Decca matrix 72404. Lover man (oh, where can you be?) / Billie Holiday

Additional Information
  • Master Size: 10-in.
Notes
Ruppli additional catalog number(s): CD MCA-GRP 2601-2/1.
Ruppli session note: All titles also issued on CD MCA-GRP 2601-2/1. MCL-1688, MCM-5011, CD Classics (France) 806. 72404-A & 72405-A were also issued on MCA MCA2-4006, (France) 510015, (England) MCL-1688, MCM-5011, CD Classics (France) 806. Note: 72404-A & 72405-A were transferred to World Transcription with new master numbers shown in brackets.
Re-recorded by Decca as N 2729.
Documentation of Decca Records derives from Michel Ruppli's "The Decca labels: a discography" (Greenwood Press, 1996). Data has not been systematically reviewed or edited by ADP staff, except as indicated.
Ruppli session personnel note: Billie Holiday (vocals), with Toots Camarata and his Orchestra: Russ Case (trumpet), Hymie Schertzer, Jack Cressey (alto saxophone), Larry Binyon, Paul Ricci (tenor saxophone), Dave Bowman (piano), Carl Kress (guitar), Haig Stephens (bass), Johnny Blowers (drums), and 6 strings, Toots Camarata (arranger, conductor).
Take Date and PlaceTakeStatusLabel Name/NumberFormatNote
10/4/1944 New York, New York. Decca Studios A Master Decca 23391 10-in.
10/4/1944 New York, New York. Decca Studios A Master Brunswick (U.K.) 04389 10-in.
10/4/1944 New York, New York. Decca Studios A Master Brunswick (Germany) A-82715 10-in.
10/4/1944 New York, New York. Decca Studios A Master Decca 9-23391 45-rpm
10/4/1944 New York, New York. Decca Studios A Master Decca DL-5345 LP
10/4/1944 New York, New York. Decca Studios A Master Decca DL7-5040 LP
10/4/1944 New York, New York. Decca Studios A Master Decca DL-8385 LP
10/4/1944 New York, New York. Decca Studios A Master Decca DL-8400 LP
10/4/1944 New York, New York. Decca Studios A Master Decca DL-8702 LP
10/4/1944 New York, New York. Decca Studios A Master Decca DL-8929 LP
10/4/1944 New York, New York. Decca Studios A Master Decca DL7-8929 LP
10/4/1944 New York, New York. Decca Studios A Master Decca DL7-9245 LP
10/4/1944 New York, New York. Decca Studios A Master Coral CP-93 LP
10/4/1944 New York, New York. Decca Studios A Master MCA MCA-275 LP
10/4/1944 New York, New York. Decca Studios A Master MCA MCA2-4006 LP
10/4/1944 New York, New York. Decca Studios A Master MCA MCA2-4062 LP
10/4/1944 New York, New York. Decca Studios A Master MCA (England) MCL-1688 LP
10/4/1944 New York, New York. Decca Studios A Master MCA (England) MCM-5011 LP
10/4/1944 New York, New York. Decca Studios A Master MCA (France) 510015 LP
10/4/1944 New York, New York. Decca Studios A Master Brunswick (France, Germany) 87015 LP
10/4/1944 New York, New York. Decca Studios A Master MCA MCAD-31322 Compact disc
10/4/1944 New York, New York. Decca Studios A Master MCA-GRP 2601 Compact disc
10/4/1944 New York, New York. Decca Studios A Master Classics (France) 806 Compact disc

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Decca matrix 72404. Lover man (oh, where can you be?) / Billie Holiday," accessed December 11, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000300621/72404-Lover_man_oh_where_can_you_be.

Decca matrix 72404. Lover man (oh, where can you be?) / Billie Holiday. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 11, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000300621/72404-Lover_man_oh_where_can_you_be.

"Decca matrix 72404. Lover man (oh, where can you be?) / Billie Holiday." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 11 December 2025.

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