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Lover Man

original song written and composed by Jimmy Davis, Roger "Ram" Ramirez, and James Sherman; first recorded by Billie Holiday
Music Composition Musical Work Composition Q387590

Facts

11 properties
Instance of
musical work/composition
Performer
Billie Holiday, Barbra Streisand, Charlie Parker, Blossom Dearie, Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Linda Ronstadt[5][6][7][8][9][10][11]
Language of work or name
English[12]
Publication date
1941[13]
Composer
Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, Jimmy Sherman[2][3][4]
Different from
Lover Man[20]
Form of creative work
song[21]
Has characteristic
jazz standard[19]
Lyricist
Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, Jimmy Sherman[14][15][16]
Title
Lover Man[18]
Tonality
B-flat minor[17]
🏷️ Also known as
en Lover Man en Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?) fr Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?) it Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?) ja ラヴァー・マン ru Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)
🔖 Identifiers · 6
GND ID
1135506299
AllMusic composition ID
mc0002639848, mc0001584119
Freebase ID
/m/02rprpd
ISWC
T0702686687, T9220688915
MusicBrainz work ID
e0dc7948-f188-3346-adee-db5cfb6361a9
SecondHandSongs work ID
12140

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🔗 Connections
Performer 7
Barbra Streisand, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Charlie Parker, Linda Ronstadt, Sarah Vaughan, Blossom Dearie
← Mb:composer 6
Jimmy Sherman, Jimmy Sherman, Ram Ramirez, Ram Ramirez, Jimmy Davis, Jimmy Davis
← Mb:lyricist 6
Jimmy Sherman, Jimmy Sherman, Ram Ramirez, Ram Ramirez, Jimmy Davis, Jimmy Davis
Form of creative work 1
song
Has characteristic 1
jazz standard
Language of work or name 1
English
Tonality 1
B-flat minor
← FactGrid item ID 1
Michel Maittaire
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Summary

Lover Man is a musical work/composition[1].

Related Entities

Barbra Streisand Billie Holiday Charlie Parker Ella Fitzgerald Linda Ronstadt Sarah Vaughan

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  13. [14] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  17. [18] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 27w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Language of work or name → English
    Performer → Billie Holiday, Barbra Streisand, Charlie Parker +1
    Form of creative work → song
    Publication date → 1941
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed claim: ISWC: T9220688915, см. / see autofix на / on P1827"
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