Yank Barry was born Gerald Barry Falovitch on January 29, 1948 in Montreal

Montreal

Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...

, Quebec

Quebec

Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

. The philanthropist

Philanthropist

A philanthropist is someone who engages in philanthropy; that is, someone who donates his or her time, money, and/or reputation to charitable causes...

 along with his friend and partner Muhammad Ali

Muhammad Ali

Muhammad Ali is an American former professional boxer, philanthropist and social activist...

 have fed over 515,000,000 meals to the needy around the world over the last eighteen years.

Philanthropic & Humanitarian awards

As Founder of Global Village Champions Foundation Yank has been the recipient of over 15 international humanitarian awards.

• https://gogvm.com/awards.php2011 Global Leadership Awards 2011 Philanthropist
  Philanthropist
  A philanthropist is someone who engages in philanthropy; that is, someone who donates his or her time, money, and/or reputation to charitable causes...
  
   of the Year], Presented by The Leaders Magazine & The American Leadership Development Association, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
• http://gusipeaceprizeinternational.org/2010-awardees.html2010 Gusi Peace Prize
  Gusi Peace Prize
  The Gusi Peace Prize is a Philippines based award recognising individuals working toward the attainment of peace and respect for human life and dignity....
  
  ], for Social Services, Philanthropy & International Humanitarianism
• 1999 Liberian Humanitarian, Presented by the government of Liberian ambassador to the United Nations, Rachel Diggs.
• 1999 Liberian Humanitarian, Presented by his excellency Charles Taylor, President of the Republic of Liberia.
• 2000 Juárez Humanitarian, Presented by the Governor of Juárez.
• 2000 Juárez Honorary Chief of Police, Yank made honorary chief of police by the police commissioner of Juárez.
• 1999 A True Leader Award, Presented by the Global Village Champions.
• 2005 Red Cross Humanitarian, Yank receive the humanitarian award from a Red Cross representative, Mrs. Bernadette Christie and Prime Minister Perry Christie of the Bahamas.
• 1998 Côte d'Ivoire Humanitarian Peace Award, Yank Barry & Muhammad Ali receive the Côte d'Ivoire flags of Honor, for humanitarian efforts by His Excellency Henry Konan Bédié, President of the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire.
• 1997 Côte d'Ivoire Honorary Chiefs, Yank Barry & Muhammad Ali honored as African chiefs in full headdresses, for humanitarian efforts by His Excellency Henry Konan Bédié, President of the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire.
• 1998 Ring from Banten, In recognition of their many humanitarian contributions, Minister Azwar Anas presented a ring from Banten to Yank Barry and a "Phinisi Nusantara" boat made of silver to 'The Champ".
• Divertissement 1996, Charity fund raiser, with an auction of celebrity masks and musical performances by: Danny and the Juniors, Yank Barry and Gary U.S. Bonds.
• 2008 India - Humanitarian Service Award, Humanitarian Award, Empower-India-Movement, presented by Professor P.I. Peter, Chairman, Health India & Noni Family.
• 2008 India - 2007 Libyan Peace Award, Libya Peace Award, presented by the Honorable Zohaire Bettmar, Head of Chamber of Commerce, Libya.
• 2000 Founders Award, presented by Dr. Ben Joseph.
• 2000 Juárez Hands of Love and Hope, Sister Suzie Valdez.
• 1999 Honorary Georgian Citizen, presented by the secretary state Cathy Cox.
• 1999 Phoenix Award, presented by the Major of Atlanta Mr. Campbell.
• 2000 Pinnacle Award, presented by Millionaire Magazine.
• Hey "Bush Slayer", who slew who! I'm just as sick as you are, only in the other direction.

News and media

Yank has two features on Entertainment Tonight, CNN, W-Five, CTV National News, Switchback, Musique Plus, ZNS News, ABC News and Access Hollywood

Access Hollywood

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 just to name a few. Yank has been on the cover of Canadian Business

Canadian Business

Canadian Business is the longest-publishing business magazine in Canada. It was founded in 1928 as The Commerce of the Nation, the organ of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce. The magazine was renamed Canadian Business in 1933...

, Barter News, Occasion D’affaires, two features in Millionaire magazine, and People magazine.

Yank has also been on the covers of Zoo World, Eye magazine and a major feature in Cashbox. These magazine covers featured Yank's earlier career in the music industry.

Music

He was a touring member The Kingsmen

The Kingsmen

The Kingsmen is a 1960s garage rock band from Portland, Oregon, United States. They are best known for their 1963 recording of Richard Berry's "Louie Louie", which held the #2 spot on the Billboard charts for six weeks...

 1968 to 1970. Yank pioneered the first quadraphonic

Quadraphonic

Quadraphonic sound – the most widely used early term for what is now called 4.0 surround sound – uses four channels in which speakers are positioned at the four corners of the listening space, reproducing signals that are independent of one another...

 album along with Robert Lifton and Ben Lanzarone at Regent Sound Studios in New York in 1970. He then recorded the rock opera The Diary of Mr. Gray in 1971, which put him on the cover of many trade magazines, The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that aired in syndication from 1961 to 1982, distributed by Westinghouse Broadcasting and for much of its run, originated from studios of two of the company's TV stations.The program featured light banter with...

, The Merv Griffin Show

The Merv Griffin Show

The Merv Griffin Show is an American television talk show, starring Merv Griffin. The series ran from October 1, 1962 to March 29, 1963 on NBC, September 20, 1965 to September 26, 1969 in first-run syndication, from August 18, 1969 to February 11, 1972 at 11:30 PM ET weeknights on CBS and again in...

, The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour

The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour

The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour is an American comedy and variety show hosted by the Smothers Brothers and initially airing on CBS from 1967 to 1969.-History:...

and The Sally Jessy Raphaël Show. Yank was also commissioned by the White House, (Richard M. Nixon) to write and compose "Welcome Home P.O.W.s" in 1975. Yank produced the Broadway show Let my People Come at the Imperial Theater in 1979. Yank wrote, composed, arranged, produced, mixed or performed with the following artists:

• Brian Johnson
  Brian Johnson
  Brian Johnson is an English singer and lyricist who has been the lead singer for the rock band AC/DC since 1980. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2003 along with the other members of the band....
  
   (AC/DC)
• B.J. Thomas
• Bowser & Blue
• Lou Rawls
  Lou Rawls
  Louis Allen "Lou" Rawls was an American soul, jazz, and blues singer. He was known for his smooth vocal style: Frank Sinatra once said that Rawls had "the classiest singing and silkiest chops in the singing game"...
  
  
• Gary U.S. Bonds
  Gary U.S. Bonds
  Gary U.S. Bonds is an American rhythm and blues and rock and roll singer. He is also a prolific songwriter.-Career:...
  
  
• Alice Cooper
  Alice Cooper
  Alice Cooper is an American rock singer, songwriter and musician whose career spans more than four decades...
  
  
• David Foster
  David Foster
  David Walter Foster, OC, OBC , is a Canadian musician, record producer, composer, singer, songwriter, and arranger, noted for discovering singers such as Michael Bublé, Josh Groban, and Charice Pempengco; and for producing some of the most successful artists in the world, such as Céline Dion, Toni...
  
  
• Ben E. King
  Ben E. King
  Benjamin Earl King , better known as Ben E. King, is an American soul singer. He is perhaps best known as the singer and co-composer of "Stand by Me", a U.S...
  
  
• The Platters
  The Platters
  The Platters were a vocal group of the early rock and roll era. Their distinctive sound was a bridge between the pre-rock Tin Pan Alley tradition and the burgeoning new genre...
  
  
• The Coasters
  The Coasters
  The Coasters are an American rhythm and blues/rock and roll vocal group that had a string of hits in the late 1950s. Beginning with "Searchin'" and "Young Blood", their most memorable songs were written by the songwriting and producing team of Leiber and Stoller...
  
  
• John Phillips
  John Phillips (musician)
  John Edmund Andrew Phillips , was an American singer, guitarist, songwriter and promoter . Known as Papa John, Phillips was a member and leader of the singing group The Mamas & the Papas...
  
   (The Mammas and the Pappas)
• Donald "Duck" Dunn (Booker T.)
• Danny and the Juniors
• Elliot Easton
  Elliot Easton
  Elliot Easton plays lead guitar and sings backing vocals for The Cars. His guitar solos are integral part of the band's hit singles. He studied music at the Berklee College of Music...
  
   (The Cars)
• Elliot Randall (Steely Dan)
• Will Lee
  Will Lee
  Will Lee was an American actor best known for playing the store proprietor Mr. Hooper on Sesame Street, from the show's debut in 1969 until his death in 1982.-Early career:...
  
   (The David Letterman Band)
• Jimmy Smith Crewe
• Chuck Jackson
  Chuck Jackson
  Chuck Jackson is an R&B singer who was one of the first artists to record material by Burt Bacharach and Hal David successfully. He has performed with moderate success since 1961...
  
  
• Gordon Edwards
  Gordon Edwards
  Gordon Edwards was born in Canada in 1940, and graduated from the University of Toronto in 1961 with a gold medal in Mathematics and Physics and a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship. In 1972, he obtained a Ph.D...
  
  
• Steve Gadd
  Steve Gadd
  Steve Gadd is an American session and studio drummer, notable for his work with popular musicians from a wide range of genres.-Biography:...
  
  
• Cornell Dupree
  Cornell Dupree
  Cornell Luther Dupree was an American jazz and R&B guitarist. He worked at various times with Bill Withers, Donny Hathaway, King Curtis and Steve Gadd, appeared on David Letterman, and wrote a book on soul and blues guitar: Rhythm and Blues Guitar ISBN 0-634-00149-3...
  
  
• Engelbert Humperdinck
  Engelbert Humperdinck
  Engelbert Humperdinck was a German composer, best known for his opera, Hänsel und Gretel. Humperdinck was born at Siegburg in the Rhine Province; at the age of 67 he died in Neustrelitz, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.-Life:After receiving piano lessons, Humperdinck produced his first composition...
  
  
• Richie Havens
  Richie Havens
  Richard P. "Richie" Havens is an African American folk singer and guitarist. He is best known for his intense, rhythmic guitar style , soulful covers of pop and folk songs, and his opening performance at the 1969 Woodstock Festival.-Career:Born in Brooklyn, Havens was the eldest of nine children...
  
  
• Ravi Shankar
  Ravi Shankar
  Ravi Shankar , often referred to by the title Pandit, is an Indian musician and composer who plays the plucked string instrument sitar. He has been described as the best known contemporary Indian musician by Hans Neuhoff in Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart.Shankar was born in Varanasi and spent...
  
  
• Tom Jones
  Tom Jones (singer)
  Sir Thomas John Woodward, OBE , known by his stage name Tom Jones, is a Welsh singer.Since the mid 1960s, Jones has sung many styles of popular music – pop, rock, R&B, show tunes, country, dance, techno, soul and gospel – and sold over 100 million records...
  
  
• Bob Crew Generation
• Brian Hyland
  Brian Hyland
  Brian Hyland is an American pop recording artist who was particularly successful during the early 1960s. He continued recording into the 1970s...
  
  
• Lou Christie
  Lou Christie
  Luigi Alfredo Giovanni Sacco , known professionally as Lou Christie, is an American singer-songwriter best known for three separate strings of pop hits in the 1960s , including his 1966 smash, "Lightnin' Strikes" and his incredible 3 octave vocal range.-Biography:Sacco was born in Glenwillard,...
  
  
• Lesley Gore
  Lesley Gore
  Lesley Gore is an American singer. She is perhaps best known for her 1963 pop hit "It's My Party", which she recorded at the age of 16. Following the hit, she became one of the most recognized teen pop singers of the 1960s.- Biography :Gore was born in New York City, New York. She was raised in...
  
  
• Vinnie Bell
  Vinnie Bell
  Vinnie Bell is a leading American session guitarist and pioneer of electronic effects in pop music.He played in nightclubs in New York City in the late 1950s...
  
   (Barbarella and Airport)
• Gary U.S. Bonds
  Gary U.S. Bonds
  Gary U.S. Bonds is an American rhythm and blues and rock and roll singer. He is also a prolific songwriter.-Career:...
  
  
• Steve Van Zandt
• Jimi Hendrix
  Jimi Hendrix
  James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix was an American guitarist and singer-songwriter...
  
  
• Peter and Gordon
• The Left Banke
  The Left Banke
  The Left Banke is an American baroque pop band that formed in New York City in 1965 and disbanded in 1969. They are best remembered for their two U.S. hit singles, "Walk Away Renée" and "Pretty Ballerina"...
  
  
• The Kingsmen
  The Kingsmen
  The Kingsmen is a 1960s garage rock band from Portland, Oregon, United States. They are best known for their 1963 recording of Richard Berry's "Louie Louie", which held the #2 spot on the Billboard charts for six weeks...
  
  
• Mountain
  Mountain (band)
  Mountain is an American hard rock band that formed in Long Island, New York in 1969. Originally comprising vocalist and guitarist Leslie West, bassist Felix Pappalardi and drummer N. D. Smart, the band broke up in 1972 before reuniting in 1974 and remaining active until today...
  
  
• Southside Johnny
  Southside Johnny
  Southside Johnny is an American singer-songwriter, who usually fronts his band Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes.-Early days:...
  
  
• Frankie Ford
  Frankie Ford
  Frankie Ford is an American rock and roll and rhythm and blues singer.He is the adopted son of Vincent and Anna Guzzo, who named him Francis Guzzo. He was born in Gretna, Louisiana, across the Mississippi River from New Orleans, where he still lives...
  
  
• Roy Cicala
  Roy Cicala
  Roy Cicala is an American producer, engineer, song-writer and musician. His body of work includes over 10 Platinum Records for producing, writing, engineering and management for talent from the 70’s through today...
  
  
• Darlene Love
  Darlene Love
  Darlene Love is an American popular music singer and actress. She gained prominence in the 1960s for the song "He's a Rebel," a #1 American single in 1962, and was part of the Phil Spector stable that produced a celebrated Christmas album in 1963....
  
  
• Karl Richardson
• Maurice Gibb
  Maurice Gibb
  Maurice Ernest Gibb, CBE was a musician, singer-songwriter and record producer. He was born on the Isle of Man, the twin brother of Robin Gibb, and younger brother to Barry. He is best known as a member of the singing/songwriting trio the Bee Gees, formed with his brothers...
  
  
• The Box Tops
  The Box Tops
  The Box Tops were a Memphis rock group of the second half of the 1960s. They are best known for the hits "The Letter," "Neon Rainbow," "Soul Deep," "I Met Her in Church," and "Cry Like A Baby," and are considered a major blue-eyed soul group of the period...
  
  
• Charlie Rich
  Charlie Rich
  Charles Rich was an American country music singer and musician. A Grammy Award winner, his eclectic-style of music was often hard to classify in a single genre, playing in the rockabilly, jazz, blues, country, and gospel genres.In the latter part of his life, Rich acquired the nickname The Silver...
  
  
• Marty Robbins
  Marty Robbins
  Martin David Robinson , known professionally as Marty Robbins, was an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist...
  
  
• The Shirelles
  The Shirelles
  The Shirelles were an African-American girl group that achieved popularity in the early 1960s. They consisted of schoolmates Shirley Owens , Doris Coley , Addie "Micki" Harris , and Beverly Lee...
  
  
• Buzzy Linhart
  Buzzy Linhart
  Buzzy Linhart is an American rock performer and musician.Born William Linhart in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he began honing his craft playing percussion for symphony at the age of seven, switching to vibraphone at ten...
  
  
• Ben Lanzarone
• Robert Lifton
• Jimmy Young
  Jimmy Young (disc jockey)
  Sir Jimmy Young CBE was a British singer, disc jockey and radio interviewer.-Early life:...
  
  
• Joey Covington
  Joey Covington
  Joseph "Joey" Edward Covington is a US drummer, best known for his involvements with Hot Tuna and Jefferson Airplane.-Brief biography:...
  
   (Jefferson Starship
  Jefferson Starship
  Jefferson Starship is an American rock band formed in the early 1970s. The group is a spin-off from the iconic 1960s psychedelic/folk group Jefferson Airplane. The band has undergone several major changes in personnel and genres through the years while retaining the same Jefferson Starship name...
  
  )
• Bobby Rydell
  Bobby Rydell
  Bobby Rydell is an American professional singer, mainly of rock and roll music. In the early 1960s he was considered a so-called "teen idol"...
  
  
• Gary Puckett & The Union Gap
  Gary Puckett & The Union Gap
  Gary Puckett & The Union Gap was an American pop rock group operating in the late 1960s...
  
  
• The Vogues
  The Vogues
  The Vogues are an American vocal group from Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Pittsburgh. The original group consisted of Bill Burkette , Don Miller , Hugh Geyer and Chuck Blasko .-Career:...
  
  

Jingles

• Kellogg’s Raisin Bran
• Kodak Disk
• Red Lobster, (For the seafood lover in you.)
• Bubble Yum
• Pontiac, (We built excitement, Pontiac)
• G.M. (Original GM parts)
• Gold Dome
• Dr. Pepper (Everyone can be a Pepper)
• Toyota (You asked for it, you got it Toyota)
• K-Mart (We’re here to please)

Discography

• Falling in love, artist Yank Barry (Kol Israel Records) 1964
• The sea rushes to the shore, artist The Footprints (Columbia Records) 1966
• Children on Carousels, artist Dino Vale (Elysee Records) 1966
• Never Say Die, artist The Footprints (Capitol Records) 1967
• Ticket for a mobile, artist The Footprints (Capitol Records) 1968
• Quadraphonic-Classic Form, artist Ben Lanzarone (Dyna Voice – BASF) 1970
• The Diary of Mr. Gray, artist Yank Barry (BASF – McConnell Records) 1971
• Naturally Proud, artist Nancy Agee (Chateau Records) 1974
• Jamais Dire Non, artist Yankey (Trans-Canada Records) 1975
• After the Lovin'
  After the Lovin'
  "After the Lovin" is a successful song from 1976, performed by singer Engelbert Humperdinck. It was written by Ritchie Adams with lyrics by Alan Bernstein. The single was a top-ten hit in late 1976/early 1977 in the U.S., reaching number eight on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart, number forty on the...
  
  , artist Engelbert Humperdinck (Epic Records) 1976
• Christmas Time, artist Engelbert Humperdink (Epic Records) 1977
• You are something special, artist Engelbert Humperdinck (Epic Records) 1978
• Let My People Come, Cast Album, (Derrek Mathews Records) 1979
• Laissey Venir Le Monde, Cast Album, (Trans-Canada Records) 1982
• Aet Ci Cest Possible, artist Manon Robert (Trans-Canada Records) 1985
• This could be Classical, artist Yank Barry (Largo Records) 1986
• Hypnotized, artist Hugh Ball (Justin Time Records) 1988
• Is it in yet?, artist Bowzer and Blue (Justin Time Records) 1988
• Never Believe it, artist Remix (Melodia) 1989
• Nothing Left To Lose
  Nothing Left to Lose (album)
  Nothing Left to Lose is an album released by Gary U.S. Bonds on the Global Village Market label in 1996. The album was produced by Yank Barry as part of Barry's international Global Village Market initiative. The track "Young Blood" features a duet with Ben E. King. The track "1950's Kind of Mood"...
  
  , artist Gary "U.S." Bonds, Ben E. King (GLA Music) 1996
• Introduction to The Diary of MR. Gray
• McConnell Records, Yank Barry - Slipping Away
• Mc Connell Records, Yank Barry - Welcome Home Pow's
• Mc Connell Records, Yank Barry - Looking for Home
• Mc Connell Records, Yank Barry - Welcome Town
• Columbia, The Footprints - The Only way
• Capitol, The Footprints - Mama Rand's
• Capitol, The Footprints - Mama Rand's

Yank Barry has been a writer, composer, publisher, member of ASCAP since 1971 and a member of NARAS, CARAS

Caras

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 , American Federation of Musicians

American Federation of Musicians

The American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada is a labor union of professional musicians in the United States and Canada...

and is featured in the Museum of Canadian Music.