More Music Videos: ILoveProfHowdy.Com Lyrics: 1) Take my hand I'm a stranger in paradise All lost in a wonderland A stranger in paradise If I stand starry-eyed That's a danger in paradise For mortals who stand beside An angel like you I saw your face And I ascended Out of the commonplace Into the rare Somewhere in space I hang suspended Until I know There's a chance that you care Won't you answer the fervent prayer Of a stranger in paradise Don't send me in dark despair From all that I hunger for But open your angel's arms To the stranger in paradise And tell him That he need be A stranger no more! "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.[1] It was not until 1955 that Kismet, and thus the songs from the show, came to London. It was Bennett's debut hit record in the United Kingdom. Keely Smith, Ray Conniff, Wes Montgomery, George Shearing, Curtis Counce, Isaac Hayes, Sun Ra, The Supremes (for their album I Hear A Symphony), Sarah Brightman, and Saint Etienne have also recorded cover versions of this standard. The song was also featured in the video game Jikkyō Oshaberi Parodius for the PlayStation. Not only did it appear as background music in Parodius, it was also featured in Ape Escape 3 on the Saru-Mon's (Immobile) Castle stage. In the 1999 film, Breakfast of Champions, based on the book of the same name by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., the song is used as a recurring motif. It also appeared in an anime, Absolute Boy, as a ringtone. Violinist André Rieu also made an orchestral cover of this song. It is also used in the rap song Prince Igor by The Rapsody, Warren G and Sissel - Wikipedia 2) Laura is the face in the misty light Footsteps that you hear down the hall The LAUGH that floats on a summer night That you can never quite recall And you see Laura on a train that is passing through Those eyes how familiar they seem She gave your very first kiss to you That was Laura but she's only a dream She gave your very first kiss to you That was Laura But she's only a dream! "Laura" is a 1945 popular song composed by David Raksin, with lyrics written by Johnny Mercer from the 1944 movie starring Gene Tierney and Dana Andrews. It has since become a jazz standard with over four hundred known recordings. The best known versions are by Billy Eckstine & Bobby Tucker Quartet, Charlie Parker, J. J. Johnson, Woody Herman, Frank Sinatra and Julie London (included on her album Julie Is Her Name). It was adapted from the theme of the 1944 film, Laura. Notable recordings: Eric Winstone and His Band Song: Alan Lane. Recorded in London on June 6, 1945. It was released by EMI on the HMV Records label as catalogue number BD 5893 Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Johnny Mercer Songbook (1964) Dick Haymes - The Very Best of Dick Haymes (1997) Frank Sinatra - From his album Where Are You? Trini Lopez - From his album The Love Album Charlie Parker - From his album Charlie Parker with Strings Percy Faith - orchestral version from the album A Summer Place 3) Oh, you can kiss me on a Monday a Monday a Monday is very very good Or you can kiss me on a Tuesday a Tuesday a Tuesday in fact I wish you would Or you can kiss me on a Wednesday a Thursday a Friday and Saturday is best But never ever on a Sunday a Sunday a Sunday cause that's my day of rest Most anyday you can be my guest Anyday you say but my day of rest Just name the day that you like the best Only stay away on my day of rest Oh, you can kiss me on a cool day a hot day a wet day which ever one you choose Or try to kiss me on a grey day a May day a pay day and see if I refuse And if you make it on a bleake day a freak day or a week day Well you can be my guest But never ever on a Sunday a Sunday the one day I need a little rest Oh, you can kiss me on a week day a week day a week day the day to be my guest! "Never on Sunday", also known as "Ta Paidia Tou Piraia" (Greek: Τα Παιδιά του Πειραιά; English: The Children of Piraeus) is a popular song by Manos Hadjidakis. A vocal version was also released and performed by Melina Mercouri in the film of same name directed by Jules Dassin and starring Mercouri. The song won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1960, a first for a foreign-language picture. The film scor