Frank Gallop

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Frank Gallop was an American radio and television personality. He was the announcer for Perry Como's 1950s-era television shows.^[1] In 1966, he released a single on Kapp Records called "The Ballad of Irving", which was a parody of Lorne Greene's song "Ringo". The tune hit #2 on the U.S. Adult Contemporary chart and #34 on the Billboard Hot 100.^[2]

Prior to television, Gallop had a well-established career as a radio announcer for CBS and NBC, having been heard on soap operas such as Amanda of Honeymoon Hill, Hilltop House, When A Girl Marries, and Stella Dallas, as well as the Columbia Workshop and New York Philharmonic broadcasts.

He also narrated the first "Casper the Friendly Ghost" cartoon in 1945.

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