Everything about Frank Gari totally explained
Frank Gari (born
Frank Daniel Garofalo in
New York City on
April 1,
1942) is a popular singer and songwriter from the late
1950s and early
1960s. His best known songs where he was a performer are
Princess,
Utopia and
Lullaby Of Love, all of which hit the U.S.
Top 40. He co-wrote with
Roger McGuinn the song
Beach Ball for
Bobby Darin. Gari and McGuinn appeared on the
1963 record billed as the City Surfers. That year, he moved to
Cleveland, Ohio, becoming a jingle writer for TV commercials. Some of his early jingles included Ohio Bell, Genie garage doors, and the first Wendy's commercials as well as the early music in Leo Burnett's "Fly The Friendly Skies of United" campaign for
United Airlines.
Gari is best known today as a
jingle writer for
television and
radio stations. Gari is also one of the most sought after composers of music for television newscasts in America. His first television theme and image campaign was the popular
Catch 5, originally written for
WEWS-TV in
Cleveland in 1970. He also continued compsing jingles, such as "Be All You Can Be" for the
U.S. Army, "Be A Pepper" for
Dr Pepper, and four slogans for the
ABC television network during the early and mid-1980s.
Gari also has international acclaim; Sky used The
Great News Package from 1989 (when they launched their four-channel Astra lineup) until September 1993. In 1993 he composed the 'Sky Symphony' theme for
BSkyB in Europe, and the 1997 'It's On Sky' (AKA 'No Turning Back') image piece. The Sky signature from the 1990s wasn't only found in the news theme, but also spread to all the Sky channels, including
Sky One,
Sky Movies, and the defunct Sky Soap and Sky Movies Gold. The signature was combined with Great News for Sky News' 90s look. He also composed the early 1990s theme for
RTL in Germany, which was later adopted by
Maryland Public Television in the US.
Television news music packages written by Frank Gari
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