 The song "Stranger" was covered as a duet by Johnny Duncan and Janie Fricke, and their version reached #4 on the U.S. country chart in 1976.Although Kristofferson’s recording career took a dip with the disappointing "Spooky Lady Sideshow", his acting career continued to ascend; after starring in Sam Peckinpah’s "Pat Garret and Billy the Kid", he was cast in a supporting role in Martin Scorsese’s "Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore", which was a smash hit in 1975 and grossed more than $17 million nationwide.Some pointed to Kristofferson’s increased interest in acting as the reason for the decline in his musical success, a sentiment echoed when music publisher Bob Beckham cracked that the singer might want to go back to flying helicopters down to the Gulf Coast, where he had written some of his early famous songs.