{"id":438,"date":"2010-05-14T08:51:51","date_gmt":"2010-05-14T12:51:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mattthecat.com\/FNCF\/?p=438"},"modified":"2010-05-14T09:05:10","modified_gmt":"2010-05-14T13:05:10","slug":"51410-the-fever-7-way-cat-fight-radio-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mattthecat.com\/FNCF\/2010\/05\/14\/51410-the-fever-7-way-cat-fight-radio-show\/","title":{"rendered":"5\/14\/10 &#8211; The &#8220;Fever&#8221; 7-Way Cat Fight Radio Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Friday Night Cat Fight Radio Show<\/span><\/h2>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\">&#8220;Fever&#8221;<\/span><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Little Willie John\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wicn.org\/files\/imagecache\/SotW\/files\/sotw_image\/LittleWillieJohn2.bmp\" alt=\"\" width=\"222\" height=\"285\" \/><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Little Willie John first recorded &#8220;Fever&#8221;, a song written by Eddie Cooley and Otis Blackwell (as John Davenport) in 1956 for King.\u00a0 It was a #1 smash on the R&amp;B charts and it even crossed over to #24 on the elusive pop charts.\u00a0 The tune was so popular that it led to many immediate covers.\u00a0 In 1957, both Ray Peterson and Earl Grant took a crack at it.\u00a0 Then in 1958, Peggy Lee put her unique, seductive stamp on it and it rose to #8 on the pop charts and an incredible #5 on the R&amp;B lists.\u00a0 In 1960, Elvis featured &#8220;Fever&#8221; on &#8220;Elvis Is Back,&#8221; his first LP after being discharged from the Army.\u00a0 Alvin Robinson bubbled under the Hot 100 in 1964 with a great retelling of the song and the McCoys followed up their &#8220;Sloopy&#8221; success with a top ten version of &#8220;Fever&#8221; in 1965.\u00a0 Now, listen to them all and decide which one you truly DIG THE MOST!\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Also on this week&#8217;s program, we feature some birthday tributes to Bobby Darin, Troy Shondell and Charlie Gracie.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\">So listen, VOTE and DIG!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><div id=\"polls-69\" class=\"wp-polls\">\n\t<form id=\"polls_form_69\" class=\"wp-polls-form\" action=\"\/FNCF\/index.php\" method=\"post\">\n\t\t<p style=\"display: none;\"><input type=\"hidden\" id=\"poll_69_nonce\" name=\"wp-polls-nonce\" value=\"308377f7ba\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t<p style=\"display: none;\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"poll_id\" value=\"69\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Which One Do You DIG The Most? 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