A Fine Romance (song)
"A Fine Romance" is a popular song composed by Jerome Kern with lyrics by Dorothy Fields, published in 1936.
| "A Fine Romance" | ||||
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| Song by Fred Astaire | ||||
| B-side | "The Waltz in Swing Time" | |||
| Published | 1936 by Chappell & Co. | |||
| Released | August 1936 | |||
| Recorded | July 28, 1936 | |||
| Studio | Los Angeles, California | |||
| Genre | Jazz, Pop Vocal | |||
| Label | Brunswick 7716 | |||
| Composer(s) | Jerome Kern | |||
| Lyricist(s) | Dorothy Fields | |||
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| "A Fine Romance" | ||||
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| Single by Billie Holiday and her Orchestra | ||||
| B-side | "I Can't Pretend" | |||
| Released | 1936 | |||
| Recorded | September 29, 1936 | |||
| Genre | Jazz blues | |||
| Length | 2.53 | |||
| Label | Vocalion 3333 | |||
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The song was written for the musical film, Swing Time, where it was co-introduced by Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. Astaire recorded a solo version of the song on July 28, 1936 for Brunswick records (catalog 7716) and it topped the charts of the day for five weeks. Billie Holiday recorded the song for Vocalion Records on September 29, 1936 and this too reached the charts of the day as did versions by Henry King and Guy Lombardo.
In the film Till the Clouds Roll By (1946), the song is performed by Virginia O'Brien.
In Hollywood, Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald recorded their version of the song in the summer of 1957. In 1963, Fitzgerald included a solo rendition on her Verve Records album, Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Jerome Kern Songbook, produced by Norman Granz.
In a version sung by Judi Dench it also became the theme song of A Fine Romance, a British television series starring Dench and her husband Michael Williams.
A recording by Lena Horne features in the film The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994). The song also features in the stage musical Priscilla Queen of the Desert – the Musical.