"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.[1][2] | |||
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[3] | |||
Fred Astaire singles chronology | ||||
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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[4] | |||
Billie Holiday and her Orchestra singles chronology | ||||
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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)[5] and it topped the charts of the day for five weeks.[6] Billie Holiday recorded the song for Vocalion Records on September 29, 1936[7] and this too reached the charts of the day as did versions by Henry King and Guy Lombardo.[8]
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.
In the film Till the Clouds Roll By (1946), the song is performed by Virginia O'Brien.
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.
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