Frank Gari

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Frank Gari
Born
Frank Daniel Garofalo

(1944-04-01) April 1, 1944 (age 80)
U.S.
Occupations
  • Singer-songwriter
  • composer
Notable workVarious television news music packages

Frank Daniel Garofalo[1] (born April 1, 1944),[2] more prominently known as Frank Gari, is an American singer-songwriter and composer.

Early life

Gari was a popular singer and songwriter from the late 1950s and early 1960s. His best known songs as a performer are "Utopia", "Lullaby of Love", and "Princess", all of which hit the Top 40 in the U.S.

Clio
awards, and was later honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award from the broadcast industry.

News music compositions

Gari is best known today as a music composer and producer for television, and 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.

"Hello..." image campaign

Gari created and produced the "Hello" image campaign as part of the "Hello News" news theme package, which has been described as "one of the most popular local television campaigns ever made".[4]

Betraying the exclusivity implicit in the opening lyric of "There's a feeling in the air that you can't get anywhere but (location)...", the campaign was recorded with localized lyrics and imagery in approximately 120 media markets across the United States, Canada, Latin America, and Australia. It debuted in 1977 as "Hello Milwaukee" for WISN-TV.[5]

In 2014, Gari was interviewed about the campaign on This American Life,[6] Episode 520 ("No Place Like Home") after host Ira Glass interviewed a fan of "Hello Calgary". Glass surprised the fan with other markets' variants - dashing his belief that the song had been exclusive to his hometown.

While the lead female vocalist for many renditions was Florence Warner, markets also used local performers including KUTV in Salt Lake City, which aired a version recorded by The Osmonds.[4]

Works for ABC and other US networks

He continued composing music for the American Broadcasting Company during the early and mid-1980s, and created such campaigns as "We're With You on ABC", "Now is the Time, ABC is the Place", and "Come On Along with ABC" with Artie Schroeck, as well as "That Special Feeling on ABC", and "You'll Love it on ABC" (which was based on the Randy Newman composition, I Love L.A.).[7] He also composed music for Eyewitness News on ABC such as WABC-TV, ABC's Good Morning America (in 1989), CBS This Morning, The Phil Donahue Show, and The Oprah Winfrey Show.

Works for international networks

Gari also had international clientele: in 1993, he composed the "Sky Symphony" theme for

MBC 1, Pro TV, Markíza, MTV (Lebanon) and Channel 7 (Thailand)
.

On January 12, 2015,

Warner/Chappell Production Music unit acquired Gari Communications.[8][9]

Singles

  • Lil' Girl (October 1959)
  • Orange-U-Tang Tango (July 1960)
  • Utopia (November 1960)
  • Be My Girl (March 1961)
  • Lullaby of Love (April 1961)
  • Princess (June 1961)
  • There's Lots More Where This Came From (March 1962)
  • She Make Me Wanna Dance (December 1962)
  • Love That's Where It Is (January 1968)

References

  1. ^ Elizabeth Curtis. "Frank Gari". TeenageHeaven.org. Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved July 12, 2012.
  2. ^ Greg Adams (March 2014). "Music Weird interviews Frank Gari, teen idol and TV theme composer". Retrieved March 1, 2014.
  3. ^ "Frank Gari - Chart History". Billboard.com. Billboard-Hollywood Reporter Media Group. Retrieved August 15, 2018.
  4. ^ a b Byrnes, Mark (February 7, 2013). "That Adorable Local Ad That Defined Your Childhood Ran in 100 Markets". Bloomberg. Atlantic Monthly Group. Retrieved August 15, 2018.
  5. ^ Hill, Michael P. (March 9, 2017). "12 stations that used Frank Gari's 'Hello' image campaign". Newscast Studio. HD Media Ventures LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2018.
  6. ^ "No Place Like Home". This American Life. March 14, 2014. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
  7. ^ "Jingle Sheet Music Folio Books". 1983. Retrieved June 18, 2011.
  8. ^ Frazer, Bryant. "Warner/Chappell Production Buys Frank Gari's Music Assets". StudioDaily.com. Access Intelligence, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2018.
  9. ^ Production Music acquires music assets of Franck Gari Productions and Gari Communications "Warner/Chappell Production Music acquires music assets of Franck Gari Productions and Gari Communications (press release)". Warner/Chappell Production Music. Warner Music Group. Retrieved August 15, 2018. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)

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