 The 1975 re-release became one of Manilow's first hits.The song has been recorded by a number of other artists over the years, most successfully by Donna Summer in 1976 and by Take That in 1992.Not long after he signed Barry Manilow to Columbia's newly acquired Bell Records label in 1969, Tony Orlando, vice-president of Columbia/CBS Music, began to produce a number of tracks for Manilow.