Frank Gari (born Frank Daniel Garofalo^[1] 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. New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Top 40 is a radio format based on frequent repetition of songs from a constantly-updated list of the forty best-selling singles. ... James Roger McGuinn (known professionally as Roger McGuinn and born James Joseph McGuinn III on July 13, 1942) is a popular rock American singer-songwriter and guitarist of the 1960s and 1970s. ... Bobby Darin (born Walden Robert Bobby Cassotto, May 14, 1936 – December 20, 1973) was one of the most popular American big band performers and rock and roll teen idols of the late 1950s. ... Cleveland redirects here. ... United Airlines is a major airline of the United States. ...

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. A jingle is a memorable slogan, set to an engaging melody, mainly broadcast on radio and sometimes on television commercials. ... A radio station is a site configured for broadcasting sound. ... Catch 5 is a popular news music package and image campaign developed for Cleveland, Ohio television station WEWS-TV in 1970. ... WEWS-TV, channel 5, is the local ABC network affiliate in Cleveland, Ohio. ... Cleveland redirects here. ... The Army is the branch of the United States armed forces which has primary responsibility for land-based military operations. ... For other uses, see Dr Pepper (disambiguation). ... The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is an American television network. ...

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 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 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. British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB — formerly two companies, Sky Television and BSB) is a company that operates Sky Digital, a subscription television service in the UK and the Republic of Ireland. ... The tone or style of this article or section may not be appropriate for Wikipedia. ... Sky Movies is the collective name for the British premium subscription television movie channels operated by Sky Television, later British Sky Broadcasting. ... RTL (formerly RTL plus) is a German commercial television station distributed via cable and satellite along with DVB-T (Digital Video Broadcasting - Terrestrial, in larger population centers). ... Maryland Public Television or MPT is a state-wide network of PBS member stations serving Maryland, with studios located in Owings Mills and six high-power UHF transmitters across the state. ...

Television news music packages written by Frank Gari

• Advantage
• Allegro
• B Package
• Catch 5
• The CBS Enforcer Music Collection
• Champion News Series
• Countdown
• Daily News
• Empire
• Eyewitness News (ABC O&O News Collection)
• First News
• Friends
• Good Day
• Good News
• The Great News Package
• Hello News
• Hometown News
• Image News
• Innovation
• It's All Right Here
• Making A Difference
• The NBC Collection
  • NBC - Speed of Life
  • NBC - News Now
  • NBC - New Millennium
  • NBC - Premier
  • NBC - Flagship
  • NBC - New Generation 1 & 2
• Newschannel
• News Horizon
• News Line
• News Series 2000
• News Series 2000 Plus
• News Series 2001
• News Source Now
• News Station
• News Watch
• On Your Side
• The One and Only
• The One For All
• The Paramount
• Pride Inside
• The Reporter
• So Good To Turn To
• Target News
• Telemundo News Package
• This Is Your News
• Turn To News
• We'll Take You There
• Where It All Happens
• Working For You
• The World at Home
• The X Package
• The X-2 Package

The B Package is a television news music package composed by musician Frank Gari. ... Catch 5 is a popular news music package and image campaign developed for Cleveland, Ohio television station WEWS-TV in 1970. ... The CBS Enforcer Music Collection is a television news music package distributed by Gari Communications. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Hello News is a popular television news music package and image campaign. ... The subject of this article may not satisfy the notability guideline for Music. ... News Series 2000 is an updated and expanded version of the original ABC owned-and-operated stations Eyewitness News theme, an edited version of the Tar Sequence cue from the soundtrack to the 1967 film Cool Hand Luke by Lalo Schifrin. ... News Series 2000 Plus is a television news music package composed by American musician Frank Gari. ...

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External links

• Gari Communications