Those pushing for Portnoy must've won out, because in August 1982, he got called out to Hollywood to record the "Cheers" theme and was granted total creative freedom by the producers.

Find out what the theme song of 'Cheers' is and who composed it. Find out what the theme song of 'Cheers' is and who composed it.

One would think the meaning behind the catchy theme song of the hit sitcom Cheers would be … well, cheerful. When it comes to “Where Everybody Knows Your Name,” the tune is one tinged with ...

Gary Portnoy, who created the Cheers theme song with Judy Hart-Angelo and also performed it, joined CNN’s Don Lemon for the special Where Have All the Theme Songs Gone?, where the songwriter ...

"Where Everybody Knows Your Name" is one of the most famous elements of Cheers. Here;s how a major pop star inspired the song.

Cheers is a sitcom that aired on NBC for 11 seasons from 1982 to 1993 and followed the lives of the staff and patrons of Cheers, a fictional bar in Boston. The main cast included Sam Malone ...