A Fine Romance | |
Cover: | A Fine Romance (song).jpg |
Published: | 1936 by Chappell & Co.[1] |
Artist: | Fred Astaire |
B-Side: | The Waltz in Swing Time |
Released: | August 1936 |
Recorded: | July 28, 1936 |
Studio: | Los Angeles, California |
Genre: | Jazz, Pop Vocal |
Label: | Brunswick 7716 |
Composer: | Jerome Kern |
Lyricist: | Dorothy Fields[2] |
Prev Title: | I'm Putting All My Eggs in One Basket |
Prev Year: | 1936 |
Next Title: | The Way You Look Tonight |
Next Year: | 1936 |
A Fine Romance | |
Type: | single |
Artist: | 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 |
Prev Title: | These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You) |
Prev Year: | 1936 |
Next Title: | The Way You Look Tonight |
Next Year: | 1936 |
"A Fine Romance" is a popular song composed by Jerome Kern with lyrics by Dorothy Fields, published in 1936.
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)[3] and it topped the charts of the day for five weeks.[4] Billie Holiday recorded the song for Vocalion Records on September 29, 1936[5] and this too reached the charts of the day as did versions by Henry King and Guy Lombardo.[6]