David Lucas

He was a performer in Miami Beach where he met drummer Buddy Rich and toured the world. Lucas moved to Los Angeles where he produced several artists and was the production singer at the Sahara Hotel in Las Vegas where he was discovered by Doris Day and was signed to Arwin Records.

Lucas then moved to New York where he engineered and produced various artists like Laura Nyro, Ravi Shankar (produced by Timothy Leary), Joao & Astrud Gilberto, Tim Rose, Cass Elliot, along with established artists Jimmy Smith, Bill Evans, Mel Torme, Terry Gibbs and others.

Lucas wrote and produced jingles for Maclean's Toothpaste

with Astrud Gilberto and Stan Getz. His other early jingles included:

Pall Mall. "The Seven minute Cigarette" with Jackie Cain and Roy Kral.

Lark cigarettes With Roger Kellaway. Yardley Slicker

Canoe cologne, Breck Basic, Evening in Paris, Chips Ahoy,

Yellow Pages, Mt. Airy Lodge and went on to write & produce many hit jingles like:

AT&T's "Reach Out and Touch Someone", "GE We Bring Good Things To Life", "Catch That Pepsi Spirit", Coca Cola's "You Can't Beat The Feeling", "Give Your Cold To Contac", Dean Witter, Burger King, Pepsi Light, Mountain Dew, Maxwell House, and hundreds more.

In 1969 Quincy Jones introduced Lucas to Cy Coleman who signed him to

Coleman’s Notable Music Publishing Company. Along with songwriting and jingles, Lucas produced Carly Simon, Charlie Brown, the Alessi Brothers, Leta Galloway, Doug Howard, Rachele Cappelli, and Think Dog.

Lucas discovered the band Blue Oyster Cult and produced their first album and later produced "Agents of Fortune" which included "Don't Fear the Reaper". Lucas sings the background vocals and is the one who played the now famous cowbell. (SNL skit)