<P> Radio personalities Jack Hood and Gene Kruszewski of WJR - AM / Detroit also cut a duet version of the song which was a local and regional hit and helped escalate the song's novelty . Columbia Records granted gold records to Hood and Kruszewski in recognition of their efforts . </P> <P> Diamond and Streisand had planned to star in a motion picture based on the song, but such plans were canceled when Diamond starred in a remake of The Jazz Singer . </P> <P> Concurrent with the success of Diamond and Streisand's version of the song, country singers Jim Ed Brown and Helen Cornelius released a country version of the song which reached number ten on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in early 1979 . Also, in the same year, Lynda Carter (of Wonder Woman fame) re-performed this song on Dick Emery's British variety show, The Dick Emery Hour . </P> <P> In 1980 a cover version of the song was recorded by expatriate American singer Dean Reed and Hungarian vocalist Kati Kovács in German and in English . </P>

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