, don't you dare 
He gives me fever with his kisses 
Fever when he holds me tight 
Fever, I'm his misses, 
Oh daddy, won't you treat him right' 

Everybody's got the fever 
that is something you all know 
Fever isn't such a new thing 
Fever started long ago 

Now you've listened to my story 
Here's the point that I have made 
Cats were born to give you fever 
Be it Fahrenheit or centigrade 
They give you fever when you kiss them 
Fever if you live and learn 
Fever till you sizzle 
What a lovely way to burn 
What a lovely way to burn 
What a lovely way to burn

Review by Bruce Eder

Although they have common recording origins, two of the three singles, "It's Now or Never" and "Are You Lonesome Tonight," were very quirky by the standards of Elvis songs at the time -- the former inspired by Elvis's admiration for Tony Martin's 1949 hit "There's No Tomorrow," while the latter was recorded at the request of Col. Parker as a favor to his wife. They add to the diversity of sounds on this record, which shows a mature Elvis Presley. "Dirty, Dirty Feeling" and "It Feels So Right" showed he could still rock out and challenge authority and propriety, while "Reconsider Baby" and "Like a Baby" offer some of his best blues performances; but "The Thrill of Your Love" (a very gospel-tinged number), "Soldier Boy," "Girl of My Best Friend," and "Girl Next Door Went a' Walking," also displayed the rich, deep vocalizing that would challenge critics' expectations of Elvis Presley playing rhythm guitar throughout. He also comes off better than on any of his other albums since arriving at RCA, as a musician as much as a "star" (he'd always had a lot more to say about running his sessions than the critics who loathed his RCA years indicated). [The 1999 remastering of this classic album features the complete contents of the March 20, 1960, RCA Hollywood session plus the dawn-to-dusk April 2 Nashville session that rounded out the album, for a total of 18 songs, including the three singles and their B-sides from those sessions. The sound is extraordinarily close yet natural, giving the listener full value for the presence of Scotty Moore, Hank Garland (who also plays bass on a few tracks), D.J. Fontana,Boots Randolph, and Floyd Cramer.]

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