A Fine Romance (song)
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"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 had a major record hit on Brunswick records.
In Hollywood, Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald recorded their version of the song in the summer of 1957.
In a version sung by Judi Dench it also became the theme song of A Fine Romance, a British television series starring Judi Dench and her husband Michael Williams.
A recording by Lena Horne features in the film "The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert" (1993).

