Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?) / That Ole Devil Called Love
by Billie Holiday
- Type: Single
- Released: February 1945
- Label: Decca
- Country: United States
- Length: 6:32
- Community rating: 3.63/5 from 2 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Backed by sweeping strings, this recording marked the vocalist's highly successful transition into the lushly orchestrated pop market. While the production is grandiose, she retains her signature, deeply personal phrasing, pulling intense emotional yearning from the lyric. The single provided her with one of the biggest mainstream commercial hits of her career, broadening her audience beyond jazz purists.
Genres
Descriptors: Vocal, melodic
Tracklist
Credits
- Billie Holiday - primary artist, vocals
- Jimmy Davis - written-by
- Jimmy Sherman - written-by
- Roger Ramirez - written-by
- Allan Roberts - written-by
- Doris Fisher - written-by
- Tutti Camarata - directed by [orchestra directed by]