Profile of Frank Gari on Famous Like Me

Frank Gari (born 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. 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.

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.

Gari also has international acclaim; in 1993 he composed the theme for Sky Television in Europe. Sky used The Great News Package from 1989 (when they launched their four-channel Astra lineup) until 1995. The Sky signature from the 1990s was not 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's 1990s look. You can listen in at their respective sites on two of Britain's television presentation sites (see External Links)

Television News Music Packages Written By Frank Gari

• Advantage
• Allegro
• B Package
• Catch 5
• The CBS Enforcer Music Collection
• Champion News Series
• Countdown
• Empire
• Eyewitness News
• First News
• Flagship
• Good News
• The Great News Package
• Hello News
• Hometown News
• Image News
• Innovation
• It's All Right Here
• Making A Difference
• NBC - New Generation
• NBC - New Millennium
• NBC - News Now
• NBC - Premier
• NBC - Speed Of Life
• The NBC Collection
• News Horizon
• News Line
• News Series 2000
• News Series 2000 Plus
• News Series 2001
• News Source
• News Station
• News Watch
• Newschannel
• On Your Side
• The One and Only
• The One For All
• The Paramount
• Pride Inside
• The Reporter
• Revolution
• So Good To Turn To
• This Is Your News
• Turn To News
• We'll Take You There
• We're 4
• Where It All Happens
• Working For You
• The World at Home
• The X Package
• The X-2 Package

External Links

• Gari Communications
• Gari Communications at Southernmedia's News Music Search Archive - List of American stations that have used news themes from Gari Communications
• The TV Room presents Sky presentation in the past featuring Great News and Sky packages
• TV Ark's Sky presentation

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