Lover Man

~ Recording by Billie Holiday with Toots Camarata and His Orchestra

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack ArtistRelease TitleRelease ArtistRelease Group TypeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.1Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)3:18Billie HolidayLover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?) / That Ole Devil Called LoveBillie HolidaySingle
Decca Records23391
1.2Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)3:18Billie HolidayThat Ole Devil Called LoveBillie HolidaySingle
MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990)MCA 1007
1.4Lover Man3:14Billie Holiday20 Golden GreatsBillie HolidayAlbum + Compilation
Deja Vu (Italian jazz, blues, "the * collection", "the essential *" and "the * story" series of releases/sublabels)DVCD 2018
1.7Lover Man3:15Billie Holiday16 Greatest HitsBillie HolidayAlbum + Compilation
CD 8005
1.4Lover Man3:16Billie HolidayThe Billie Holiday CollectionBillie HolidayAlbum + Compilation
Deja Vu (Italian jazz, blues, "the * collection", "the essential *" and "the * story" series of releases/sublabels)5018-2
2.3Lover Man3:16Billie HolidayJazz GreatsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Telstar Records (UK, mostly compilations)IFS 002
1.2Lover Man3:17Billie HolidayThe Billie Holiday StoryBillie HolidayAlbum + Compilation
MCA Records Canada (1970–1995)MCAD 4006
1.12Lover Man3:14Billie HolidayWillow Weep for MeBillie HolidayAlbum + Compilation
That's JazzTJ015
1.6Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)3:19Billie HolidayYour Hit Parade: The ’40sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Time–Life MusicHPD-29
1.1Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)3:18Billie HolidayThe Complete Decca RecordingsBillie HolidayAlbum + Compilation
  • US1991-10-01
GRP (Grusin-Rosen Productions)GRD2 601
1.1Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)3:18Billie Holiday with Toots Camarata and His OrchestraThe Complete Decca RecordingsBillie HolidayAlbum + Compilation
  • US1991-10-01
BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. (BMG company that owned their direct marketing company/club editions), GRP (Grusin-Rosen Productions), MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990)D217027, GRD2-601
1.1Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)3:18Billie HolidayThe Complete Decca RecordingsBillie HolidayAlbum + Compilation
  • DE1992-05-01
GRP (Grusin-Rosen Productions)GRP 26012
1.9Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)3:19Billie HolidayThe Essential Recordings (Limited Collectors Edition)Billie HolidayAlbum + Compilation
Music Club (Demon Music Club, UK)MCCDSE 095
1.9Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)3:19Billie HolidayThe Essential RecordingsBillie HolidayAlbum + Compilation
Music Club (Demon Music Club, UK)MCCD 095
1.5Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be)3:15Billie HolidayWe're All in This TogetherVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
GRP (Grusin-Rosen Productions)GRD-9721
1.2Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)3:18Billie HolidayGod Bless the ChildBillie HolidayAlbum + Compilation
  • US1994-11-03
MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990)MCAD-20254
1.6Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be)3:17Billie HolidayJazz Moods 2Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Telstar Records (UK, mostly compilations)TCD 2740
1.15Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)3:18Billie HolidaySongs That Got Us Through WWII, Volume 2Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Rhino (reissue label)R2 71718
1.18Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be)3:18Billie HolidayStardust: The Classic Decca Hits & Standards CollectionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
MCA Classics
1.17Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)3:15Billie HolidayBillie Holiday’s Greatest HitsBillie HolidayAlbum + Compilation
  • US1995-02-03
GRP (Grusin-Rosen Productions)GRD-653
1.18Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be)3:18Billie HolidayStardust: The Classic Decca Hits & Standards CollectionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • JP1995-07-12
MCA Victor, Inc. (Japanese holding company, active 1991–1997; do not use as release label!)MVCM-32031, MVCM-32032
1.1Lover Man3:15Billie HolidayLover ManBillie HolidayAlbum + Compilation
  • US1995-07-14
Prime Cuts
1.17Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)3:17Billie HolidayBillie Holiday’s Greatest HitsBillie HolidayAlbum + Compilation
BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. (BMG company that owned their direct marketing company/club editions), GRP (Grusin-Rosen Productions)D 111329, GRD-653
1.17Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)3:17Billie HolidayBillie Holiday’s Greatest HitsBillie HolidayAlbum + Compilation
GRP (Grusin-Rosen Productions)GRD 16532
1.18Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)3:19Billie HolidayThe Chronological Classics: Billie Holiday 1944Billie HolidayAlbum + Compilation
Classics Records (compilations of the Chronological Series)806
1.14Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)3:18Billie HolidayDeutscher Film-KultVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation + Soundtrack
  • DE1996-05-31
Warner Special Marketing (Germany)0630-15174-2 / CA-851
1.6Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)3:17Billie HolidaySongs of the Siren, Starbucks Favorite DivasVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
1.18Lover Man3:16Billie HolidayBluesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Time Music International LimitedTMI026
1.20Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)3:15Billie HolidayLady Day: The Very Best of Billie HolidayBillie HolidayAlbum + Compilation
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)MOODCD52
1.20Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)3:17Billie HolidayMad About the Boy - The Ladies Sing the BluesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
1.5Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be?)3:18Billie HolidayPriceless Jazz CollectionBillie HolidayAlbum + Compilation
GRP (Grusin-Rosen Productions)GRD-9871
1.3Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)3:18Billie HolidayLittle Voice: Music From the Miramax Motion PictureVarious ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
  • US1998-12-01
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)
1.20Lover Man3:16Billie HolidayEssentialsBillie HolidayAlbum + Compilation
Proper RecordsEMCD 01 M7 817
1.3Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)3:18Billie HolidayLittle Voice: Music From the Miramax Motion PictureVarious ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
Miramax Records, EMI Soundtracks498 0712, 7243 4 98071 2 9
1.3Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)3:18Billie HolidayLittle Voice: Music From the Miramax Motion PictureVarious ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)7243 4 98071 2 9
1.2Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)3:18Billie HolidayThe Very Best of Billie HolidayBillie HolidayAlbum + Compilation
MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990)MCBD 19539
1.6Lover Man3:16Billie HolidayWomen in Jazz, Volume OneVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
BX99782
1.2Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)3:17Billie HolidayThe Legend of Billie HollidayBillie HolidayAlbum + Compilation
  • GB1999-03-20
1.13Lover Man3:19Billie HolidayI Loves You PorgyBillie HolidayAlbum + Compilation
  • -1999-04-01
3.7Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be)3:17Billie HolidaySirens of Swing: Great Songs of the '30s & '40sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US1999-06-08
Compendia Music Group1477
1.8Lover Man3:16Billie HolidayIndigo BluesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Shades of BluesBC 75992
1.17Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)3:19Billie HolidayYesterdaysBillie HolidayAlbum + Compilation
  • -1999
Castle Pie, Sanctuary Records (UK 1996–present)PIESD 043
1.2Lover Man3:18Billie HolidayVery Best of Billie HolidayBillie HolidayAlbum + Compilation
  • US2000-01-01
1.13Lover Man3:19Billie HolidayKen Burns Jazz: Definitive Billie HolidayBillie HolidayAlbum + Compilation
  • CA2000-11-07
  • US2000-11-07
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)314 549 081-2
1.1Lover Man3:18Billie HolidayAnthology 1944-1959Billie HolidayAlbum + Compilation
Stardust Records (budget (?) compilations, CLP prefix)CLP 08662
2.15Lover Man3:18Billie HolidayBest of BluesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Madacy RecordsKSW2 0435
1.1Lover Man3:19Billie HolidayBillie's BluesBillie HolidayAlbum + Compilation
Delta Entertainment (a sub-label used by Delta Music GmbH and its UK & US subsidiaries)46 122
1.14Lover Man3:15Billie HolidayBillies BluesBillie HolidayAlbum + Compilation
Past Perfect Silver Line (Infringing DE reissue label run by TIM The International Music Company AG)204321-203
7.23Lover Man3:15Billie Holiday with Tutti Camarata & His OrchestraLes Triomphes du jazzVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Haba’na111 201, 111 202, 111 203, 111 204, 111 205, 111 206, 111 207, 111 208, 111 209, 111 210, 111 211, 111 212, 111 213, 111 214, 111 215, 111 216, 111 217, 111 218, 111 219, 111 220
1.6Lover Man3:17Billie HolidayJazz Divas: Celebrate the Classic Voices of JazzVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Direct Source Special Products Inc.3616
1.2Lover Man3:17Billie HolidayThe Man I LoveBillie HolidayAlbum + Compilation
  • FR2002-04-09
Dreyfus JazzFDM 36723-2
1.3Lover Man3:18Billie Holiday20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Billie HolidayBillie HolidayAlbum + Compilation
  • US2002-07-30
Hip‐O Records, Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)314 589 995-2
1.2Loverman3:20Billie HolidayThe Essential Billie HolidayBillie HolidayAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2002-09-02
SohoSOHOCD002
3.23Lover Man3:16Billie HolidayGolden GreatsBillie HolidayAlbum + Compilation
DiskyMP 791852
1.1Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be)3:18Billie HolidayDay In, Day OutBillie HolidayAlbum + Compilation
Hear Music64701
7.12Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)3:16Billie HolidayGiants of JazzVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Cloud 9 Music (only for releases with the logo “Cloud 9” (and not “Dance”) on it)2003771, 2003772, 2003773, 2003774, 2003775, 2003776, 2003777, 2003778, 2003779, 2003780, 2003781, 2003782, 2003783, 2003784, 2003785, 2003786, 2003787, 2003788, 2003789, 2003790
1.4Lover Man3:15Billie Holiday with Camarata's OrchestraIt’s All in MelodyVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Direct Source Special Products Inc.BBT 26412
1.1Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)3:17Billie HolidayJazz Ballads 12: Billie HolidayBillie HolidayAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2004-10-11
Documents (German, Membran Entertainment Group)222542-311
13.9Lover Man3:19Billie HolidayL’Histoire du jazz vocal - The Story of Vocal Jazz: 1941–1953Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Le Chant du Monde574 1311.20
1.6Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)3:18Billie HolidayThe Essential HitsBillie HolidayAlbum + Compilation
Spectrum Music (Universal Music Group budget label)981 349-3
17.14Lover Man3:17Billie HolidayUltimate Jazz & BluesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Centurion JazzIECJ30001
3.20Lover Man3:14Billie HolidayThe Very Best of Blues Brother Soul SisterVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2005-04-18
Warner Strategic Marketing United KingdomWSMCD210
9.15Lover Man3:17Billie HolidayBillie HolidayBillie HolidayAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2005-06-06
Documents (German, Membran Entertainment Group)222914
1.5Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)3:14Billie HolidayBillie's BluesBillie HolidayAlbum + Compilation
Musical MemoriesRGCD 1054
1.6Lover Man3:18Billie HolidayDivas of JazzVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Madacy RecordsDDP2 50483
1.8Lover Man3:19Billie HolidayLady Sings the BluesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Weton-WesgramLATA527
2.15Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)3:17Billie HolidayRomance in the DarkBillie HolidayAlbum + Compilation
Membran International GmbH222444-444
3.1Lover Man3:19Billie HolidayThe American SongbookVarious ArtistsCompilation
Weton-WesgramLATA530, LATA530A, LATA530B, LATA530C, LATA530D, LATA530E
1.13Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)3:18Billie HolidayThe Ultimate CollectionBillie HolidayAlbum + Compilation
Decca Records, Hip‐O Records, Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)B00003918-00
1.8Loverman3:19Billie HolidayLady Sings the BluesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2006-11-13
Weton-WesgramHIT521
1.6Lover Man3:18Billie HolidayFirst Class Jazz (disc 2: Billie Holiday)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EMI Music Belgium0946 3 52115 2 8
1.6Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be)3:18Billie Holiday with Toots Camarata and His OrchestraJazz in the Charts 080 (1945)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Membran Music Ltd.223779-222
1.17Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)3:16Billie HolidayJazz Number 1’sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2007-04-03
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)000867102
1.3Lover Man3:17Billie HolidayJazz Divas: GoldVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2007-10-09
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)B0009747-02
1.23Lover Man3:16Billie Holiday accompanied by Toots Camarata and His OrchestraA Portrait of an Artist Through Her Quintessential RecordingsBillie HolidayAlbum + Compilation
  • -2007
King JazzKJ 3746 PM
1.23Lover Man3:16Billie Holiday accompanied by Toots Camarata and His OrchestraA Portrait of an Artist Through Her Quintessential RecordingsBillie HolidayAlbum + Compilation
  • -2007
1.11Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be)3:18Billie HolidayBilly's BluesBillie HolidayAlbum + Compilation
Edel Records (multinational, ERE suffix)0181242ERE
1.10Lover Man3:14Billie HolidayDivas of Jazz: 14 of the Greatest Female Jazz Singers of All TimeVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
CID (Brazilian label)
1.1Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)3:20Billie HolidayMis grandes éxitosBillie HolidayAlbum + Compilation
Universal Music Group (has logo with just “Universal Music Group”)
1.10Lover Man3:16Billie HolidayA Lady Sings the BluesBillie HolidayAlbum + Compilation
Reader’s Digest
2.4Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be)3:18Billie HolidayBack to Soul: New Soul Queens and Legendary DivasVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures)5308220
2.12Lover Man3:19Billie HolidayEasy to LoveBillie HolidayAlbum + Compilation
Le Chant du Monde
8.16Lover Man3:18Billie Holiday with Toots Camarata and His OrchestraThe Complete Masters 1933–1959Billie HolidayAlbum + Compilation
  • FR2011-11-21
Universal Music Classics & Jazz France533 614-4
1.4Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)3:17Billie HolidayIconBillie HolidayAlbum + Compilation
1.2Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be)3:19Billie HolidayStarbucks 40: A 40th Anniversary CollectionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Rhino (reissue label)
1.16Lover Man3:18Billie Holiday with Toots Camarata and His OrchestraMitos do jazz, Volume 16: Billie HolidayBillie HolidayAlbum + Compilation
  • BR2012-05-25
Abril ColeçõesISBN 978-85-7971-431-3
1.3Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)3:16Billie HolidayColeção Folha grandes vozes, Volume 15: Billie HolidayBillie HolidayAlbum + Compilation
  • BR2012-11-04
Folha de S. PauloISBN 978-85-7949-087-3
1.20Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be)3:15Billie HolidayAll Time Best (Reclam Musik Edition)Billie HolidayAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)88883775442
1.15Lover Man3:18Billie HolidayKlara Best of JazzVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Universal Music Belgium534,427-2
1.20Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be) (single version)3:16Billie HolidayThe Centennial CollectionBillie HolidayAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2015-03-30
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)
1.20Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be)3:16Billie HolidayThe Centennial CollectionBillie HolidayAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2015-04-03
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)8875048762
1.20Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be)3:16Billie Holiday and Her OrchestraThe Centennial CollectionBillie HolidayAlbum + Compilation
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)88875048762
1.2Lover Man3:17Billie HolidayThe Essential Rare CollectionBillie HolidayAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2016-01-14
Stardust Records (budget (?) compilations, CLP prefix)
1.2Lover Man3:18Billie HolidayGod Bless the ChildBillie HolidayAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2018-08-10
Geffen Records
1.1Lover Man (single version)3:18Billie HolidayThe Complete Decca RecordingsBillie HolidayAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2018-08-17
Verve Reissues
1.3Lover Man (single version)3:18Billie Holiday20th Century Masters: Best of Billie Holiday (The Millennium Collection)Billie HolidayAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2018-08-31
UMe (imprint of Universal Music Enterprises)
1.13Lover Man (single version)3:15Billie HolidayBillie Holiday: Ken Burns’s JazzBillie HolidayAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2018-08-31
Verve Reissues
(unknown)
1.1Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)3:20Billie HolidayMy Greatest SongsBillie HolidayAlbum + Compilation
  • -1992
MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990)MCD-18767
1.1Lover Man3:18Billie HolidayThe Essential Billie HolidayBillie HolidayAlbum + Compilation
Metro (UK reissue/compilation imprint, METRCD cat prefix)METRCD098
1.8Lover Man3:14Billie HolidayThis Is Gold: Billie HolidayBillie HolidayAlbum + Compilation
BX 903081

Relationships

producer:Milt Gabler
alto saxophone:Jack Cressey (on 1944-10-04)
Hymie Shertzer (on 1944-10-04)
double bass [bass]:Haig Stephens (on 1944-10-04)
drums (drum set):Johnny Blowers (on 1944-10-04)
guitar:Carl Kress (on 1944-10-04)
piano:Dave Bowman (jazz pianist) (on 1944-10-04)
tenor saxophone:Larry Binyon (on 1944-10-04)
Paul Ricci (on 1944-10-04)
trumpet:Russ Case (US trumpeter & bandleader)
lead vocals:Billie Holiday (on 1944-10-04)
orchestra:Toots Camarata and His Orchestra (on 1944-10-04)
conductor:Tutti Camarata
arranger:Tutti Camarata (on 1944-10-04)
recording of:Lover Man (on 1944-10-04)

Related works

Lover Man

lyricist:Jimmy Davis (songwriter, "Lover Man") (in 1942)
Roger “Ram” Ramirez (Puerto Rican jazz pianist) (in 1942)
Jimmy Sherman (in 1942)
composer:Roger “Ram” Ramirez (Puerto Rican jazz pianist)
Jimmy Davis (songwriter, "Lover Man") (in 1942)
Jimmy Sherman (in 1942)
publisher:MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated) (ended)
MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group) (ended)
Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP)