Where Everybody Knows Your Name "Cheers: Music From The TV Series" which also includes Portnoy's original demo version, as well as several earlier attempts by Portnoy and Angelo at composing the theme. By 1981, New York songwriter Gary Portnoy had already written songs for the likes of Air Supply ("I’ll Never Get Enough") and Dolly Parton ("Say Goodnight"). One night in the summer of that same year, his friend Judy Hart happened to be seated next to a Broadway producer at dinner. Upon finding out that Hart was working for a music publisher, he asked her if she could recommend someone to compose the score
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