Eva Cassidy was the third of four children born to Hugh and Barbara Cassidy. From an early age, she displayed artistic and musical talent. When she was nine years old, her father taught her to play the guitar, and she began to play and sing at family gatherings.
While a student at Bowie High School, she did sing with a local band, called Stonehenge, and received considerable praise.
At the age of eighteen, Cassidy began her professional career, singing and playing guitar in a Washington, D.C., area band, called Easy Street. This band performed in a variety of styles, at weddings, corporate parties, and pubs.
During the summer of 1983, Cassidy sang and played guitar, six days per week, at Wild World, in Maryland. Her brother Dan was also a member of this working band.
Throughout the 1980s, Cassidy worked with a number of other bands, including the soul and Motown-oriented band The Honeybees, and the techno-pop band Characters Without Names, later called Method Actor.
During this period, Cassidy also worked as a propagator at a plant nursery and as a furniture painter in Annapolis, Maryland. In 1986, she met (bassist and recording engineer) Chris Biondo, who encouraged her and helped her find work as a backup singer for various acts. In 1990, Biondo and Cassidy hired the so-called "Eva Cassidy Band", composed of Chris Biondo, Lenny Williams, Keith Grimes and Raice McLeod, and she began to perform frequently in the Washington area.
In 1992, Biondo played a tape of Cassidy's voice for Chuck Brown. Best known as the "Godfather of Go-go", Brown is also a jazz and blues vocalist. This led to the first commercial recording of Cassidy, the duet album with Chuck Brown, The Other Side; which featured performances of classic songs such as "Fever", Billie Holiday's "God Bless the Child" and Cassidy's signature tune "Over the Rainbow". The album was released and distributed by Liaison Records, the label that also released Brown's Go-go albums. The duet CD attracted the attention of various record companies, but the offers all required Cassidy to pigeonhole herself within a single style (e.g., pop or jazz), something she adamantly refused to do.[citation needed]
In 1993 Eva Cassidy was first honored by the Washington area music community when she was awarded two Wammie awards for "Female Vocalist Roots/Traditional R&B" and "Vocalist Jazz/Traditional." The next year she was chosen to perform for the awards ceremony.
In January 1996, Cassidy recorded the album Live at Blues Alley, about which The Washington Post later commented that "she could sing anything and make it sound like the only music that mattered". [1] Cassidy was unhappy with her singing on the album, because she had a bad cold on the night of the recording; she began recording a studio album which was eventually released as Eva by Heart posthumously in 1997.
During a promotional event for the Live at Blues Alley CD in July 1996, Cassidy noticed an ache in her hips, which she attributed to stiffness from painting murals. The pain persisted, and, a few weeks later, Cassidy was diagnosed with melanoma. By the time of her diagnosis, the cancer had spread throughout her body. Cassidy's health rapidly deteriorated, and her final performance was in September 1996. At the performance, she had used a walker to reach the stage, sang "What a Wonderful World" in front of an audience of friends, and was subsequently admitted to Johns Hopkins Hospital.[citation needed]
Eva Cassidy died on November 2, 1996, at the age of 33. She was posthumously inducted into the Hall of Fame of the Washington Area Music Association.
Fever
Eva Cassidy Lyrics
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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
Bless my soul I love you
Take this heart away
Take these arms I never use them
And just believe what my lips have to say
You give me fever when you kiss me
Fever when you hold me tight
Fever in the morning
Fever all through the night
Listen to me baby
Hear every word I say
No one can love you the way that I do
'Cause they don't know how to love you my way
You give me fever when you kiss me
Fever when you hold me tight
Fever in the morning
Fever all through the night
Sun lights up the daytime
The moon lights up at night
My eyes light up when you call my name
Because I know you gonna treat me right
You give me fever when you kiss me
Fever when you hold me tight
Fever in the morning
Fever all through the night
When you kiss me (fever)
Fever all through the night
(Fever) fever all through the night
(Fever)
The lyrics to Eva Cassidy's song Fever are a passionate declaration of love. The singer muses on the intensity of her feelings for her lover, describing how every time they touch, she feels a fever that's almost too much to bear. The repetition of the phrase 'never know how much I love you' emphasizes just how deeply the singer cares for her partner, while the image of her eyes lighting up when he calls her name suggests a sense of joy and excitement whenever they're together.
The lyrics to Fever are simple but powerful, making use of repetition and vivid images to create a sense of longing and desire. The chorus, which is repeated several times throughout the song, is particularly effective in conveying the intensity of the singer's feelings. The use of the word 'fever' to describe her passion creates a sense of heat and intensity that's impossible to ignore.
Overall, Fever is a beautiful and moving love song that captures the feeling of being utterly consumed by passion. The simplicity of the lyrics and the sincerity of Eva Cassidy's performance make it an unforgettable piece of music.
Line by Line Meaning
Never know how much I love you
I often struggle to express my deep affection towards you.
Never know how much I care
You may not be aware of how much I truly care for you.
When you put your arms around me
I get a fever that's so hard to bear
Your embrace ignites an intense, overwhelming sensation within me that I find difficult to handle.
You give me fever when you kiss me
Your kisses make my body feel feverishly hot and aroused.
Fever when you hold me tight
Your affectionate embraces also contribute to this feverish feeling I experience when I'm with you.
Fever in the morning
Fever all through the night
This intense fever I feel persists throughout the day and night.
Bless my soul I love you
You inspire such strong feelings of love and devotion within me that completely overwhelm me.
Take this heart away
Please take my heart because it yearns to be close to you always.
Take these arms I never use them
My arms long to embrace you, to hold you close, to express my love for you physically, but I am hesitant to do so.
And just believe what my lips have to say
Trust that my words of love are sincere and true.
Listen to me baby
Hear every word I say
Please pay attention to what I am saying and take it to heart.
No one can love you the way that I do
My love for you is unique and incomparable to anyone else's.
'Cause they don't know how to love you my way
Others may try to love you, but they will never be able to do so in the same way that I do.
Sun lights up the daytime
The moon lights up at night
Just as the sun and moon have a significant impact on the world around us, you have a similar impact on my life and how I feel.
My eyes light up when you call my name
Because I know you gonna treat me right
Whenever you call my name, my eyes light up because I know that you will treat me with kindness and love.
When you kiss me (fever)
Fever all through the night
(Fever) fever all through the night
(Fever)
Your kisses are like a fever that consumes me, and I feel this way constantly when I'm with you.
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Written by: NICHOLAS EDWARD JAMES HALLAM, ROBERT BIRCH
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Lex Stikvoort
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 i just can't bear
You give me fever when you kiss me
Fever when you hold me tight
Fever in the morning
Fever all through the night
Bless my soul I love you
Take this heart away
Take these arms I never use them
And just believe what my lips have to say
You give me fever when you kiss me
Fever when you hold me tight
Fever in the morning
Fever all through the night
Listen to me baby
Hear every word I say
No one can love you the way that I do
Because they don't know how to love you my way
You give me fever when you kiss me
Fever when you hold me tight
Fever in the morning
Fever all through the night
Sun lights up the daytime
The moon lights up at night
My eyes light up when you call my name
Because I know you gonna treat me right
You give me fever when you kiss me
Fever when you hold me tight
Fever in the morning
Fever all through the night
You give me fever, You give me fever
O Yeah, fever all through the night
Haddy Nough
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 (you give me fever) when you kiss me
Fever when you hold me tight (you give me fever)
Fever in the mornin'
Fever all through the night
Sun lights up the day time
Moon lights up the night
I light up when you call my name
'Cause I know you're gonna treat me right
You give me fever (You give me fever) when you kiss me
Fever when you hold me tight (You give me fever)
Fever in the mornin'
Fever all through the night (Wow!)
Everybody's got the fever
That is somethin' you all know
Fever isn't such a new thing
Fever started long time ago
Baby, turn on your love light (Yeah, yeah)
Let it shine on me (Yeah, yeah)
Well, baby, turn on your love light (Yeah, yeah)
And let it shine on me (Yeah, yeah)
Well, just a little bit higher (Yeah, yeah)
And just a little bit brighter, baby (Yeah, yeah)
Ow!
You give me fever (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
You give me fever (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
You give me fever (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
You give me fever
Romeo loved Juliet
Juliet she felt the same
When he put his arms around her
He said, "Julie baby you're my flame"
Thou givest fever when we kisseth
Fever with thy flaming youth
Fever I'm on fire
Fever yea I burn forsooth
Captain Smith and Pocahontas
Had a very mad affair
When her daddy tried to kill him
She said "Daddy oh don't you dare"
"He gives me fever with his kisses"
"Fever when he holds me tight"
"Fever, I'm his missus"
"Daddy won't you treat him right?"
Now you've listened to my story
Here's the point that I have made
Chicks were born to give you fever
Be it Fahrenheit or centigrade
We give you fever when we kiss you
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
What a lovely way to burn
Malcolm MacLeod
She has a very unique and beautiful sound. She's a forever singer.
Janine Wright Music
BEST SINGER IN THE WORLD!! That high note is amazing at 0: 53 Chills!!!
Julia Maxwell Blake
wow
Tony Price
that she is
David Somerset
Yes she was awesome
Grainne Carr
Best note EVER!!
Jack Sanderson
Sublime
James Murphy-Walsh
Best singer ever ! Eva used her instrument properly she didn’t over sing it or scream it just pure class !
Skylark
@Aurea Mediocritas1 Eva didn’t steal this song. She covered it.
James Murphy-Walsh
Aurea Mediocritas non of them match up to this . No way !