{"name":"Gary Portnoy","title":"Gary Portnoy","id":1154,"slug":"gary-portnoy","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/api/v3/core/authors/1154/?format=json","bio_short":"Gary Portnoy (born June 8, 1956) is a singer/ songwriter from New York, best known for co-writing and singing the theme songs to two U.S. television sitcoms:  *Cheers Theme: <a title=\"Gary Portnoy &ndash; Where Everybody Knows Your Name\" href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Gary+Portnoy/_/Where+Everybody+Knows+Your+Name\" class=\"bbcode_track\">Where Everybody Knows Your Name</a> \n *Punky Brewster Theme: <span title=\"Unknown track\" class=\"bbcode_unknown\">Theme from Punky Brewster (Every Time I Turn Around)</span> \n  \n Both songs were written by Portnoy and <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Judy+Hart+Angelo\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">Judy Hart Angelo</a>. (They also composed the theme to the long running television series Mr Belvedere.) In addition, both shows aired on NBC.  Career\n ","artist_img":"//guitarparty.overcastcdn.com/images/GaryPortnoy.2e16d0ba.fill-1200x675-c100.format-jpeg.jpg","songs":[{"id":578,"title":"Cheers","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/cheers/"}]}