A Fine Romance (song)

"A Fine Romance"
"A Fine Romance"
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
Billie Holiday and her Orchestra singles chronology

"A Fine Romance"
"A Fine Romance"
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
Fred Astaire singles chronology

A Fine Romance performed on tenor sax by Jules Grandgagnage

"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)^[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]

^ A Fine Romance. 1936-01-01.
^ Knoell, Tiffany (2015-06-27), 1936 - A Fine Romance, retrieved 2021-08-04
^ "ACE Repertory". www.ascap.com. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
^ Billie Holiday And Her Orchestra – A Fine Romance / I Can't Pretend (1936, Shellac), retrieved 2021-08-04
^ "The Online Discographical Project". 78discography.com. Retrieved July 31, 2017.
^ Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Wisconsin, USA: Record Research Inc. p. 37. ISBN 0-89820-083-0.
^ "The Online Discographical Project". 78discography.com. Retrieved July 31, 2017.
^ Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Wisconsin, USA: Record Research Inc. p. 498. ISBN 0-89820-083-0.

[1] A Fine Romance. 1936-01-01.

[2] Knoell, Tiffany (2015-06-27), 1936 - A Fine Romance, retrieved 2021-08-04

[3] "ACE Repertory". www.ascap.com. Retrieved 2021-08-04.

[4] Billie Holiday And Her Orchestra – A Fine Romance / I Can't Pretend (1936, Shellac), retrieved 2021-08-04

[5] "The Online Discographical Project". 78discography.com. Retrieved July 31, 2017.

[6] Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Wisconsin, USA: Record Research Inc. p. 37. ISBN 0-89820-083-0.

[7] "The Online Discographical Project". 78discography.com. Retrieved July 31, 2017.

[8] Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Wisconsin, USA: Record Research Inc. p. 498. ISBN 0-89820-083-0.

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