Question: Name the American musician and singer-songwriter from New York state, who co-wrote "Where Everybody Knows Your Name" with Judy Hart Angelo and which went on to be the theme song for a 1980s television sitcom?
Context: Craig Carothers is an American singer-songwriter.  He is originally from Portland, Oregon, but now lives in Nashville, Tennessee.  Carothers's "Little Hercules" was recorded for Trisha Yearwood's 1996 album "Everybody Knows".  The song went Gold. The first season of the "Reba", an American television sitcom series, aired on The WB from October 5, 2001 to May 10, 2002.  The series revolves around the titular character Reba Hart, who deals with her ex-husband, his new girlfriend, and her pregnant daughter Cheyenne and her husband and highschool sweetheart Van Montgomery, as well as raising her two youngest children Kyra and Jake.  The series features an ensemble cast including Reba McEntire as Reba Hart, Christopher Rich as Brock Hart, Joanna García as Cheyenne Hart Montgomery, Steve Howey as Van Montgomery, Scarlett Pomers as Kyra Hart, Mitch Holleman as Jake Hart, and Melissa Peterman as Barbra Jean Hart. Kinetic Faith is the fourth album by the American heavy metal band Bride, released in 1991.  This album was the band's first release on the Star Song label, and started the band's hard rock era, leaving straightforward metal behind and focusing on a more commercial sound.  The band tasted success with the song "Everybody Knows My Name" which won them a GMA Dove Award, and "Sweet Louise" was a Christian radio hit.  The following album, "Snakes in the Playground", would become a commercial success. Jimmy Duncan "(né" James Ollie Duncan, Jr.; 25 June 1927 Houston — 9 November 2011 Houston) was an American songwriter, singer, composer, author, arranger and producer, best known for his 1957 song "My Special Angel," a No.1 country/western hit for Bobby Helms.  Duncan also co-wrote "String Along", which charted in 1960 for Fabian and in 1963 for Ricky Nelson; and "Everybody Knows", a minor hit in 1964 for Steve Lawrence. "Everybody Knows" is a song written by Matraca Berg and Gary Harrison, and recorded by American country music artist Trisha Yearwood.  It was released in October 1996 as the second single from her album of the same name.  The song reached number 3 on the US "Billboard" Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in February 1997 and number 1 on the "RPM" Country Tracks chart in Canada. Cheers is an American sitcom that ran on NBC from September 30, 1982, to May 20, 1993, with a total of 275 half-hour episodes spanning over eleven seasons.  The show was produced by Charles/Burrows/Charles Productions in association with Paramount Network Television.  The show was created by the team of James Burrows, Glen Charles, and Les Charles.  The show is set in a bar named Cheers in Boston, Massachusetts, where a group of locals meet to drink, relax, and socialize.  The show's main theme song, written and performed by Gary Portnoy, lent its refrain "Where Everybody Knows Your Name" as the show's tagline. "Taking a Break From All Your Worries" is the thirteenth episode of the third season from the science fiction television series, "Battlestar Galactica".  The title is a line from the "Cheers" theme song, "Where Everybody Knows Your Name" (the working title for this episode, as revealed in Ronald D. Moore's podcast commentary for the episode "Rapture", was "Where Everybody Knows Your Name"). "Where Everybody Knows Your Name" is the theme song from the 1980s television sitcom "Cheers".  The song was written by Gary Portnoy and Judy Hart Angelo, Julian Williams and performed by Gary Portnoy.  Shortly after the premiere of "Cheers", Portnoy went back into the studio to record a version of the song that made the US and British pop charts. Gary Portnoy (born June 8, 1956) is an American musician and singer-songwriter from the state of New York best known for co-writing and singing the theme song for "Cheers", "Where Everybody Knows Your Name".  He also co-authored and sang the theme song to the NBC family sitcom "Punky Brewster" and composed the theme music for the long-running television series, "Mr. Belvedere". Actual Miles: Henley's Greatest Hits is the first greatest hits compilation album by American singer-songwriter Don Henley, released in 1995.  The album was the first compilation album released by Henley and it covered hits from all three of his solo albums throughout the 1980s.  The album features three new songs, "The Garden of Allah", "You Don't Know Me At All", and Henley's cover of "Everybody Knows".  The collection peaked at #48 on the charts and reached platinum status.  "The Garden Of Allah" reached #16 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.
Answer: Gary Portnoy