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“Stranger in Paradise” is a popular song from the 1953 musical Kismet and is credited to Robert Wright and George Forrest. Like all the music in that show, the melody was based on music composed by Alexander Borodin, in this case, the “Gliding Dance of the Maidens,“ from the Polovtsian Dances. Richard Kiley and Doretta Morrow (Man of La Mancha and The King and I) performed the song in the original cast of Kismet. Vic Damone and Ann Blyth performed the song in the 1955 film. Bing Crosby versions in 1953. The most popular version was sung by Tony Bennett (1953), but other versions by The Four Aces and Tony Martin also received popular favor in 1954. Bennett’s version reached number one in the UK Singles Chart in May 1955. It was not until 1955 that Kismet, and thus the songs... Read on...