Theme From Cheers (Where Everybody Knows Your Name) – Gary Portnoy (1983)

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Gary Portnoy – The Artist

Gary Portnoy (born, 1956) is an American musician and singer-songwriter. He is best known for co-writing and performing the main theme song of the NBC sitcom Cheers, “Where Everybody Knows Your Name”. Prior to that, Portnoy’s songs had been recorded by various artists, including Dolly Parton’s “Say Goodnight” (co-written by Susan Sheridan) and Air Supply’s “I’ll Never Get Enough of You” (co-written by Jeanne Napoli and Judy Quay). He also recorded and released a self-titled album in 1980 for Columbia Records.

Theme From Cheers (Where Everybody Knows Your Name) – The Song

‘Theme From Cheers (Where Everybody Knows Your Name)‘ also credited as “Theme from Cheers (Where Everybody Knows Your Name)”, is the theme song from the television sitcom Cheers, as well as the debut single for Gary Portnoy. The song was written by Portnoy and Judy Hart-Angelo, and performed by Portnoy in 1982. Shortly after the premiere of Cheers, Portnoy went back into the studio to record a longer version of the song that made the U.S. and British pop charts.

Gary Portnoy – The Shape

This record has been carefully crafted into two beer tankards clashing together expressing good wishes before drinking. 

Cheers is an American television sitcom, created by Glen Charles & Les Charles and James Burrows, that aired on NBC for 11 seasons from September 30, 1982, to May 20, 1993. The show was produced by Charles/Burrows/Charles Productions in association with Paramount Television. The show is set in the titular bar in Boston, where a group of locals meet to drink, relax, socialize, and escape from their day-to-day issues. At the center of the show is the bar’s owner and head bartender, Sam Malone, who is a womanizing former relief pitcher for the Boston Red Sox. The show’s ensemble cast introduced in the pilot episode are waitresses Diane Chambers and Carla Tortelli, second bartender Coach Ernie Pantusso, and regular customers Norm Peterson and Cliff Clavin. Later main characters of the show also include Frasier Crane, Woody Boyd, Lilith Sternin, and Rebecca Howe.

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