Meta Data displays with ‘the_meta();’ but not with get_post_meta!

I am able to display the bulleted list of all of my posts’ metadata with the basic

<?php the_meta(); ?>

tag in the loop with no problem, but when I try to display a single key’s value with

<?php $client = get_post_meta($post->ID, ‘client’, $single = false); ?> <p>Client:<?php echo $client; ?></p>

I get a null return. I am able to be sure I have the correct key name and that that key has a value becuase I can see it right there in the <?php the_meta(); ?> output.

Would love to resolve this- I wasn’t able to find anything like this by searching the forum or Google.

Ak!