Where Everybody Knows Your Name the Charles Brothers gave it their stamp of approval, and once Portnoy and Hart Angelo had complied with a request for a few lyric changes intended to broaden the song's appeal to a more general audience, "Where Everybody Knows Your Name" was officially designated the "Theme from "Cheers"". The original opening verse: was changed to: After several months of mulling over possible outside singers, the producers eventually asked Gary Portnoy to record the vocal for the opening credits of their new series. (The chorus of the song is six of Portnoy’s vocals that he recorded one on top of the
Mendy Portnoy guitar lessons, with Sruli taking piano, before the two switched. In 2010, he performed at the Complete Unity Concert at Heichal Shlomo alongside Aharit Hayamim, Shtar, and JudaBlue. He and Sruli participated in the music video "Waving Flags", performed by campers and volunteer staff at Camp Simcha. Mendy Portnoy was featured on composer Yossi Green's 2015 album "Pianesque". That same year, he collaborated with singer and saxophonist Daniel Zamir on "Esa Einai", an album of Shlomo Carlebach songs, and released a short online-only piano album entitled "Holy Days". He was the final keyboardist for the Jewish rock band Hamakor, performing