About "Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)"
"Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)" (often called simply "Lover Man") is a 1941 popular song written by Jimmy Davis, Roger ("Ram") Ramirez, and James Sherman. It is particularly associated with Billie Holiday, for whom it was written, and her version was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1989.
Holiday's version reached No. 5 on the R&B chart and No. 16 on pop in 1945. In July 1946, Charlie Parker recorded a rendition of "Lover Man" while he was intoxicated. Dial Records producer Ross Russell had to hold him up to the microphone during the recording. Sonny Stitt played the song many times on alto saxophone in a virtuoso way, in the original key of D flat. Most jazz musicians play the song nevertheless in F. Barbra Streisand recorded a version for her album Simply Streisand in 1967, her version peaked #29 at Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.
Top songs by Billie Holiday
Blue Moon- My Man
- Good Morning Heartache
- The Very Thought Of You
- As Time Goes By
- All Of Me
- Don't Explain
- Am I Blue?
- A Foggy Day
- Fine And Mellow
- God Bless The Child
- (i Love You) Porgy
- Lady Sings The Blues
- Dream A Little Dream Of Me
- (this Is) My Last Affair
- Strange Fruit
- Everything Happens To Me
- Billie's Blues
- The Man I Love
- Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do
- Pennies From Heaven
- A Fine Romance
- Body And Soul
- The Way You Look Tonight
- How Deep Is The Ocean?
- Baby I Don't Cry Over You
- Hello My Darling
- Crazy He Calls Me
- Hello, My Darling
- Come Rain Or Come Shine
- Beyond The Sea (la Mer)
- Gimmie A Pigfoot (and A Bottle Of Beer)
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