Lover Man

Billie Holiday's performance had a notable impact on the popularity charts of her time, reaching fifth place on the R&B chart and sixteenth on the pop chart in 1945. However, the history of this song also includes complex moments. In July 1946, Charlie Parker recorded his own version of Lover Man in a state of intoxication, a session that the producer of Dial Records, Ross Russell, had to manage by physically assisting Parker to the microphone. Despite these difficulties, the piece has been tackled by many jazz musicians, who often perform it in the key of F, although the original key of the composition is D-flat minor. Later, in 1967, Barbra Streisand also recorded a version for her album Simply Streisand, which reached number 29 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.